charlie brown Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 Watch this: "Muscle Shoals!" If you don't want to pay the YouTube fee... It's also on Netflix (Mail Out) DVD's, if you have that service. CB
charlie brown Posted March 30, 2014 Author Posted March 30, 2014 Well, I guess no one has seen this? CB
RevDavidLee Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 I just finished watching "Song of the South" a documentary about Duane Allman and the rise of the Allman Bros Band. Muscle Shoals is the next one on my list. I love this kind of stuff enough that I prefer to buy the DVDs.
IanHenry Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 Charlie, I believe this is the documentary shown on the BBC a couple of weeks ago and yes it was very good. Ian
Woollymonster Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 We saw it. My wife bought this one and also It Might Get Lound and Sound City. Awesome. Make sure you watch and play these through a decent stereo. Sound City won a Grammy for Best Sound Track. All these old documentaries made me realize how we have lost (to a large extent) the art of analog music production and recording. I feel sorry for people who have only heard computer generated music played through iPod’s. I guess a good US made stereo is pretty much out of everyone’s reach in this day and age. Sad.
retrorod Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 Thanks for the 'heads up' charlie brown. I would be very interested in watching this
jdgm Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 Watched it this afternoon - I'm in the UK and it is on the BBC iPlayer. Very, very good indeed; excellent narrative mostly about Rick Hall who is an extraordinary man, and the river landscape so strange and beautiful it made me want to visit. How much of it is like that? Almost 2 hrs long but worth the time. Even with the inevitable appearance of Bono...
RevDavidLee Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 We saw it. My wife bought this one and also It Might Get Lound and Sound City. Awesome. Make sure you watch and play these through a decent stereo. Sound City won a Grammy for Best Sound Track. All these old documentaries made me realize how we have lost (to a large extent) the art of analog music production and recording. I feel sorry for people who have only heard computer generated music played through iPod’s. I guess a good US made stereo is pretty much out of everyone’s reach in this day and age. Sad. I already own "It Might Get Loud" but had not heard of "Sound City" until you mentioned it here. I bought both Sound City & Muscle Shoals today at Barnes & Nobles and will be watching both over the next 2 evenings. Will drop back in here and give my take on em once I've seen them. Thanks for the heads up on Sound City - I love this stuff!
RevDavidLee Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 I just finished watching Muscle Shoals and Jesus I had no idea whatsoever that many bands and artists went through that place. This is a phenomenal documentary and should be seen by everyone who is a musician. I actually teared up in a few places - I grew up on this music and there were things and facts I was not at all aware of. WOW! I loved it throughout. Highly recommend that you watch this one folks. Fabulous history lesson and an eye opening experience even if you thought you knew all there was to know about Muscle Shoals - trust me - you don't.
Woollymonster Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 I just finished watching Muscle Shoals and Jesus I had no idea whatsoever that many bands and artists went through that place. This is a phenomenal documentary and should be seen by everyone who is a musician. I actually teared up in a few places - I grew up on this music and there were things and facts I was not at all aware of. WOW! I loved it throughout. Highly recommend that you watch this one folks. Fabulous history lesson and an eye opening experience even if you thought you knew all there was to know about Muscle Shoals - trust me - you don't. Wasn’t that great!? We bought all three of the documentaries I mentioned above and just sat and watched and listened it awe. So sad that analog music played by real musicians on real guitars and amps has been lost to the "low information” and “instant gratification” crowd.
Woollymonster Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 Watched it this afternoon - I'm in the UK and it is on the BBC iPlayer. Very, very good indeed; excellent narrative mostly about Rick Hall who is an extraordinary man, and the river landscape so strange and beautiful it made me want to visit. How much of it is like that? Almost 2 hrs long but worth the time. Even with the inevitable appearance of Bono... Its a magical place even to this day. If you are ever able to visit, make some time on your calendar for Memphis and Nashville too. You won’t regret it.
charlie brown Posted April 1, 2014 Author Posted April 1, 2014 Yeah, I really enjoyed it! Learned a thing or two, in the process, as well! CB
RevDavidLee Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 Wasn’t that great!? We bought all three of the documentaries I mentioned above and just sat and watched and listened it awe. So sad that analog music played by real musicians on real guitars and amps has been lost to the "low information” and “instant gratification” crowd. Yes it was great! Better than I imagined because, as stated. I had no idea all those artists went through there. I was stunned from the start when I learned that Percy Sledge recorded "When a Man Loves a Woman" there. WOW! What a way to start up your studio. Damn great documentary!
surfpup Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 This is certainly on my list once it hits streaming status on Netflix or the RedBox gets it.
L5Larry Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 This is certainly on my list once it hits streaming status on Netflix... Just the reason my wife won't let me drop DVD-by-mail off the account. DVD on the list! Not everything will EVER be available on their streaming service.
RevDavidLee Posted April 2, 2014 Posted April 2, 2014 Okay tonight my gal and I watched Sound City and thank you again for turning me onto this one! This is fantastic stuff and I have to include a picture of the famous Neve Console with the even more famous Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham in the Sound City Studio - Whoa!!!! Once again I learned ALOT by watching this fabulous documentary and again I had no idea so many famous people and bands recorded there! Thank goodness Dave Grohl put this story to DVD and also for rescuing that famous Neve Console that we've all heard but probably didn't know it until watching this film. For any of you that have spent any time in a professional studio (both fancy and run down - I've been in both) you will completely understand a great deal of the interaction and vibe here and appreciate this documentary more than a musician who has not been blessed with being in a studio environment. Lots of great stuff here! I had many favorite parts but some of the best to me were Tom Petty, Carl Perkins & Johnny Cash in the studio together (who knew that???) and also Paul McCartney recording with Dave Grohl and others and the engineers talking in the sound room about "oh yeah, you can tell Paul McCartney what he's doing wrong in there" after Sir Paul told the engineers "well let's give it a go and you can tell us what we're doing wrong in here". That was priceless. Who the hell is going to tell Paul McCartney he's doing something wrong musically. LOL I even watched the bonus material and was pleased and surprised to see Corey Taylor (Slipknot) in the new Dave Grohl 606 Studio where the Neve Console was relocated to after Sound City closed, Corey is a Des Moines Iowa native as I am and I remembered back when they used to shop at the same music store I did and ran into those guys a lot. I also remembered after Slipknot first took off and the guys became famous and I was at the music store when the guys came in and grabbed 7 or 8 Gibson guitars off the wall and threw down cash for them and left. I remember thinking that's what being famous is really great for - buying every piece of gear you ever wanted! This was another great DVD and I highly recommend it as well. Excellent stuff throughout and a great history lesson too.
Woollymonster Posted April 2, 2014 Posted April 2, 2014 Now wouldn’t you like to load up and go cut an album in Dave Grohl’s studio on Neve board and 2” tape? So glad he preserved that piece of musical history. It Might Get Loud is another great documentary that any experienced musician will love.
RevDavidLee Posted April 2, 2014 Posted April 2, 2014 Now wouldn’t you like to load up and go cut an album in Dave Grohl’s studio on Neve board and 2” tape? OH HELL YES! I'm very thankful Dave Grohl saved that console too. That was a very cool thing to do. And important to preserve such an important piece of music history. The real upside to watching all this stuff the past couple days is that I'm spending a lot more time in my studio than I have in awhile. It really inspired me to make more time to do what I really love doing - making music & preserving it. After I'm gone I want people to know I was here playing the hell out of my gear& having the time of my life. Rock the hell on brothers cuz I'm going to \:D/
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