$5 Cover is an online series created by filmmaker Craig Brewer

Craig Brewer

Craig Brewer is an American film director and screenwriter. His 2005 movie Hustle & Flow won the Audience Award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and achieved commercial success, along with an Academy Award for Best Original Song, "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp".- Life and career :Hustle & Flow...

 and produced by MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

 and 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

Memphis, Tennessee

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, Tennessee

Tennessee

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, including Alicja Trout

Alicja Trout

Alicja Trout is a Memphis-based American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and artist.She is best known for her work with the synth-heavy Lost Sounds, which she started with Jay Reatard...

, Clare Grant

Clare Grant

-Career:While at the University of Memphis she met director Craig Brewer who cast her in two indie films in Memphis before casting her in the film Black Snake Moan and later as the lead in his MTV series $5 Cover....

, Jeff Pope, Amy LaVere

Amy LaVere

Amy LaVere is an American singer, songwriter, upright bass player and actress based in Memphis, TN. Her music is classified as Americana, combining a blend of classic country, gypsy jazz, and southern soul...

, Al Kapone

Al Kapone

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, Valerie June, Jack Oblivian, Brad Postlethwaite of Snowglobe (band)

Snowglobe (band)

Snowglobe is an American musical group based in the southern United States. While their music covers a range of styles and genres, they are generally referred to as an indie rock group...

, Muck Sticky

Muck Sticky

Muck Sticky is an American musician, songwriter, actor and artist. Muck Sticky has self-released ten albums since 2004, and was featured on the MTV web series, $5 Cover.-Career:...

, and Ben Nichols of Lucero

Lucero (band)

Lucero is an American punk/Texas Country infused rock band that is based in Memphis, Tennessee.-Biography:Lucero's punk rock roots flavor their now "country-ish" music, while their Southern roots give them the twang that they have come to be known by. They had their start in Memphis, TN. The band...

. Each episode explores living and making rent in the historical, and still very active, Memphis music scene.

The show is described in MTV's official press release:

"$5 Cover is a rough-and-tumble show set in the clubs, all-nite 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

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

as 30 minute episodes and on MTV.com as short webisodes.

The show aired with a series of companion documentaries called $5 cover Amplified.

External links

• $5 Cover Preview Craig Brewer previews $5 Cover
• The Commercial Appeal
• http://5dollarcoveramplified.com $5 Dollar Cover Amplified (Actual documentary)

Sellout crowds soak up Craig Brewer's "$5 Cover"