Muscle Shoals (2013)

Muscle Shoals: Directed by Greg ‘Freddy’ Camalier. With Stephen Badger, Rick Hall, Aretha Franklin, Jerry Carrigan. A documentary that celebrates Rick Hall, the founder of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and the signature sound he developed in songs such as “I’ll Take You There

“Stumbled on this film on PBS last nite. Incredible. I had no idea that this place had such an influence on the music I grew up with. Seems like they produced the best music in the late 20th century, from Aretha and Rolling Stones all the way Bono and Alicia Keys. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWould be wonderful to visit that area of the U.S….except for the bugs. LOL. Just watching all those rivers, legs, ponds, all I could think of was mosquitoes. LOL. Anyway the story of Rick Halls is not to be missed. His horrendous background and u0026quot;pulling up the bootstrapu0026quot; life makes for a terrific story not counting his strict work ethic , u0026quot;diversity embracingu0026quot; and meticulous approach to music making.”