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 changed the world and sold millions upon millions of copies. At its heart is Rick Hall who founded FAME Studios. Overcoming crushing poverty and staggering tragedies, he brought black and white together in Alabama's caul... (Full plot summary below)
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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 changed the world and sold millions upon millions of copies. At its heart is Rick Hall who founded FAME Studios. Overcoming crushing poverty and staggering tragedies, he brought black and white together in Alabama's cauldron of racial hostility to create music for the generations while giving birth to the 'Muscle Shoals Sound' and 'The Swampers'. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Percy Sledge, Gregg Allman, Clarence Carter, Etta James, Alicia Keys, Bono, and others bear witness to Muscle Shoals' magnetism, mystery, and why it remains influential today.
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| Seattle TimesPaul de BarrosIt is hands down one of the best music documentaries ever made. |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerA well made, endlessly fascinating and impeccably researched documentary that tells a riveting story and is packed with great characters, terrific anecdotes and fabulous music. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesDave HoekstraDo not leave the film until the last credit rolls by. |
| San Jose Mercury NewsJim Harrington"Muscle Shoals" is filled with great stories, characters and songs -- and, really, what else could you want from a music documentary? |
| SF WeeklyJonathan KieferCamalier's tuneful if somewhat overlong anecdotal history does the most justice to the Muscle Shoals sound just by listening to it. |
| The GridJason AndersonMusic docs with untold stories about unsung talents are an increasingly scarce commodity. But Muscle Shoals hits pay dirt with this vivid history of two recording studios that became crucial hotbeds of deep Southern soul and funky rock 'n' roll. |
| ScreenAnarchyJason GorberThis is a work that's a must-see for even the most casual of music fans, while still so chock full of moments of grace and beauty that even the most jaded of us that have seen umpteen other variations on this story can still properly fall in love with it. |
| Reason OnlineKurt LoderA marvelous doc about the creation of the fabled Muscle Shoals Sound -- as powerful today as it was 50 years ago. |
| RedEyeMatt PaisHas funky magic in it. Ooh, baby, does it ever. |
| McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreTo fans who know the tunes by heart, hearing their history is never less than thrilling. And if you’ve heard that line about “Swampers” and never new who they were, you should. They have been known to pick a song or two. |
