Roger Hawkins
Obit at Pitchfork. drumsMuscle Shoalsroger hawkinsStax
Obit at Pitchfork. drumsMuscle Shoalsroger hawkinsStax
NYT — Guardian — New Yorker — Rolling Stone Me communing with Rick. Muscle Shoalsmusicrick lewis
The outrageous wheel of fortune that is the Stax Story. A couple of segments are blocked from this very decent documentary but you’ll still get a damn good idea about Stax’s torrid and tragic story. If you appreciated Muscle Shoals, then this too is a must. I came to Stax via Booker T, Isaac Hayes…
Top-notch documentary about an amazing man and his sense of place (even the usually irritating talking heads such as Bono are for once palatable). Located alongside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of America’s most creative and defiant music. Under the spiritual influence of the “Singing River,” as…