Stax Records Documentary (August 1 PBS)

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PBS takes a look tonight at Stax Records, in a documentary that is reviewed in today's New York Times:

"..Eventually owned by the marketing innovator Al Bell, gave birth to the Memphis Sound — a funkier, less refined analogue to Detroit soul — and some of the most influential recordings of the 1960s: “Soul Man,” “Respect” (written by Redding), “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay” and “Who’s Making Love?,” among many others. It has not, however, shared Motown Records’ sustained celebrity. That this constitutes one of the crimes of American music history is an argument “Respect Yourself” makes by the pure virtue of its narrative.

Read the full Review or watch the show on PBS - check HERE for the station and time near you.