Little Richard: I Am Everything
04/25/23 • 77 min
Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries
A Treble Media Podcast
Today's documentary is Little Richard: I Am Everything, released in 2023, directed by Lisa Cortes.
The movie explores Little Richard's origins and the ups and downs of his career and his life, with a focus on his status as a groundbreaking queer icon and "the architect of rock and roll".
Hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts
Twitter: @RockDocsPod
Rock Docs is a Treble Media podcast. Treble is a fully independent media outlet devoted to music. You can find out more at Treblezine.com. If you’d like to support the community of writers and creators behind Treble, please head to patreon.com/treblezine
Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries
A Treble Media Podcast
Today's documentary is Little Richard: I Am Everything, released in 2023, directed by Lisa Cortes.
The movie explores Little Richard's origins and the ups and downs of his career and his life, with a focus on his status as a groundbreaking queer icon and "the architect of rock and roll".
Hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts
Twitter: @RockDocsPod
Rock Docs is a Treble Media podcast. Treble is a fully independent media outlet devoted to music. You can find out more at Treblezine.com. If you’d like to support the community of writers and creators behind Treble, please head to patreon.com/treblezine
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Sam Jones, Director of Isbell and Wilco Documentaries
Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries
A Treble Media Podcast
Today's episode is a bonus - an interview with our Very Special Guest, Sam Jones, the director of several films including "Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed", "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart", and "Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off".
Sam was incredibly generous with his time, sharing his insights and stories about the making of classic rock docs (and one of our favorite "rock docs that's not a rock doc").
How did he get Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires, and the members of Wilco to open up about their professional and personal lives? What's it like going into a documentary with no idea what he was going to get? How did he adapt to the unexpected, from Wilco getting dropped by their label to Isbell's record release running into a global pandemic?
Thanks to Sam for spending his time with us. Check out all of his work, he's a real one.
Hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts
Twitter: @RockDocsPod
Rock Docs is a Treble Media podcast. Treble is a fully independent media outlet devoted to music. You can find out more at Treblezine.com. If you’d like to support the community of writers and creators behind Treble, please head to patreon.com/treblezine
Next Episode
Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed with Steven Woods
Today's episode is about "Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed" (Sam Jones, 2023). The documentary covers the recording and release of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit's album "Reunions", including Jason's marital discord with his wife and bandmate Amanda Pearl Shires and how Covid affected their family and the album's release.
Also, it's the return of Rock Docs fave Music Box.
Check out our interview with the director of this film, Sam Jones, eleswhere in the podcast feed. Great guy, great conversation.
Our Very Special Guest is Isbell superfan Steven Woods.
Rock Docs is a Treble Media Podcast hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts
Twitter: @RockDocsPod
Instagram: @RockDocsPod
Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt
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