$5 Cover

$5 Cover
Also known as	Five Dollar Cover
Genre	Web series; Drama; Music; Mockumentary;
Created by	Craig Brewer
Directed by	Craig Brewer
Starring	Clare Grant; Amy LaVere; Al Kapone; Muck Sticky; Jeff Pope; Ben Nichols;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	David Gale; Craig Brewer;
Producers	Scott Bomar; Erin Hagee; David Harris;
Production locations	Memphis, Tennessee
Running time	6 to 9 minutes
Release
Original network	MTV
External links
	Website

$5 Cover was an online series created by filmmaker Craig Brewer and produced by MTV. It is a fictional series created to complement the documentary series $5 Cover Amplified. The 15-part series debuted in May 2009 and feature artists from the city of Memphis, Tennessee, including Alicja Trout, Clare Grant, Jeff Pope, Amy LaVere, Al Kapone, Valerie June, Jack Oblivian, Brad Postlethwaite of Snowglobe, Muck Sticky, and Ben Nichols of Lucero. Each episode explores living and making rent in the historical, and still very active, Memphis music scene.[1]

The show is described in MTV's official press release as "a rough-and-tumble show set in the clubs, all-night cafes and no-tell motels of present-day Memphis. The series follows a cast of young musicians as they fight for love, inspiration, and money to pay the rent."

The show aired on MTV as 30-minute episodes and on MTV.com as short webisodes.

The show aired with a series of companion documentaries called $5 Cover Amplified.[2][3]

A Seattle edition was released online in 2010.[4]

References

"Craig Brewer brings five dollar cover to memphis". Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
"$5 Cover Amplified". Archived from the original on 7 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
"$5 Cover:Seattle Coming Soon". Archived from the original on 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
Hay, Travis (December 27, 2010). "The full '$5 Cover: Seattle' project is finally out, and it's worth the wait". Crosscut.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2014.

External links

$5 Cover Preview Craig Brewer previews $5 Cover
The Commercial Appeal Sellout crowds soak up Craig Brewer's "$5 Cover"
$5 Dollar Cover Amplified (Actual documentary)
$5 Cover at IMDb
$5 Cover:Seattle at IMDb

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[1] "Craig Brewer brings five dollar cover to memphis". Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2008-12-03.

[2] "$5 Cover Amplified". Archived from the original on 7 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-14.

[3] "$5 Cover:Seattle Coming Soon". Archived from the original on 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2008-12-03.

[4] Hay, Travis (December 27, 2010). "The full '$5 Cover: Seattle' project is finally out, and it's worth the wait". Crosscut.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2014.