We see Bono's face before we hear a soul singer sing, but other than that prizing of current fame over timeless r&b, Greg "Freddy" Camalier's engaging new doc Muscle Shoals stands as a winning tribute to the coastal Alabama studio, musicians, and engineers who laid down some of the greatest pop tracks of the late '60s and early '70s: Wilson Pickett's "Land of 1,000 Dances," the Staple Singers' "I'll Take You There," and Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman." The film and the principals—Fame Studios founder Rick Hall, Jerry Wexler, members of the rhythm section, even Aretha herself—indulge in myth-making, citing some spirit hauled up from Alabama river mud that made these white musicians play so "greasy" and "funky" (Aretha's words!). But with music this rich and ...
- 9/25/2013
- Village Voice
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