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Also known as Five Dollar Cover Directed by Craig Brewer Original language(s) English Director Craig Brewer Language English | 6/10 IMDb Created by Craig Brewer Country of origin United States Program creator Craig Brewer Executive producer Craig Brewer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Clare Grant, Amy LaVere, Al Kapone, Muck Sticky, Jeff Pope and Ben Nichols Genres Web series, Drama, Music, Mockumentary, Documentary film, Independent music Similar It's On with Alexa Chung, Warren the Ape, The Guild | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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$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.
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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.
A Seattle edition was released online in 2010.