"Under the Influence" is an intimate portrait of Keith Richards, the music lover. It is highly recommended to Rolling Stones fans and music aficionados.
Netflix has been making some award-winning documentaries over the past few years, and here is another original- a bio-doc about "Rolling Stones" guitarist, Keith Richards! This mostly features Keith talking about his many influences; a big part of which are American blues artists like Muddy Waters.
The legendary Keith Richards reveals the artists, individuals and music that influenced his music.Interesting documentary, on a very interesting subject.
Keith Richards: Under the Influence (2015) *** (out of 4)This Netflix documentary has Keith Richards talking about a variety of subjects while touring with The Rolling Stones on their 2015 tour as well as preparing his solo album Crosseyed Heart.If you're a fan of Richards or the Stones then you're obviously going to want to check this film out as there's some great interview footage as well as some behind-the-scenes footage from the recent tour.
If you're a big Stones fan and have a knowledge of their history, then this documentary won't have much new stuff to offer. We get the usual story about what influenced him starting out from the old blues of Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolf to the early rock of Chuck Berry and Elvis.
The drunk chuckle of Keith Richards makes me smile. This wasn't so much a documentary about Keith, but more about his music influences.
I discovered Keith Richards - the musician, not the rock star - somewhat late in life. I'm a guitar player and I have a passion for blues, especially the raw, unpolished stuff recorded in the fifties and early sixties - but my love for this kind of unfiltered, emotional music only developed over time.
Don't expect to see the Rolling Stones in concert or Keith Richards doing a five minute guitar solo. This is an informative look at the aged rock and blues musician who cut his teeth on early American musical influences who along with Mick Jagger, introduced audiences on this side of the Atlantic to some of the classic names of Chicago Blues.
