Over 100 Great Music Documentaries on Amazon Prime

• InstaBAND- about the current state of the music biz – helpful for independent artists
• One for the money (about early rock n roll )
• David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust
• It begins with a song – about Nashville writers
• Echos Cross the tracks – delta music
• Prince – Sign ‘O’ the Times
• Sunset Strip
• Cassette; a documentary mixtape – “Cassette inventor Lou Ottens digs through his past to figure out why the format won’t die. Musicians like Henry Rollins and Thurston Moore join a new generation of bands releasing tapes to help Lou remember the importance of his creation.”
• The Melvins – the colossus if destiny: a Melvin’s tale.
• Howlin wolf – the howlin wolf story – the secret history of rock and roll
• James Brown, Mr. dynamite the rise of James Brown
• Chuck Berry – the original king of rock and roll
• Herbie Hancock Possibilities
• Legend (Sam Cooke )
• Led Zep: dazed & confused (doc)
• Led zep: physical graffiti a classic album under review
• Jimi Hendrix: the uncut story
• The Who: Sensation the story of Tommy
• Pink Floyd: the story of wish you were here
• Pink Floyd: The dark side of the moon (documentary)
• The doors. – when you’re strange
• Decline of western civilization pt 2
• Muscle Shoals –
• Lone star – SRV 1984-1989
• Randy RHOADS: reflections of a guitar icon
• Jack White: kneeling at the anthem in DC – concert
• Recording in progress – about studios in the age of streaming ($) (this one is not free, but I highly recommend it)
• Classic Albums (series)-
  A night at the opera
  paranoid
  Dark side
  Zappa apostrophe & overbite sensation
  Hysteria
  American pie
  Machine head
  Black album
  Number of the beast
  Never mind
  Nvermind thr bollocks
  Bat out of hell
  British steel
  Transformer reed
  Disraeli gears
  Ace of spades
  Damn rhe torpedos
  Goodbye Yellow brick road
  Plastic ono band
  Joshua tree.
  So – Peter Gabriel
  2112 & moving pictures
  Steely Dan Aja
  The Band the band
  Rumors
  who’s Next
  Anthem of the sun / American beauty
  The doors
  Pet Sounds
• Gimme Danger – stooges doc
• Strange Fruit the Beatles’ Apple records story
• How the Beatles changed the world
• The Beatles; composing outside the Beatles Lennon & McCartney 1967-1972
• The Beatles a king and winding road shoe
• Lennon & McCartney hello from Liverpool
• Bad Company
• Chicago: the terry kath experience
• Rolling Stones: the kids and death of Brian jones
• Keith Richards: Under review
• A to Zeppelin
• Rebel Dread – Don Letts – raggae to punks
• An Ox’s Tale: the John Entwistle story
• Murder in the front row: the San Fran Bay Area thrash metal story
• Eric Clapton- the 1960s review
• New York Doll
• Duane Allan. Song of the south
• McCartney now and then
• The Hollie’s look through any window
• Harry Chapin: When in doubt, do something
• Songbird – about the guitar museum
• Alain Johannes doc (this one is not free, but I love Alain’s work, and highly recommend this movie)
• Tom Waits Big Time
  Tom Waits Under review 1983-2006
  Tom Waits Under the influence
• Barbel Music – (concerts of some Indy bands)
  Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
  The Hold Steady
  Deerhunter
• The Science of a Song – “Melodies ring out at every important human activity – from romancing mates to soothing babies, from worshipping to mourning.”
• The history of Chicago
• Can’t stand losing you – Police – memoir of Andy summers
• Colin Hay waiting for my life – men at work (this one is one of my favorites)
• Satirani – beyond the supernova. Tour doc
• Roadie: my documentary
• Mick Jagger – untilate performer
• Shine A Light – stones / Scorsese
• Days of rage: the Rolling Stones road to altamont
• Brian eno the man who fell to earth
  1971-1977
• When Zappa came to Sicily
• Led Zeppelin IV
• Morphine Journey of Dreams – (this is a really good one about an amazing band)
• Hype! – the Pacific Northwest and grunge in the 90s
• Sabbath up close and personal
• There’s something about metal
• The Gits – Mia Zappata
• Aerosmith: Videobiography
• Eric Clapton – the 1960s review
• Clapton: Standing at the crossroads
• Freebird – Skynard doc
• Lynard Skynard – I’ll never forget you – survivors accounts of wild times, the 72 hrs before and after the crash.
• All things must pass – about tower records
• When the bands stopped playing – about the music industry during Covid
• Bon Jovi: No End In Sight
• Slash: Raised on the sunset strip
• U2: Rockumentary
• Fleetwood Mac: Unbroken Chain
• Stevie Nicks – Through the Looking Glass
• Freddie –
• Becoming Queen
• Queen: Mercury Rising
• Lady Gaga: Glory
• Pink. All I know so far
• Pink: Staying True
• Tear the roof off: the untold story of Parliament Funkadelic
• Eminem AKA
• NIRVANA: Up close and personal
• Black Sabbath: Up Close and Personal
• Metallica: kill ‘em all to st anger
• Lowell George – fears first (little feat frontman)
• John Waite – the hard way
• Hired Gun – about guitar players
• Adele Athena only way is up
• Madonna: Goddess of Pop
• The story of rod Stewart
• Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind
• Lightheaded: a Gordon light foot state of mind
• The Story of The Bee Gees
• Long live rock: celebrate the chaos
• Turn it up! A celebration of the electric guitar
• Sound City – “Directed by Dave Grohl of Nirvana and The Foo Fighters, Sound City tells the story of rock ‘n roll’s greatest recording studio and the musical magic it continues to inspire.”
• Alan Jackson – small town southern man
• Luke Bryan – my dirt road diary – show
• Ryan Bingham Live
• Cody Johnson – dear rodeo the Cody Johnson story
• Country: Portraits of an American sound
• Tennessee Whiskey: the dean Dillon story
• Hank Williams – the show he never gave
• Johnny Cash: the man, his world, his music, Arena, concert, documentary, Bob Dylan, Carl, Perkins, and more
• Herb Alpert Is…
• The Sax Man – An aging, down-and-out street musician finds renewed purpose when he gets a surprise opportunity to play the big stage for the first time in 40 years.
• Coldplay – a head full of dreams
• RAMMSTein: Paris – concert.
• The godfathers of hardcore
• Drew stones New York hardcore chronicles
• Drivin n cryin – scarred but smarter – southern alt rock band
• Filmage: the story of the descendants / ALL
• Turn it around the story of east bay punk
• There’s something about metal –
• Until the light takes us – black metal
• Sad vacation – the last days of Sid and Nancy
• Where are you, Jay Bennett? (Wilco)
• Murder city devils – Rock & roll won’t wait
• The original Charvel Gang
• Chuck Leavall; the tree man- pianist and keyboardist – “Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man is the cinematic documentary that explores the world’s fascination with the greatest piano and keyboardist over the last 40 years. Follow Chuck’s story as he divides his talent between music, forests and family.”
• Here to be heard: the story of the slits (punk)
• Wacken (metal fest doc- Alice cooper, anthrax, deep purple, Motörhead)
• To stay Alive – about struggling artists – iggy pop

Bio Dramas (Biopics)

• John Denver story
• What we do is secret (Darby crash / the germs)

These ones aren’t free, but deserved an honorable mention.

• Jason Becker: Not dead yet – Jason has ALS and continues to create music. He was an incredible guitarist.
• Guitar man – Joe Bonamassa –
• Mudhoney – I’m now: the story of mudhoney
• David Crosby remember my name
• The who quadrophenia can you see the real me
• Blood frets and tears – “”Blood, Frets and Tears” is the exploration of history’s gifted guitar players: our Guitar Heroes. From the swing of Charlie Christian’s bebop guitar and the psychedelic rock of Jimi Hendrix, to the majestic fire of Eddie Van Halen, join us for a momentous and joyous musical trip in the most definitive celluloid document ever filmed on the sound and soul of the electric guitar.”