![]() ![]() He was portrayed in the film as someone who had an extremely serious work ethic, a perfectionist. It took getting the trust of one of the movies main subjects, Rick Hall, founder of Fame Recording Studios. Putting together the documentary was not so easy. Okay, tomorrow, we're going to Muscle Shoals and we're going to start filming." And we sat in a van for like 45 minutes just kind of introducing each other and kind of, you know, Hey, how are you? And it's like, you know, it's kind of interesting, you know, it's like, I’ve never seen these guys. let's talk about the project first." Arendt remembers, "We all came into the Nashville airport at the same time and never set eyes on each other. It was like, wait, what kind of cameras should we use? And it's like.and I was like.well, I don't know. "I've been in the business for quite a while and, and then, you know, my name got thrown in the hat and Freddy called me 25 times. And that's not easy to do." Anthony Arendt is known for his work on such films as Avatar and Urban Outlaw. And it is, it is a beautiful area, but he really captured that. Rodney Hall remembers, "Tony Arendt was the cinematographer, and he absolutely made our area look incredible. What really brought it all together was bringing in a team, especially with Director of Photography, Anthony Arendt. Camalier and Badger had a dream but little experience. In less than 24 hours in the Shoals, they decided that they wanted to make a movie. He's like "Muscle Shoals?" And I was like, yeah, you know, like, you know, Muscle Shoals like, you know, Sweet Home Alabama.” Badger remembers, "We got on to the Natchez Trace and then we were looking for a place to stay that evening and we were basically sort of, you know, headed towards Tupelo and I was looking at the map and I was like, well, there's Tupelo and that's the birthplace of Elvis and… or… my eye went from Tupelo to Muscle Shoals and I said.well, there's, there's Muscle Shoals you know, like, I mean. The idea of the documentary started during a road trip that they took across the country. And I think in those liner notes was the first time I'd seen it," Camalier recalls, "and then I also remember, you know, I was a fan of Clarence Carter's. They grew up together in Maryland listening to old records that had been made in the Shoals.ĭirector Greg "Freddie" Camalier, Producer Stephen Badger, and Dan Penn (prolific Muscle shoals songwriter & singer)Ĭamalier recalls, "I think the first liner note that I read that had Muscle Shoals in it, I think it was Dwayne Allman’s Anthology. What really put Muscle Shoals on the map for the general public was a documentary appropriately titled “Muscle Shoals” that was made in 2013 by director Greg “Freddy” Camalier and his buddy producer, Steven Badger. They just, they just knew that it was… it mentioned Muscle Shoals," says Hall. And they didn't really even know what Swampers were. They just knew, you know, they heard “Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers” in Sweet Home Alabama and that's about all they knew. Even here, in the Shoals, they didn't have a clue. People knew something had happened, but they didn't really know the full story or impact until the documentary came out. "We had always been known in the music business. Rodney Hall is Rick Hall’s son and also the co-owner and president of Fame Publishing and Fame Recording Studios. This may seem like common knowledge today, but this has not always been the case. His original rhythm section was a studio band called the Swampers, who were to go on to establish the Muscle Shoals sound studio, and essentially what is known as the Muscle Shoals sound. Fame Recording Studios was started by the infamous Rick Hall. Muscle Shoals is known for its iconic music studios.
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