Muscle Shoals

2013 111 min ★ 7.2 Documentary, History, Music

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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Cast

Gregg Allman

Self

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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Director

Greg 'Freddy' Camalier

Tagline

"The incredible true story of a small town with a big sound."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Reviews

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Grant English

November 4, 2014

★ 8.5/10

Rick Hall got together a bunch of white, country boys to be a band. He found a local black orderly singing in the hospital. The man singing was Percy Sledge, the band became known as The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, also known as The Swampers. The funk and groove that these boys laid down became the stuff of legend. This is their story. Wilson Picket called his label and said - "Get me those ...