Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways an HBO documentary

The third installment of the excellent series was filmed in
Nashville. They interviewed Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris,
Tony Lee White, Willie Nelson and a few more.

Knowing nothing about how Nashville got started, this
segment delved deep into Nashville’s past. Like, I didn’t
know that the jukebox made Nashville. The city is a big
music making machine, but makes it with singles. They have
several top songwriters that pin the songs, then the right
artist is chosen to record it. Few artists actually write
their own stuff, whether it’s a single or a whole album.

There are exceptions, like Zac Brown, which they did a great
interview with and Taylor Swift, but for the most part, you
don’t deviate from the formula.

We get to see the famous Bluebird café and they record at
Southern Ground Studios, which used to be the famous
Monument Studios.

The song they created for this show had a little bit of a
country influence even though Dave Grohl was adamant not to
go down that road.

So far, I LOVE this series! I’ve learned so much about the
music scene in the United States that I never knew.

We need Dave to come to Minneapolis...prince, soul asylum, Husker du, replacements, run Westy run
, cows, babes in toyland, atmosphere,etc

Phase...I agree with you about Minneapolis, but alas, that's
not one of the towns listed.

Maybe if this does well, they will do other cities.

Austin is on the list. They're taping an ACL segment here tomorrow night. Agreed, very good, in depth series that's really about the music.

Like him or not, Dave Grohl, is the MAN!

He has done so much for music fans since the demise of Nirvana. I am pretty sure that his wealth from those days would have lasted him for many, many years. Still, he took on new projects and constantly perpetuates his talents.

This latest endeavor, Sonic Highways, is too cool. Certainly, every major U.S. city has a musical history and story to tell.
And this is only major cities. Imagine, smaller cities or even large towns. There is a musical plethora out there yet to be discovered. ROCK ON!