Baby-boomer must-see: ‘One to One, John & Yoko’

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This poster may only serve to reignite the unsubsiding loathing for Yoko Ono but the documentary, which had musical oversight by the couple’s son Sean, actually counters that view. It reveals an amazingly beautiful relationship between an unlikely pairing, two artists. I recommend it highly. I couldn’t even move from my seat for a good ...

New doc ‘One to One: John & Yoko’ on arts couple’s Greenwich Village life slated to open

Music
We’re seeing it next week. But no harm to view the trailer. “One to One: John & Yoko” concerns an eighteen-month window in 1971 in which the controversial couple, newly arrived in the United States, lived in a tiny apartment in the Village where, among other things, they watched gobs of American television. Living through ...

Superlative studio musicians of ’70s rock revealed in ‘Immediate Family’ doc

Music
This is the portrait of an artist. Don’t recognize him? His name is Waddy Wachtel. Never heard of him? That’s intentional. Wachtel, whom Keith Richards calls a “natural maestro,” made a life decision — to become, and remain, a top-notch, back-of-house studio musician. Playing behind front-line artists like Carole King, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Keith ...