Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways an HBO documentary

The second installment was in Washington D.C. They focused on Go-Go and Punk music. I had never heard of the Go-Go music like that, associated here.

They showcased bands like The Bad Brains, Scream, Minor Threat, Fugazi, Chuck Brown. I have never heard of any of these bands and really enjoyed learning about the music scene that developed in D.C. over the years.

They also filmed and recorded at Inner Ear Studios.

The song they did on this segment was pretty punk oriented with a little Go-Go influence mixed in.

So far, I'm really impressed with this series.

This series airs on Fridays, with reruns all through the following week.

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