Muscle Shoals (2013)
The incredible true story of a small town with a big sound.
Género : Documental, Historia, Música
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 51M
Director : Greg 'Freddy' Camalier
Sinopsis
Muscle Shoals”, narra la historia de ésta pequeña localidad de poco más de diez mil habitantes, al noroeste del estado de Alabama, muy cerca del Tennessee River, se encuentra F.A.M.E. (Florence Alabama Music Enterprises), la factoría del genio Rick Hall inaugurada en Florence en 1959 junto a otros tres socios y conducida en solitario a partir de 1963 en Muscle Shoals, donde comenzó la historia la hoy mítica región conocida como The Shoals, junto a Muscle Shoals Sound Studios. (FILMAFFINITY)
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