Muscle Shoals Documentary PART 4 (REACTION)

[@tektoniks_architects]

Props to you guys for giving this great documentary the attention it deserves.

[@buddystewart2020]

Well, you're gonna have to tackle the Wrecking Crew next fellas.

[@ML-un1oi]

This doc. in my opinion, it is the best music doc. that I have seen. Alica Keys voice makes the hair on my arms stand up and get goosebumps! Rick Hall had more than his share of horrible heart breaks! Thanks for sharing this, cannot wait for the next. As always, fellas excellent reaction!! It is much appreciated.🙂❤️🙏

[@normandaubry]

A Bob Dylan song sang by Alocia Keys with the Swampers at the backup band and Rick Hall at the board… that’s what I call a perfect combination

[@JB-Deadskins]

Jimmy Cliff was Bob Marley before Bob Marley was Bob Marley.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

Yeah, I had no idea Jimmy Cliff released music in the US first! Very cool.

[@BDUBZ49]

Not really fair to say. Bob had been making music just as long. He came into Island Records right on the heels of Jimmy leaving. The Harder They Come came out in '72, Catch A Fire came out in '73.

[@BDUBZ49]

@@jenniferfoster1692 Desmond Dekker may have had the first reggae hit in the US with "Israelites" (1968)

[@JB-Deadskins]

@@BDUBZ49 Israelites is also on the Harder They Come soundtrack deluxe edition (not on the original soundtrack, but included on the bonus crucial Reggae 1968-1972). La and Che should react to the movie

[@CANDOKNOWHOW]

@@BDUBZ49Yeah, Bob had already been a hit maker in Jamaica with The Wailers, released their first in ‘64 with the original version of “One Love” and their really big Early Ska hit “Simmer Down”. Being raised in the US, reggae was a lot more elusive for me, but I do remember hearing the Jimmy Cliff tune “Wonderful World, Beautiful People” on the radio in the early 70’s, as well as Johnny Nash’s “I Can See Clearly Now” later on, which was everywhere when it came out. Unfortunately, I ended up hearing of Bob through Eric Clapton’s cover of “I Shot The Sheriff”, and it wasn’t until the early 80’s when I finally heard Bob, and really turned on to his great music after he had sadly passed.. but I don’t remember the radio ever playing him, and couldn’t even afford buying records till that time. I’ve always felt pissed that radio stifled so many great artists in that respect, and I completely freaked out about it when I finally got to dig deeper into James Brown, who I had only known from “I Got You”. So much great music from those times in the 60’s-70’s.. it’s really like the stars aligned and artists began competing with themselves moreso than with each other and truly started sharpening their A game.

[@bradd8937]

Just an FYI, the song Alicia Keys sings “Pressing On” is a song Bob Dylan wrote and recorded for his gospel album Saved which was recorded in Muscle Shoals. Not one of his most successful or appreciated albums, but to me it’s near perfect. Thanks for taking the time to react to this documentary. More people need to see this.

[@stumblinharris2219]

I love that album too. And I'm an atheist.

[@danmayberry1185]

A heathen myself, I put Serve Somebody up with his best. Even Slow Train has a spiritual feel. A great era for Bob.

[@stumblinharris2219]

The live DVD that came with the Trouble No More box set is fab. Such a great band and singers on the Saved tour

[@bradd8937]

I saw the Saved tour in Portland. Spooner Oldham played with him on that tour. Fred Tackett, later of Little Feat on guitar, Tim Drummond on bass and Jim Keltner on drums. Exceptional show.

[@melodymakermark]

@danmayberry1185, it’s really cool what he’s done with Gotta Serve Somebody on this Rough and Rowdy Ways portion of the never ending tour. I saw him at the Orpheum in Memphis and they rock that one up double time.

[@RandyGabbert]

Thank you for taking the time to explore the great story of what is Muscle Shoal's, an informal institution of sound that has reached around the world!

[@BarbButler]

This was such a great documentary… kudos to you guys for checking it out!! It’s history!!! 💙🙏🏻💙🎶🎼 Lovely reaction… as per usual… 😎😎

[@earlfowler7873]

Totally agree✌️❤

[@1perfectpitch]

Thanks for doing this series.

[@michaellamb9596]

Thanks so much guys for reacting to this. This has been my all time favorite documentary and almost everybody I know has never seen it.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

Phenomenal documentary. I'm so glad they took the time to document all the great music that was made in Muscle Shoals, all the great local musicians, the Swampers & the Fame Gang, Rick Hall, and all the great artists who came to record there, to feel the magic. We the listeners greatly benefited. Thanks to La & Che for reacting to this.

[@MarkL1968]

Another great reaction to a great documentary! Keep up the good work!

[@TheRokjok]

Never get tired watching this amazing documentary. Everytime I learn something new. Thank you for sharing.

[@tommathews3964]

Terrific documentary about a MUCH overlooked and under appreciated time/place in music history! As a native Alabamian who lived “across the river” in Florence, it’s always been a source of pride for me! RIP Rick, Jimmy, Roger, Barry…you sure made us proud! I highly recommend y’all check out Greg Allman’s last solo album “Southern Blood” recorded at Fame with Rick shortly before both passed. (In fact Greg was too ill to complete a couple of vocal tracks) Try “My Only True Friend” and “Song for Adam”. Gives me chill bumps and a lump in my throat every time! Greg brought it back full circle and finished his career where Duane’s began…

[@normandaubry]

I always considered Roger to be one of the tops drummers of his time. Simply fabulous!

[@johns.]

Great reaction guys. When I first saw this documentary a few years ago I was floored that one of my favorite vocalists, Jimmy Cliff, had recorded one of my favorite songs, “Sitting in Limbo,” with the Swampers. Truly amazing history down there.

[@rbking9296]

Muscle Shoals was and still is a hidden gem thank you for doing this documentary I think all the artist who recorded there knew this was kinda like a secret little place they could go and record with some of the best session players that nobody knew about and get away from some of the bigwigs from the labels they were recording on and all the pressures of the big studios and just lay down some music and be themselves and do it their way and the results speak for them self being from Alabama and growing up on the Tennessee river I know just how special it isThank you guys for giving at the credit it is long over due for and Deserves .Roll Tide!

[@tictocbang7443]

Thanks for giving this doc the time it deserves. Wonderful reaction.

[@paulmurphy8993]

Great review guys! I thought I knew about Muscle Schoals but I was just scratching the surface. Bravo.

[@kkampy4052]

When they run through the albums they played on, it's staggering.

[@Stretchgood366]

The Language of Music, The Story Of Tom Dowd one of the best engineers then producers in the biz, worked for Jerry Wexler at Atlantic recorded Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, The Allman Brothers so many jazz greats, amazing story!

[@danarussell1291]

Thank you for showing the Muscle Shoals documentary on all the iconic music and bands that chose these studios to record songs that made music history!! I live about 45 minutes from Muscle Shoals and for a long time I didn't even realize just how important Fame and the Jackson Highway (Muscle Shoals Sound) studios were!! This was not only entertaining, but educational as well!! Bravo, guys!! ❤❤

[@danarussell1291]

I live in Red Bay about the same distance as you do from Muscle Shoals!! I had a friend who was on the Fame Studio's song writing staff!!

[@randyallaben9900]

Guys, thank you for reacting to this documentary. I think it is one of the best documentaries of all time. I would highly recommend the wrecking crew and sound city. The wrecking crew were similar to the swampers, but they were in Los Angeles.

[@danmayberry1185]

Yup. If you know a bassline well enough to hum it, it might be Carol Kaye's.

[@randyallaben9900]

Truth!

[@Zebred2001]

That was Jimmy Cliff who's hit The Harder They Come was the title track for the 1973 Jamaican movie in which he basically played a role based on his life.

[@AndyMakesPlaylists]

Great job responding to this documentary. You had some insightful things to say. The guy you missed the name of was Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican reggae star who made "The Harder They Come." I strongly recommend (again) that you next react to the "The T.A.M.I. Show," which completely captures the magic of everything that was happening in '65, including soul, rock and pop, headlined by the Rolling Stones and James Brown. It's fantastic.

[@jlmain5777]

“Patches” was a huge huge hit that was in the Top 40 rotation.

[@Mannymoe7]

Shows what Black and white people can do when they work together! 👍

[@TheDivayenta]

The great Jimmy Cliff/ The Harder They Fall. 😊 and that’s Steve Winwood who headed up Traffic. He’s a blues rock genius too.

[@mrkleen9511]

In the 70s my father in law was an A & R guy for Atlantic records and worked for Jerry Wexler. He also knew Rick Hall and watched him work in the studio. He said Rick had his hands on everything and was a ball buster like no other producer he has ever seen.

[@324cmac]

I don't think I'd want to work with him, to tell you the truth.

[@michaelgray4964]

Add that David Hood, the bass player for the Swampers, has a son, Patterson Hood who sings and plays guitar with the Drive By Truckers. Very big band, sort of a generation down Southern Rock band, though they are more introspective than that description sounds.

[@alvarhanso6310]

There are some engineers who became big producers, such as Alan Parsons (engineered Dark Side of the Moon and Atom Heart Mother, the Beatles Abbey Road and Let it Be), Geoff Emerick (engineer for the Beatles on Sergeant Pepper). Johnny Sandlin who played with the brothers Allman before they were the Allman Brothers, but played drums for Jaimoe on Duane's solo album demos, was working as an engineer at Fame, then Capricorn, and became a big producer as well. The king of the engineers turned producers is probably Glyn Johns who had massive success as engineer in the mid-60s on songs like (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, You Really Got Me, My Generation, then as a producer and engineer for albums like Who's Next, the Eagles's first 3 albums, he engineered Led Zeppelin's first album, too, and was both for most of the Rolling Stones's big albums. The Swampers were fairly unique as they were musicians, engineers, and producers all, and as you saw, they were involved in some of the most popular music of the last 60 years. Barry Beckett, keyboardist in the Swampers became a noted producer as well.

[@michaelgray4964]

Tom Dowd was absolutely legendary both as an engineer and producer. Check his Wiki, it will blow you away.

[@alvarhanso6310]

@@michaelgray4964 somehow left Tom Dowd out of my list, but definitely had a magic ear.

[@michaelterry3885]

Drive past Fame studios four of five times a week .... Very unassuming place.. If you didn't already know you'd probably never know... Thanks for letting folks know fellas.... We love you guys down here..✌❤🎶🎸..!

[@judynorman9497]

Thanks for sharing this, so much great music came out of this. Other documentaries worth checking out are The Wrecking Crew, Twenty Feet from Stardom, Rumble, Amazing Grace and Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice.❤

[@wendyt7958]

Cando Staton had a hit song with "young hearts run free" disco era. Jimmy Cliff was awesome, "Wonderful World, Beautiful People". You gotta do the Wrecking Crew next!

[@johncampbell756]

Jimmy Cliff from Jamaica. Rick was both engineer and producer.

[@Stonewall-j5j]

Rick’s talent was god given. That was the root of it but the struggled refined it !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@324cmac]

Sounds like Rick modeled himself after Sam Phillips.

[@Peter7966]

The "human element" is what's gone from popular music today. Everything is computer-corrected. When it all sounds too perfect, the magic of the moment is lost. Muscle Shoals was a place where music magic was made.

[@The214624]

Other great documentaries to check out are Laurel Canyon, the Wrecking Crew, The Defiant Ones

[@BDUBZ49]

Standing In The Shadows of Motown and of course the great 10 episode Jazz, by Ken Burns. and film series The Blues- produced by Martin Scorsese, features 6 films by 6 different directors including Scorsese and Clint Eastwood.

[@CANDOKNOWHOW]

@@BDUBZ49Man, I’ve been wanting to see Ken Burns Jazz Series for ages now, I think I need to go ahead and pull the trigger on that one cause his series “Baseball” is one of my favorite docs ever!

[@BDUBZ49]

@@CANDOKNOWHOW Yes, Ken is a master. His "Civil War" should be required viewing in schools. Thank God for Ken and PBS. Everything I've seen from him is amazing: Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, Unforgivable Blackness- Jack Johnson, The National Parks, Prohibition, The Dust Bowl, Jackie Robinson, Country Music..

[@uncletom618]

Hey fellas! Your box of Rabbit Holes should be arriving next week! I knew the Swampers would leave you slack jawed!

[@aspenward390]

Thanks Guys. That was a valuable education for me. I knew of Muscle Shoals, always hearing of it, but never knew the whole story. Wow, amazing.

[@Patirot101]

You guys need to check out the documentary about The Wrecking Crew the musicians in Los Angeles that played on a lot of hit records in 60s and 70s thanks guys for all the great reviews love it❤

[@reden375]

Very enjoyable ride guys. You two gentlemen have built a great channel...Thank You!

[@dgator3599]

Great watching this with you guys! Great documentary!

[@anitabrinkman3832]

The Red Clay Strays are opening for Rolling Stones tonight in Boston. Give the Strays a listen, great new band out of Mobile Alabama

[@willblood7082]

Wow, I’m 63 y/o and I’ve always loved “Patches” but, never knew the backstory before. I’m not ashamed to tell you that story brought tears to my eyes 🥲. Rick just had the proverbial “golden ear”.

[@JB-Deadskins]

Jimmy Cliff songs you should react to: You Can Get It If You Really Want Many Rivers To Cross The Harder They Come Sitting In Limbo Viet Nam Let Your Yeah Be Yeah Wonderful World, Beautiful People

[@julietate7806]

"Brown Sugar" was written about Claudia Linnear, one of Leon Russell's backup singers.

[@doriwiljt]

I've seen this before and I really enjoyed watching it again with you guys, thanks.

[@keelsmac01]

What a great doc! Thanks for sharing muscle shoals with us.

[@tedsmith7814]

Perfectly timed drop!

[@robertprice6830]

Most fans are clueless as to what the engineer does.

[@hunter1961100]

Need to check out the wrecking crew, which was the LA base studio musicians, including Glen Campbell. They played on Frank Sinatra Beach boys, and with Bill Spector and the wall of sound

[@CANDOKNOWHOW]

Glen Campbell was one badass guitarist, but a lot of people don’t know about that. IYKYK!!

[@heyhey1956]

Not only was Muscle Shoals instrumental in producing all the hit records, there was The Wrecking Crew, kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWLVknl-a519ras who had one of the bass players CAROL KAYE kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJmcq6KFad2Igas

[@chitownlee]

Thank you so much for showing this guy's. I lived through this and knew a lot of artists recorded down there but really had know idea. Great job!

[@x19fan1]

Fellas, what Rick had is what you have- an ear for good music. It sounds simple but it’s not. I enjoy watching you two react because you both approach and appreciate music, all types of music, with an open mind to hear what someone put their soul into. This four part series has been my favorite reaction to date. Thanks.

[@airplay_movies]

Thank you my friend!!

[@perrymalcolm3802]

Finally! Rick Hall had so much tragedy in his life!! 😢 He was an engineer too! He built the studio n rigged it all himself! Jimmy Cliff! Listen to The Harder They Come soundtrack album, especially MANY RIVERS TO CROSS!!!

[@Teresa-rp2xs]

So glad you found Muscle Shoals

[@JissenkanHonbu]

Great Documentary it was really a good time watching it with you guys!

[@Irockthere4]

I saw Peter Tosh and Etta James in concert on the same bill in 1978. They opened for the Stones.

[@direnova6284]

The Stones were always scruffy and messy musicians especially live but that was what made them the Stones cos it still had the energy and soul. It was Punk before Punk.

[@richardhinman3046]

I think you two would like the 1970 documentary "Gimme Shelter" by the Maysles Brothers. It's starts off as a film about the Rolling Stones 1969 North American tour but ends up being about the free concert at Altamont Speedway, (near San Francisco), in Dec. 1969. That concert was labelled the anti-Woodstock because it wasn't peaceful. In exchange for free beer, the Hells Angels provided security, (what could go wrong?). Great concert footage of the Stones, Jefferson Airplane and Tina Turner. Also extended film of the Stones at Muscle Shoals studio. Fascinating time capsule.

[@OleOlson121]

Simply one of the best documentaries on the early years I have ever seen. I saw this several years ago and have been trying to spread the word since then. KUDOs to you for doing it. It needs to be seen by everyone. Want another lesson on early history start going thru Angelina Jordan's library and you will get a history lesson from one of the best singers in the industry today. 😊♥👣

[@KennyCamaro2364]

Guys. Lets to the STAX documentary. Booker T and the MG’s. Duck Dunn, Steve Cropper, Isaac Hayes. There story is very impressive also !

[@michaelgray4964]

This! The Stax story is very similar to Muscle Shoals. A ton of great R&B and Soul came out of Stax in Memphis, including Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, the Staples Singers and Isaac Hayes.

[@airplay_movies]

That one is pretty new but I will see what we can do.

[@324cmac]

I had mixed feelings about the Stax documentary. This one was much better In my opinion. But it is wonderful to see Otis Redding performing.

[@brianroyster7510]

You guys need to come down for a visit. Check out both studios. It's really mind blowing to experience this little Alabama town on the Tennessee River. The fact that so much great music comes from a place that few people know exists is staggering.

[@andrewwright9378]

That Pressin ‘on number Alicia Keys does is yet another Bob Dylan song.

[@danmayberry1185]

Recording. A job no one thinks about. It changed everything.

[@Mr.Sidenote]

I always wondered why a band from Florida wrote a song called Sweet Home Alabama... now I know they were paying homage to where it all began for them in Muscle Shoals.

[@markhaus2830]

I have the Live Traffic Double album called "On The Road" on vinyl that the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section plays on. Excellent Music!

[@thursty101]

Wow, was great watching this with you guys

[@johnathanstruble1064]

Really enjoyed this series guys. Please if you can do the documentary, " The Wrecking Crew" ..you'll love it. ❤✌️

[@atticusfinch4687]

I think you guys would like to react to the Rock version of this documentary called Sound City. About the California Studio which produced tons of famous records which you would be familiar with.

[@andrewcolicchio766]

ALICIA KEYS SINGING BOB DYLAN'S "pressin' on"

[@kurtwhiddon6751]

I loved this documentary and y’all’s comments about it, a lot of things I didn’t know. Thank y’all

[@tommytbone9778]

the Stones , it took a bunch of alcoholic social outcasts to kick start the Muscle Shoals story into the limelight and then all the musicians who came to record their songs & with all of us millions of music lovers who have come to jam them into perpetuity , life is in a better place giddyup Airplay

[@deanhovey8348]

Jimmy Cliff - The great Jamaican artist

[@aaronfrank9649]

You men are the best! Thanks!

[@KennyCamaro2364]

Bring it Laa and Chee!

[@Jan-xn3kz]

Jimmy Cliff film “The Harder They Come” 1972 is a cult classic

[@midnightrambler7716]

Keith Richards cut a great version of this too. B side of 45 RPM of his cover of Chuck Berry’s Run Run Rudolph.

[@Friend_Of_The_Muse]

Muscle Shoals just had the right vibe as they use to say.

[@kennethkeith3238]

The Swampers were bad ass groovin’!

[@paulpuerling9504]

People together in the room is where the magic is

[@bernardsalvatore1929]

All of these shots of The Rolling Stones from the 60s, the older shots of the Stones, were taken from the documentary film "Gimme Shelter"! You guys should check THAT film out!! It follows the Stones in 1969 through one of their tours in the US which culminated in a free concert at the Altamonte speedway just outside of San Francisco!! The Hell's Angels motorcycle club was hired as bodyguards and security and before the night was over they had stabbed someone to death!! That happened in I believe December of 1969!! It's a great documentary and if you watch it you'll recognize all of these shots that are being shown in this doc!!

[@bafireman101]

Amazing documentary!!!!!!!

[@kengunter6903]

Greatness from within.

[@a2zme]

32:03 .. 'Pressing On' was written by Bob Dylan .. yup, that little Jewish kid from Minnesota wrote some of the greatest Gospel songs too :) #theMaster

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Appreciate you guys doing this one. Such a cool story. It’s one of those quintessentially American stories & I really enjoyed it. Also, Alicia Keys is so fine, lol..

[@Mona0035]

I loved this. Thanks! 😊

[@324cmac]

Patches was a huge hit and Clarence Carter was the perfect choice to sing it.

[@michaelbaldree6821]

Jimmy Cliff is amazing, you should listen to more of his music.

[@atuuschaaw]

Loved it all. Thanks guys! ♥

[@cletushouse906]

Another good one. Thanks.

[@dopeymark]

Jimmy Cliff songs you actually might know..."I can see clearly now" and "you can get it if you really want it".

[@BDUBZ49]

"I Can See Clearly Now" is a Johnny Nash song. Jimmy covered it for the Cool Runnings soundtrack. They might have heard "Many Rivers To Cross" also.

[@jlmain5777]

That was Jimmy Cliff “The Harder They Come.”

[@BDUBZ49]

Motown was "Hitsville". Stax Records in Memphis was "Soulsville". I never heard any mention of "Southsville".

[@BDUBZ49]

Hey guys, watch the Jamaican crime/music film The Harder They Come (1972)... starring Jimmy Cliff..who wrote and performed the title track, and several other songs. The soundtrack is basically a brief anthology of reggae music at the time, featuring The Slickers, Desmond Dekker, Toots and the Maytals, The Melodians, Scotty...pretty much every important Jamaican artist at the time BUT Bob Marley.

[@Michael-Philip]

great video. I never heard the song "Patches"

[@tbryan5313]

Awesome Gents!!! Thank you!

[@robertberger5639]

Jimmy Cliff!

[@stumblinharris2219]

I'm sure you'll know the Candi Staton disco record Young Hearts Run Free when you hear it. And shit, guys, you need to watch the classic Jamaican movie The Harder They Come, starring Jimmy Cliff as a singer-cum-outlaw. Not just a great film but one of the best soundtrack albums ever. Swampers bassist David Hood's son, Patterson Hood, has a band called The Drive-By Truckers who are the best songwriters that southern rock has produced in the last 30 years. I'm sure you'd dig them. Their album The Dirty South is well worth a reaction or two. Have a good weekend and thanks for doing this documentary.

[@324cmac]

Questlove's Summer of Soul should be your next documentary.

[@Pablopax4]

He's not wrong, imperfections make the greatness. In islam, perfection is the province of God, not us. I allow my imperfect self some slack.

[@324cmac]

The definition of what's perfect is so subjective.

[@curtvahle2018]

BTW Pressing on is Bob Dylan song :)