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Best Rock Documentaries

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 11, 2009 2:47 PM CDT

(Newser) – In honor of Woodstock—which happened 40 years ago this weekend—and the “seminal documentary” that captured it, John Farr shares his list of the 10 best rock concert/performance films—all of which are “meant to be played loud,” he writes on... Read full story »

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