Muscle Shoals 2013

     Located beside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals is in Alabama.  The music recorded in the studio in Muscle Shoals changed the world and sold millions of records.  Rick Hall founded Fame Studios, which brought a different sound to the music industry.  Rick was raised in poverty in a home with a dirt floor and no running water.  He survived tragedies in his life and these adversities made him stronger.  During the time of civil rights and Martin Luther King, both races worked along side of each other in creativity. 

     This film is interesting but slightly repetitive and overlong.  There isn’t an answer as to why an unlikely rural town could draw so many talented musicians and produce hit after hit.  Some of the artists interviewed never recorded at the studio?  Also, there was a split and the rhythm section players known as the Swampers broke off and created their own studio.  3* (This movie is OK)

 

111 min, Doc directed by Greg ‘Freddy’ Camalier with Rick Hall, Aretha Franklin, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Jerry Carrigan, Alicia Keys, Jerry Phillips, Barry Beckett, Jerry Wexler, Bono, Jesse Boyce, Bryan Owings.

Note: Imdb 7.6 out of 10, 96% critic 86% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 3*.