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Muscle Shoals - Documentary (2013) Located alongside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of America's most creative and defiant music. Under the spiritual influence of the "Singing River," as Native Americans called it, the music of Muscle Shoals has helped create some of the most important and resonant songs of all time. At its heart is Rick Hall who founded FAME Studios. Overcoming crushing poverty and staggering tragedies, Hall brought black and white together in Alabama's cauldron of racial hostility to create music for the generations. He is responsible for creating the "Muscle Shoals sound" and The Swampers, the house band at FAME that eventually left to start their own successful studio, known as Muscle Shoals Sound. Greg Allman, Bono, Clarence Carter, Mick Jagger, Etta James, Alicia Keys, Keith Richards, Percy Sledge and others bear witness to Muscle Shoals' magnetism, mystery and why it remains influential today. Director: Greg 'Freddy' Camalier Producers: Stephen Badger Greg 'Freddy' Camalier Contributors: Gregg Allman Bono Clarence Carter Jimmy Cliff Aretha Franklin Rick Hall Roger Hawkins David Hood Mick Jagger Jaimoe Donna Jean-Godchaux Jimmy Johnson Alicia Keys Ed King Spooner Oldham John Paul White Dan Penn Keith Richards Percy Sledge Candi Staton Steve Winwood Ed King http://www.magpictures.co...cleshoals/
The Swampers (nickname given to the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section) deserve to be credited right alongside other famous but faceless studio units like The Wrecking Crew and The Funk Brothers for the part they played in creating some of the best contemporary American music. "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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"Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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