It's fitting that the first track we hear in this celebratory but emotionally dappled documentary is Wilson Pickett's Land of 1000 Dances. The rich, elemental energy of the recording encapsulates what would become known as the Muscle Shoals sound.

Even with its disappointments, Muscle Shoals can't help but make a hopeful sound.

Hall's backstory, riddled with tragedy, gets the proper attention and respect here. But it's the music that won't let you stop watching.

MUSCLE SHOALS is a documentary that lefts the veil off of a part of American music history only privy to those musicians and artists lucky enough to record there