Director Greg Camalier seems to think there is something in the water, the source being the supposed ‘singing’ Tennessee River which runs through the musical enigma that is Muscle Shoals, Alabama. His first feature meditates on the rippling water, the green overgrowth and the surrounding cotton fields as a sort of visual counterpart to the legendary list of hit songs that, to the world at large during the ‘60s, seemed to spring from some kind of southern ether as if the stuff of native folklore. Though occasionally hokey and perpetually shaky in structure, Muscle Shoals soundly, but episodically documents the platinum recording history of the rinky-dink rural town, it’s tragic, hard-headed forefather Rick Hall, and the contentious relationships between his own Fame Studios, big time producer Jerry Wexler and the eventual start up Muscle Shoals Sound Studio just across town.
As is only appropriate for a musically focused film such as this,...
As is only appropriate for a musically focused film such as this,...
- 3/4/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
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“Muscle Shoals,” which is rated “PG” and opens in Chicago on Oct. 4, 2013, also features Alicia Keys, Bono, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Rick Hall, Greg Allman, Clarence Carter, Jimmy Cliff, David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, Ed King and Spooner Oldham from director Greg “Freddy” Camalier.
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“Muscle Shoals,” which is rated “PG” and opens in Chicago on Oct. 4, 2013, also features Alicia Keys, Bono, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Rick Hall, Greg Allman, Clarence Carter, Jimmy Cliff, David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, Ed King and Spooner Oldham from director Greg “Freddy” Camalier.
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- 10/2/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Editor’s note: With Muscle Shoals opening in limited release, please enjoy the sweet sounds of our Sundance review, originally published on January 26. Rick Hall grew up in rural Alabama, but despite these simple roots, Hall always wanted to be somebody. Muscle Shoals tells the story of how he did become somebody when he founded Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Al, and in doing so created a deep Southern sound that permeated the music industry, and still exists today. While many accredit this to the “magic” of the Tennessee River, it was the rhythm section Hall put together, called “The Swampers,” that created this unique sound in this unexpected place. When you think of the locations of famous recording studios, you usually think of Los Angeles, New York City or London, but artists started flocking down south to Fame Studios thanks to The Swampers and Hall’s ability to recognize a hit song. The...
- 9/27/2013
- by Allison Loring
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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