Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul
- Music
- Documentary
Overview
The turbulent life of soul and blues singer, the late Joe Cocker. A former gas fitter from Sheffield, catapulted to world stardom in 1969 at Woodstock with his legendary performance of the Beatles song, "A Little Help from My Friends". But in the early 1970s, Joe Cocker's inner demons nearly killed him. Overcoming his struggles with alcohol and drugs, he rebuilt his reputation as "one of the great primal rock and roll vocalists of all time" (Billy Joel's description). The film mixes Joe Cocker's own words, with rare archive. His wife (Pam Cocker) & family, friends and the legendary songwriters and musicians he collaborated with, tell Joe Cocker's story. The film has raw, historic, electric performance footage throughout. Extensive interviews of key people through his life include: Pam Cocker, Ben Fong-Torres (Rolling Stone magazine editor), Randy Newman, Jimmy Webb, Billy Joel, Rita Coolidge, Deric Dyer, Glyn Johns, and numerous others.
Keywords
- rock 'n' roll
- portrait of an artist
- alcohol problems
- life and career
- music history
- rock singer
- famous song
- documentary portrait
- star singer
- former drug addict
- psychological struggle
- biography & portrait
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 17, 2017
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- english
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- ZDF/Arte,Eagle Rock Film Productions,Otmoor Productions Limited,Otmoor Productions,Otmoor Productions, Eagle Rock Film Productions, ZDF/Arte
- Budget
- $335,000
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt6679242