Craig Brewer

And I also think that to a great extent it also happened with me just with the way I started my career in Memphis, Tennessee.

He can.

He loves it.

It takes everything to just pull him off that stage if he's in the mode of entertaining.

He loves it.

He really does.

And then Kate is the big surprise to, I'm sure, a lot of people who are seeing the movie that she's just got an incredible voice.

I did.

I did.

I had the same music collaborator and composer and producer.

His name is Scott Bomar, and he did all the score and recording for Hustle & Flow, for all the blues music and Black Snake Moan.

But yeah, we know all the old Stax musicians and people that recorded with Willie Mitchell and Al Green.

And there's just a real wealth of talent here in Memphis.

I just kind of feel very comfortable working here.

In the studios here.

And I would say that I probably learned the most about directing actors by watching really good producers and reading about Memphis producers working with talent.

I it's kind of just the just my groove, you know.

Yeah, it's interesting.

I still believe that really good music producing is trying to find the spark of the moment.

You're not trying to get too technical to tell somebody to hit a note here or there.