Cocksucker Blues

Cocksucker Blues 

Directed by: Robert Frank   Producer: Marshall Chess

Running Time: 95 min   Color/B&W   Date: 1972

The Rolling Stones returned to the U.S. for a 1972 tour, they let photographer Robert Frank bring a crew of film
cameras along for the ride with the intention of releasing an honest, behind-the-scenes look at a band's life on the road.
The final cut was a bit more raw than the band had bargained for...

Of all the tours the Rolling Stones have made across North America, the 1972 tour is still remembered
as the most outrageous "Stones Tour Party" ever.

Cocksucker Blues is one-a-kind document of this tour, probably one of the very best rock tour movies
ever made, and never seen.

A look behind the scenes at a never-ending private party, with some songs tossed in, was so over the top that the Stones banned its release and obtained a court injunction against its distribution. For Robert Frank, the real performance was everywhere but the stage. He finally got the rights to screen the flick more than once a year.

Including excerpts of "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (Burbank-rehearsal) interview with Marshall Chess, Jagger & Richards/ "Say It’s Not You"/ "Fragile" (aka: "It’s Funny"), "Brown Sugar" (L. A. 11.06.1972, 2nd show)/ "Midnight Rambler" (Houston 25.06.1972, 1st show plus Fort Worth 24.06.1972, 2st show)/ "All Down The Line" (Seattle 04.06.1972, 2nd show)/ "I’m Free" (N. Y. City 25.07.1972, 2nd show)/ "Uptight /Satisfaction" (Philadelphia 21.07.1972, 1st show) plus "Happy" (probably L. A. 11.06.1972, 2nd)/ "Street Fighting Man" (New York City 25.07.1972, 2nd show) and more...

Available only on video or DVD in bootleg form, Cocksucker Blues has appeared on-line on the Flavorwire.com blog at August 19, 2009, but now´s banned also.

1988 ticket for a private screening of CS Blues