Joe Cocker’s Mad Dogs & Englishmen movie free to watch online

The Tedeschi Trucks Band kicked off the subsequent live tribute by performing The Letter with Nathaniel Rateliff, before Teddy Swims joined the action for Traffic’s Feelin’ Alright. The evening ended with an all-star run through With A Little Help From My Friends with Tedeschi Trucks Band, Rateliff, Swims, Adams, Cyndi Lauper, The Black Crowes‘ Chris Robinson and others.

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As if that weren’t enough Joe Cocker action, the acclaimed 1971 concert movie Mad Dogs & Englishmen is now available on Cocker’s official YouTube channel to watch in its entirety for the first time. The movie follows the frequently chaotic 1970 tour of the same name, revealing more than director Pierre Adidge probably intended. While the sex and drug use might not be entirely explicit, the state of Cocker and much of his 42-piece band fills in any gaps.

In one scene, a forlorn-looking Cocker is interviewed backstage at the Fillmore West, and claims that singing is “a release” from all the anger and frustration welling up inside him. “If I didn’t have singing,” he says, “I probably would have murdered somebody.”