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Muscle Shoals
“The incredible true story of a small town with a big sound.”
20137.21h 51m
Overview
In a tiny Alabama town with the curious name of Muscle Shoals, something miraculous sprang from the mud of the Tennessee River. A group of unassuming, yet incredibly talented, locals came together and spawned some of the greatest music of all time: “Mustang Sally,” “I Never Loved a Man,” “Wild Horses,” and many more. During the most incendiary periods of racial hostility, white folks and black folks came together to create music that would last for generations and gave birth to the incomparable “Muscle Shoals sound.”
Directed by Greg 'Freddy' Camalier
0Top Cast
Gregg Allman
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Bono
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Clarence Carter
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Jimmy Cliff
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Aretha Franklin
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Jesse Boyce
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Donna Godchaux
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Edward King
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Themes & Keywords
recording studioblues musicsession musicians
About Muscle Shoals
Muscle Shoals is a documentary, history, music film released in 2013 exploring themes of recording studio, blues music, session musicians. Directed by Greg 'Freddy' Camalier, it stars Gregg Allman, Bono, Clarence Carter. In a tiny Alabama town with the curious name of Muscle Shoals, something miraculous sprang from the mud of the Tennessee River. A group of unassuming, yet incredibly talented, locals came together and spawned some of the greatest music of all time: “Mustang Sally,” “I Never Loved a Man,” “Wild Horses,” and many more. During the most incendiary periods of racial hostility, white folks and black folks came together to create music that would last for generations and gave birth to the incomparable “Muscle Shoals sound.”
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