The film chronicles the tumultuous journey of the late Joe Cocker, a soul and blues singer who rose from being a gas fitter in Sheffield to achieving global fame in 1969 with his iconic rendition of the Beatles’ “A Little Help from My Friends” at Woodstock. However, the early 1970s saw Cocker battling personal demons that nearly cost him his life. Despite these challenges, he managed to overcome his struggles with alcohol and drugs, reestablishing himself as “one of the great primal rock and roll vocalists of all time,” as described by Billy Joel. The documentary weaves together Cocker’s own words with rare archival footage, while his wife Pam Cocker, family, friends, and the legendary songwriters and musicians he worked with share his story. The film is rich with raw, historic, and electrifying performance clips, and features in-depth interviews with significant figures from his life, including Pam Cocker, Ben Fong-Torres (editor at Rolling Stone magazine), Randy Newman, Jimmy Webb, Billy Joel, Rita Coolidge, Deric Dyer, Glyn Johns, and many others.