Independent Lens Muscle Shoals (Season 15, Episode 17)
TV Episode | Documentary

Independent Lens

Muscle Shoals (Season 15, Episode 17)

TV Episode | Documentary

Story of the 2 legendary recording studios in the Muscle Shoals area, on the banks of the Tennessee River. Producer Rick Hall overcame poverty and tragedy to create FAME Studios, where blacks and whites in segregated 1960s Alabama produced...See moreStory of the 2 legendary recording studios in the Muscle Shoals area, on the banks of the Tennessee River. Producer Rick Hall overcame poverty and tragedy to create FAME Studios, where blacks and whites in segregated 1960s Alabama produced some of the most soulful music ever. The best music of Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett and many others was recorded there, backed by the mostly-white Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, aka The Swampers. When psychedelia turned white audiences away from soul music in 1969, The Swampers moved nearby, starting Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, at 3614 Jackson Highway, where Southern rock sprang after studio guitarist Duane Allman convinced Pickett to record "Hey Jude." Pilgrims to the banks of the "singing river," such as the Rolling Stones and Alicia Keys, help tell the inspirational story of Hall and the Swampers. Written by David Stevens See less

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24 cast members

Name	Known for
Stanley Tucci Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Big Night (1996)
Stephen Badger Self / Intervier Self / Intervier See fewer	Independent Lens (1999)
Gregg Allman Self Self See fewer	Jack Reacher (2012)
Barry Beckett Self Self See fewer	Independent Lens (1999)
Bono Self Self See fewer	Across the Universe (2007)
Clarence Carter Self Self See fewer	Die Hard (1988)
Jimmy Cliff Self Self See fewer	The Harder They Come (1972)
Aretha Franklin Self Self See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Donna Godchaux Self Self See fewer	Sunshine Daydream (2013)
Rick Hall Self Self See fewer	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
Roger Hawkins Self Self See fewer	Muscle Shoals (2013)
David Hood Self Self See fewer	Muscle Shoals (2013)
Mick Jagger Self Self See fewer	Alfie (2004)
Jaimoe Self Self See fewer	The Allman Brothers Band: 40th Anniversary Live at the Beacon Theatre (2014)
Jimmy Johnson Self Self See fewer	Supernatural (2005)
Alicia Keys Self Self See fewer	The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
Edward King Self Self See fewer	Crimson Tide (1995)
Spooner Oldham Self Self See fewer	Mortal Kombat (2021)
Dan Penn Self Self See fewer	Mortal Kombat (2021)
Keith Richards Self Self See fewer	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Percy Sledge Self Self See fewer	The Crying Game (1992)
Candi Staton Self Self See fewer	Layer Cake (2004)
John Paul White Self Self See fewer	The Hunger Games (2012)
Steve Winwood Self Self See fewer	Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)