What is Stax Revue 1967 / Wattstax / Sounds of Memphis about?

Name: Stax Revue 1967 / Wattstax / Sounds of Memphis
Genre: Documentary,Music/Performing Arts

STAX REVUE 1967, 1967, Concord, 78 min. Experience the excitement that Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Arthur Conley, Booker T. & The MGs brought to Europe in that halcyon tour. WATTSTAX, 1973, Sony Repertory, 98 min. Dir. Mel Stuart. This is the landmark 1972 concert that teamed soul music with Black Pride – and was dubbed the "black Woodstock." The film documents the socio-political background to the event. The film presents a slew of great Stax Records artists performing at the L.A. Coliseum including: Rufus & Carla Thomas, Sam & Dave, Booker T & The MGs, The Bar-Kays, The Staple Singers, Albert King, and concert-closer Isaac Hayes. SOUNDS OF MEMPHIS, 2003, Oliver Entertainment, 60 min. Dir. Jeff Scheftel & Allan Holzman. A history of the music of Memphis including the birth of the blues on Beale Street, the rise of Sun Records and the impact of the Stax label.

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What is Stax Revue 1967 / Wattstax / Sounds of Memphis about?: STAX REVUE 1967, 1967, Concord, 78 min. Experience the excitement that Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Arthur Conley, Booker T. & The MGs brought to Europe in that halcyon tour.

WATTSTAX, 1973, Sony Repertory, 98 min. Dir. Mel Stuart. This is the landmark 1972 concert that teamed soul music with Black Pride – and was dubbed the "black Woodstock." The film documents the socio-political background to the event. The film presents a slew of great Stax Records artists performing at the L.A. Coliseum including: Rufus & Carla Thomas, Sam & Dave, Booker T & The MGs, The Bar-Kays, The Staple Singers, Albert King, and concert-closer Isaac Hayes.

SOUNDS OF MEMPHIS, 2003, Oliver Entertainment, 60 min. Dir. Jeff Scheftel & Allan Holzman. A history of the music of Memphis including the birth of the blues on Beale Street, the rise of Sun Records and the impact of the Stax label.