Muscle Shoals Documentary PART 2- (REACTION)

⁠ ‪@AirplayBeats‬ reacts to The Muscle Shoals Documentary
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[@dmn23]

This is so heavy it's unreal. Every story is just astonishing. Like, "Yeah, and then one day after lunch on a Tuesday we all sat down and changed popular culture for the next 60 years..."

[@deantait8326]

Yes, I was a part of that generation but I believe culture has gone Way Way Too Far!

[@thundernels]

Be curious to your reaction of The Wrecking Crew.

[@mattcalifornia7318]

Yep - that's another great documentary. Similar kind of story. Add it to the list, guys.

[@8mycake244]

When are ya'll dropping part III? I'm from Muscle Shoals and Jimmy Johnson was a cousin. He's passed now. My mom and I would go up to their studio and he'd show us around. It's amazing stuff, what was recorded there. Great channel.

[@amymikesparks2699]

We’re waiting…

[@mahlonfelkins73]

Bell captain....supervisory baggage handler

[@Troy_In_The_80s]

The guys that handle the luggage at hotels (and airports) are called bellboys. They're called that because the employee behind the counter would smack their hand on the bell to signify that the customer had been checked in. The bell captain is the supervisor of the bellboys.

[@324cmac]

In the old days, there were a lot more services given to customers at the airlines. Today, we're charged for everything and even that is usually crap.

[@Rock_Snob]

“Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers” (Sweet Home Alabama)

[@alpetrocelli4465]

The Classic Rock Era wouldn’t have been the same without the Swampers & Muscle Shoals. I was a white grade schooler in the ‘60’s and suddenly listened to Percy & Wilson & Aretha right along with the Beatles & Stones. What a time to be young!✌️❤️🎶

[@oltcutdown]

Grew up 30 minutes from Muscle Shoals. Glad yall are watching this. Your gonna love it.

[@a2zme]

To answer some of the questions you guys had: 1: The main 'record label' was Atlantic (Jerry Wexler's Label) .. the Muscle Shoals studio was just where they recorded the songs. They had their own record label 'FAME Music' but most of the great tunes were for the labels that the artists belonged to. 2: The 'Bell Captain' is just an airport term for 'Bell hop' .. someone who either worked for the hotel or the airport assisting ppl w/ their luggage. Aretha saw her husband at the airport w/ all his things packed ready to go!.. lol :)

[@ttimgents]

My father worked Statler Hotel (now the Capital Hilton) in Washington DC for years in the late 1940s through early 1970s. There the shift bell captain was the bellman in charge of, supervising the other bellman on duty. Highly unlikely that the bell captain would have, or could have, left the hotel to accompany a guest to the airport. Though for a a special guest, possible that an arrangement might have been made for money and a big tip. My guess that the hotel Aretha was staying in near Muscle Shoals was not a big deal, and that a bell captain might have accompanied her in her bags to airport.

[@ToddSauve]

@@ttimgents Or the airport had their own staff that did the same job. That sounds like it to me.

[@jlmain5777]

Yes, Etta was on Chess Records. Aretha was on Atlantic Records.

[@uncletom618]

Yep, those Swampers did as much for race relations as Bobby Kennedy.

[@randyallaben9900]

I can’t tell you how much fun I’m having watching the looks on your face when you see where so much great soul and rhythm and blues music came from. Lots of rock ‘n’ roll too. The swampers just had that magic. They had that funky, and as Aretha said it GREAZY sound! Country white boys, laying down the Funk! It’s just the greatest story.

[@airplay_movies]

This is a fun one

[@spruce381]

Same. It’s brilliant watching folk learn the music history I love.

[@spruce381]

Same. It’s brilliant watching folk learn the music history I love.

[@MarkL1968]

Interesting note: Atlantic owned Stax records where the original version of Respect with Otis Redding was released. Stax released it first and it was a minor hit for Otis, then Atlantic released it with Aretha and it became a major hit. So, between Memphis with the Stax house band, Booker T & The MGs, Muscle Shoals with their house band, the Swampers (On many Atlantic Records cuts) and Detroit with the Motown house band, the Funk Brothers, the foundations were laid for R&B and funk for like the past 60 years. Detroit, Memphis, and Muscle Shoals. Amazing stuff!

[@TheDivayenta]

Otis wrote Respect.

[@MarkL1968]

Yup and Aretha’s version was basically a rebuttal to Otis’ original.

[@melodymakermark]

@TheDivayenta, you probably know, but Otis and other black artists used to write songs at the Lorraine Motel (where Dr. King was assassinated) with the Colonel, Steve Cropper. That’s where Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay was written, and many others.

[@MarkL1968]

@@melodymakermark Nice! I didn’t know that and I loves me some good music trivia! Thanks!

[@melodymakermark]

Actually, I’m wrong on that one I believe. Dock of the Bay was written in SF I believe, while actually sitting on the dock of the bay. Don’t want to cost you a trivia game. However, I copied this from the civil rights museum website… Entertainers like Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughn, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, and Otis Redding were all guests at the motel, and two famous songs, Wilson Pickett’s “The Midnight Hour” and Eddie Floyd’s “Knock on Wood,” were both composed at the Lorraine.

[@karenpowell6063]

Been a Percy Sledge fan since the late 60s. What a voice ❤🔥🔥🔥

[@324cmac]

I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You) was written by Ronnie Shannon. Aretha's husband, Ted White, had asked Shannon to write a song specifically for Aretha. The guys at Muscle Shoals listened to the demo tape of the song lyrics at that first session. They just couldn't figure out how to come up with the music until Spooner Oldham started playing that intro. Then, Aretha and The Swampers improvised the music in what Aretha described as a 'head session.'

[@danconroy8293]

I met David Hood thru a friend. We went to the US Grand Grix a the Indy Motor Speedway in 3004. It rained all morning at sat in the infield partying and David was telling stories about the Allman Bros.Lynyrd Sktnrd. Wow what a day,fuck the race it was so much fun listening to David tell stories. At the time I didn't know much about Muscle Shoals. I had a standard poodle at the time,David loved my dog when he got home he bought a standard poodle and named him Nappy.

[@Uuuuutuuuube]

Please do the documentary “Standing in the Shadows of Motown”!

[@324cmac]

So happy you saw this part of the documentary about Wilson Pickett and Aretha. Just fascinating to see what goes on in the studio with great artists like them and with musicians like The Swampers. True icons!

[@bluetopguitar1104]

This is one of the best documentaries about American music. Real artists and people who cared about music. Sorely missed.

[@RichardSchaefer-zx9ig]

Great reactions from both parties. Yes, this film blew my mind 1st viewing, the magic that came out of Muscle Shoals was unique + artists you'll be seeing record there is a remarkable line-up. BTW the background singer who's been featured a couple times, Donna Thatcher, you've seen before. After she marries Keith Gouchaux and sings back up w the Grateful Dead in the '70s. Duane Allman also built up his cred w anybodyhearing him play. I saw Eric Clapton stating he stopped the car 1st time hearing Wilson Pickett's "Hey Jude" w Duane's guitar blazing in the outro. Eric said he found out who played the session before he could fall asleep.

[@michaelkeefe8494]

Which eventually led EC to Bonnie & Delaney laying the roots for Derek & the Dominoes.

[@kkampy4052]

Bell hops carried the baggage, bell captain was the bell hop supervisor.

[@gleffersjr6855]

Thanks guys, love seeing you two watch this. Great documentary and great reaction!

[@johnathanstruble1064]

Loving it Gentlemen! Loving it Up next " The Wrecking Crew" ....❤

[@curtisduncanmusic7645]

Somebody needs to do some reactions to The Spencer Davis Group; specifically, "Gimme Some Lovin'" and "I'm a Man." And from there, go straight to Traffic and "Mr. Fantasy" the album. Groundbreaking, earthshaking, and every other superlative you can think of. BTW, I can't wait to see you do the rest of this video. It's one of my all-time favorites.

[@757optim]

"Leaving with the bell captain" was hilarious. A bell captain is the supervisor of the bell hops in a hotel who primarily handle luggage. Either the bell captain had accompanied her husband to the airport, or they had a similar job description at the airport.

[@deannacrownover3]

Guys, we have been getting intermittent signals for about a week now and haven't had any phone service but I came all the way into town to watch this with y'all! When I tried to open youtube, the thumbnails would come up but no videos would load. So now I'm in the country seat to see this with y'all. Muscle Shoals turned out dinner if the greatest, grimiest and soulful music I have ever heard in my life! The joy, the triumph, the sorrow and the devastation are all heard in those recordings. They're dirty and sleazy and heartfelt, raw and pure. I'm so grateful that you guys are doing a deep dive into the roots of American music.

[@airplay_movies]

Thanks for going on this journey with us!!

[@tbryan5313]

Awesome guyz! Already waitin' for next part!!!

[@Unclesmokey314]

one of my all time favorite documentaries ever... so glad you're doin it, there's so much to learn....

[@bluesrock1]

Etta James recorded for Chess records. Cadillac Records was the name of the movie about Leonard Chess and the record label.

[@324cmac]

And we should never believe biography movies. They are usually mostly fiction.

[@bluesrock1]

@@324cmac Cadillac Records got the big picture right. Some of the details were either missing, or exaggerated. But, let's remember, they're movies, not documentaries.

[@mojobag01]

I don't know if you chaps noticed but you are grinning like little kids through most of this. Wonderful.

[@jhamler1]

It's all about the BASS! And the drums, too. I remember watching this documentary fifteen years ago (or whenever it came out) but I really enjoy watching it all over again with y'all. Please hurry up and post the rest. Cheers!

[@geoffsullivan7902]

The unlimited amount of heart and good will toward man…..let’s bring that back…..or find it….❤love your channel ❤️we are learning things today.✅

[@SuperB1741]

Check out the music collection The Fame Studio Story 1961-1973 Home of the Muscle Shoals Sound. It's fantastic! Candi Staton is another gem of music history! Candi Staton Evidence: The Complete Fame Records Masters is stellar!

[@bluetopguitar1104]

George Wallace got shot and paralyzed. He became a better person after that. Crazy but true. A crazy time that I remember. It wasn't like that where I lived, thank god.

[@markrogers4432]

Guys: Check Standing in the Shadows of Motown - amazing doc > Funk Brothers

[@troubleondemand7703]

A bell captain is like the head bellhop. Bellhops, carry luggage. So the guy was probably carrying her husbands (and maybe her?) luggage for the plane ride out of there.

[@Boatzilla2]

Bell Captain is the guy who takes care of your luggage. Airports USED to have that service.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

Sooo good!! I'd forgotten most of this so it's really fun to watch it with you guys & to see you make the connections betweeen the songs & artists that you know but to see the backstory & how they got made...with Muscle Shoals being the common denominator. Can't wait til part 3 comes out! You guys are the best.

[@uncletom618]

To comment on the fella a few below, TheWrecking Crew was just as astonishing as Muscle Shoals I’m betting that La snd Che will be allover that one too.

[@johnnyd5285]

Jerry Wexler worked for Atlantic Records, so any records recorded with him was for Atlantic records

[@keelsmac01]

I just watched this a couple weeks ago, but glad to watch it again with you two. Great American music history right here! Can’t wait for part three! Muscle shoals has got the swampers 🎶

[@yves78]

Digging this fellas, cant wait for you to see where the swampers is added into some famous lyrics and really hope you watch the wrecking crew.

[@diverdown631]

Jerry wexler started Atlanitic records,and later became partners with amhet ertegun.

[@deanhovey8348]

They recorded for many labels - they were a for hire studio and player crew for everyone that wanted it ...

[@deeg8849]

Insight - muscle shoals is the name of the town - Fame is the studio in muscle shoals - swappers was the Fame in house band - Atlantic was Aretha and Wilson picket label (that Jerry we let ran) - chess records was the label that chess brothers owned in Chicago. Etta was on chess records - Cadillac records wasn’t a label at all, it was just a movie title cause the chess brothers used to give Cadillacs to the artists

[@324cmac]

It's Swampers.

[@ML-un1oi]

This is the 4th time watching this documentary. And each time, it is better. Because I get to watch the reaction in thier faces and voices. Can not wait for part 3. Great reaction, fellas 👏 ❤😊

[@RobertAlexanderII]

One of my very favorite music docs. Them Alabama boys tore it up back in the day. You guys need to put Gimme Shelter on your must watch list. This classic tragic show is a generation defining event.

[@cletushouse906]

Great stuff guys. Can’t wait for part 3.

[@tstoneami]

I've watched that doc multiple times. Love it.

[@curtisduncanmusic7645]

Yer killin' me! I can't wait for you to do the rest of this video. It's fire!

[@dopeymark]

Just such a great documentary. I've watched it a few times over the years.

[@diverdown631]

There's a new doc about Stax records come out on HBO.

[@324cmac]

Rick Hall, the producer at FAME studios, had an extremely tragic life. It's hard to hear his stories.

[@Irockthere4]

Wexler was a New York guy but knew he had something down South. Watch his documentary called “Immaculate Funk”

[@Itsourright]

Some great American history 👍👍

[@davidwilkins5932]

You guys chose a great title. Looking forward to the next part.

[@michaelyork4554]

Now You know why Ronnie Van Zandt says "In Muscle Shoals they got The Swampers, and They been known to pick a song or two" A little sarcasm, for anyone thinking that there were no Southerners who were not racist, there is bias everywhere, But, they were recording and putting out some of the most foundational R&B Even Created. An object lesson through Music. I was alive during the whole "Wallace" situation, and, Dr. King calling out all people to be honorable, the later 60's, a white boy, witnessing the sellout of a lot of white people like my parents, who went along with the entire notion of black, and white people should live separated. The crazy thing, is that my father, grew up on a farm in Sicily Island Louisiana, where white people, and black people all live together in a small tight knit community, and mostly loved, and cared for each other equally. I got to visit there in the late 60's as a boy, then we would return to Pompano Beach FL, and I would have gone from an early 1900's community to a 1969 modern society, in a middle class white neighborhood. It was like travelling through time. I love that so much of the "wall of bias" has been torn down, and we each treat each other as individuals, without bias. People are People. God has to show us our hypocrisy somehow, as long as we learn from our mistakes. Thanks Guys, Love this Documentary.

[@Zeb-gb2uk]

Bell hop / captain one who handles people's luggage

[@curtisduncanmusic7645]

You have no idea what a treat it is for me to (a) watch this documentary, which I've done many times, and (b) see the two of you respond to hearing all these stories for the first time. And all the stories are great. Thank you, thank you, thank you for choosing this video to respond to. These are the songs I heard on the radio when I was a teenager. The first concert I ever went to was Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels opening the show; the headliner was Wilson Pickett. What a time to be alive. In many ways I wish you guys could have been there!

[@rogerbeshears7430]

The bell captain is the guy in the hotel.Who handles the luggage for the guests. He was called by a bell being rung by the hotel manager.

[@1perfectpitch]

FYI Dwayne Allman played guitar on Picket's "Hey Jude" recorded at Muscle Shoals.

[@michaelkeefe8494]

A rare and amazing R&B guitar solo...

[@willblood7082]

I’m pretty sure they never had their own label and/or stable of artists. Major labels would sign the artists and then book time at Muscle Shoals for the recordings. Btw, the bell captain is a guy who Carrie’s your luggage for you.

[@Caseydog3]

I believe a bell captain is the one who takes your luggage! Not 100 on that

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Yeah, I believe you’re right.

[@toddbarton7229]

A bell captain carries your luggage

[@matzabean]

Jerry Wexler recorded Aretha at Muscle Shoals under the Atlantic lable.

[@TheDivayenta]

Etta was on Chess Records. . 😊 A bell captain is a baggage person in a hotel- the head of the service staff.

[@michaelkeefe8494]

Atlantic Records was Wexler's label.

[@fredshred5194]

So where does Sun records fit in, if at all.

[@michaelkeefe8494]

@@fredshred5194 Memphis... They had their own studio. Carl Perkins and Elvis.

[@fredshred5194]

@@michaelkeefe8494 ok thanks dude

[@bossfan49]

A bell captain is the person in charge of the bellhops and staff at a hotel. The bell captain was likely a man, and in this case was perhaps escorting Aretha's husband to the airport and assisting him with the luggage.

[@Friend_Of_The_Muse]

Bell Captain. Head of Bell Boys who handle your luggage. He was at the airport with his luggage ready to leave her behind.

[@tedsmith7814]

Hot diggity! Re-watching this with you guys. Good stuff.

[@pcraig1383]

13:29 "thats what music does, thats what music does..." Beethoven said he considered music superior to philosophy, math, religion etc., i agree.

[@lesliedavis2185]

From Oz, it big fan of the music that came out of Muscle Shoals

[@williamcabell142]

A Bell Captain takes care of the luggage! Yikes…come on dude!😵‍💫🤨

[@stevewarren6730]

2 thumbs up on this one fellas

[@dopeymark]

By the way the label was Atlantic records. They released several greatest hits records and CDs over the last 40 years. I had the vinyl double album many many years ago. Highly recommended.

[@dgator3599]

This docu is amazing!

[@sea6bear]

Any one else getting chills watching this ?

[@rick063092]

Atlantic was the label in regards to Aretha.. Jerry Wexler & Atlantic were cutting stuff at Stax in Memphis and got into a financial dispute, so he needed to find a new similar type studio situation

[@jefffinn1105]

Stax is a similar story but in Memphis, some of the greatest soul music of the 60's performed by integrated musicians. That spirit changed after the assination of MLK though, too many hard feelings.

[@AlexBrown-vx2nt]

Wild guess but I believe… A bell hop got your bags. A bell captain ran the bell hop crew. I believe I am right.

[@Chiller1967]

Where is part one?

[@johndrx165]

Bell Captain is usually the head bellman (carries luggage). Not female.

[@johnathanstruble1064]

" It Ain't Fair'"... Aretha , the Swampers, and a young unknown..Duanne Allman. From Muscle Schoals......gentlemen must check out the Duanne Allman Anthology vol 2....all the good stuff before Duanne , and brother Gregg, formed the Allman Bros! ❤😂

[@TheRokjok]

Along with Jerry Wexler, a young audio engineer by the name of Tom Dowd made magic with Aretha and many of the Atlantic/Atco recording artists.

[@Tr1hawaii]

So happy that y’all found this documentary!!! ❤ Thanks for sharing your experience! 🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@spruce381]

Recorded on Atlantic

[@cptight88]

Atlantic Records!

[@albertalberico467]

Chess Records was the record company out of Chicago and I also believe that Aretha Franklin recorded on Atlantic record for all those hits this is one of my favorite documentaries shows the world that Soul was about human beings not about race❤

[@rickywear]

Donna Thatcher, who sang on Percy's hit also sang on Suspicious Minds with Elvis. She went on to sing with the Grateful Dead as, Donna Godchaux, with her husband and piano player, Keith Godchaux. Keith died in 1980 from injuries sustained in a car crash.

[@coinneachmaclellan3121]

"It Tears Me Up" is my favourite Percy Sledge song...his great voice, that Hammond B-3, and those soaring background vocals...

[@davidmckain7674]

I was 12 in 1964 my record player had Ray Charles Hank Williams The Beatles Stones Motown Otis Redding Beach Boys Barbara Lewis Dionne Warwick Safaris

[@kimdoe6812]

Thanks so much for this. I can't wait for Part 3! I hope you have the Rhythm Country & Blues documentary on your list. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jV68pZargNCUiJI

[@albertalberico467]

😅 hey guys a bell captain was a person that handled the luggage at an airport he wasn't cheating with that dude he was handling his luggage😅

[@barriehull7076]

Originally named the New Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin signed a deal with Atlantic Records that gave them considerable artistic freedom. Initially unpopular with critics, they achieved significant commercial success with eight studio albums over ten years. Who recommended Led Zeppelin to Atlantic Records? Signing Led Zeppelin and CSN Ertegun and Wexler knew of the group's leader, Jimmy Page, through The Yardbirds, and their favorable opinion was reinforced by Dusty Springfield, who recommended Atlantic sign the band.

[@rhwinner]

It's a bit complicated deciding who was producing, who was engineering, what label it was, and so on. But it's a compelling story any way you look at it. One of my favorite music documentaries. You guys should check out _Still Bill,_ the documentary about Bill Withers, soul great and also _Searching for Sugarman,_ the Wrecking Crew documentary, and Don't Look Back, the Bob Dylan doc. Love you guys.

[@kjisnot]

Whenever I think of Wilson Pickett and Mustang Sally I think of the movie The Commitments.

[@stumblinharris2219]

La's right. Cadillac was based on Chess. Keep an eye out for the documentary Mavis! showing up on KZbin. I've watched the DVD a few times and I'm sure you'd like it.

[@bossfan49]

For licensing reasons they couldn't call the movie "Chess Records" so they called it Cadillac Records, since buying Cadillacs was part of the story line in the movie. Muscle Shoals was the town name. FAME was the name of the studio where the musicians worked and made the records. They would turn over the master copies to major record labels Atlantic and Columbia (NY), Chess (Chicago)..whichever one represented the lead artist... Wilson Pickett, Aretha, Etta James, Paul Simon, etc.. Stax Records in Memphis (which had already merged with smaller label Volt) were releasing records under their own name, but later would partner with Atlantic for distribution. So Stax was essentially a studio and team of musicians... just like FAME in Muscle Shoals..who would make records to be released under a major label.

[@324cmac]

Number Two rule in music: Don't make your husband your manager. (Number One rule in music: Pay your taxes and save a bunch of money for when the IRS says you still owe them.)

[@AndyMakesPlaylists]

The bell captain is just the porter at the airport. He was taking Ted White's bags. Aretha just meant the dude was checking out without her. She was from Detroit -- far North, and he just left her in rural Alabama -- no idea why. I just know nobody liked Ted White and everybody thought Aretha deserved better.

[@julietate7806]

Ain't this some wild s**t? As you may or may not know, Duane Allman was a session musician at Muscle Shoals. He talked Wilson Pickett into doing "Hey, Jude," which, when Eric Clapton heard it on the radio, he said he pulled over to get better reception and immediately called to find out who that guitarist was. Duane also played guitar on "The Weight" by Aretha. She specifically asked for "that skinny white boy" to play it with her.