This Netflix documentary follows Keith Richards as he works in the studio on new songs and travels through America to sites connected with American music. Theses scenes are intercut with archival footage of Richards and the Stones. The influences in this movie are musical – Blues, Country, & Reggae – and Richards talks about his love for music and how he creates his own. Musicians talking about music is the best kind of music documentary. It has all the joy and none of the bitterness of Richard’s autobiography. As an added bonus, Tom Waits appears for a few scene-stealing interviews. Rating: ****
With the top ten or so songs listed for every year of my existence, it’s time for the year-end review of my favorite songs of 2013.
For previous year-end lists of previous years check out my lists for 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009.
I’ve featured many of this songs in my Song of the Week posts this year. If you see a link from a song title it will take you back to the Song of the Week post for that song.
Tom Waits and Keith Richards pair up to sing the classic sea shanty “Shenandoah” with predictable results. They sound like a bunch of drunk guys in a bar, and it’s awesome. This is the best pairing of two unique artists on a standard since Nick Cave and Shane MacGowan joined to sing “What a Wonderful World.”