FAME's 1970s clients included Tom Jones, Candi Staton, Clarence Carter, the Osmonds and more. Two in the Morning
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Beckett left Alabama in 1982 to move to Nashville, where he became A&R man for Warner Music Group. Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp./Rhino Entertainment Company
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And so began another chapter in the incredible evolution of a city in Alabama with two incredible recording studios Muscle Shoals Sound Studios and FAME Studios that would shape the sound of some of the greatest music ever made. Cher's 3614 Jackson Highway album cover, featuring the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, a.k.a. Adam Lukens
The historical view of the area and the magical recordings that happened there is as By this time everyone was exhausted and the rapidly-deteriorating session was terminated. If you would like to support the mission of Open Culture, consider makinga donation to our site. Throughout the '60s, Aretha Franklin, Clarence Carter, Wilson Pickett, Candi Staton, Etta James, The Staple Singers and others recorded there. 2023 Independent Television Service (ITVS). 
The cast of characters in Muscle Shoals is still more extensive, with interesting roles for Duane Allman, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Grateful Dead's Donna Jean Godchaux a FAME backup singer in the '60s and Alabama Gov. Hall was a demanding taskmaster, and his recording session required 30 or 40 takes to get the rhythm tracks he wanted. 
He first rose to fame in the nineteen-seventies, a proc, This fall, historian Timothy Snyder is teaching a course at Yale University called The Making of Mod, Early cookbooks were fit for kings, writes Henry Notaker at The Atlantic. Duane Allman was playing such great guitar fills that something happened in that vamp. 
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Meanwhile Hall assembled a new, interracial band to record songs that were commercially potent and yet as the movie declines to mention blander than what came before. The Swampers. Maysles Films, Inc. and Promogracht B.V. New documentary explores the recording legacy of rural Alabama, Bono, Aretha, Alicia Keys Sing Praises of Muscle Shoals, The Beatles in India: 16 Things You Didnt Know, Hes Able: Inside the Jonestown Cults Forgotten Gospel Album, Mia Zapata: Punk Musician Murdered in 1993, Changing Seattle Grunge Scene, Jeremy Renner Yelled 'Not Today, Motherfer!' Performed by Percy Sledge
Pickett said, "let me show you," and got the horn players (Wayne Jackson, Charlie Chalmers, Andrew Love and Floyd Newman) to hit a chord. Most fans of '60s soul know of Muscle Shoals, the tiny Alabama town that produced huge hits. We thank you! This new collection was recorded in one of the two major studios, FAME, where many of these original songs were first recorded. First of all, give our new Muscle Shoals playlist on Spotify a listen and a follow. Keith Richards
Muscle Shoals and FAME became synonymous with the sounds of Southern soul and R&B. [12] They appeared on the cover of Cher's 1969 album 3614 Jackson Highway. By what name was Muscle Shoals (2013) officially released in Canada in English? Reelin In The Years Productions LLC
[7], Since they were recording in mono on one track, all had to now play it correctly from start to finish. This 2013 documentary is streaming free, courtesy of YouTube, to viewers in the US. WebLocated alongside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama has helped create some of the most important and resonant songs of all time. Now for some extra visual accompaniment for Muscle Shoals fans, heres a collection of videos from some of our favorite artists to grace the cozy confines of the FAME andMuscle Shoals Sound studios, some featured in the film, some not. 
To support Open Cultures educational mission, please consider, 100+ Online Degree & Mini-Degree Programs. The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section is a group of American session musicians based in the northern Alabama town of Muscle Shoals. David Hood said, "The building was a crackerbox building. Courtesy of Geffen Records
[24], As an example, in the Muscle Shoals recording of Wilson Pickett's classic hit "Land of 1000 Dances", Jerry Wexler chose the songit was to be a cover version of a song by Chris Kenner. 
The founding Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, nicknamed The Swampers, included Jimmy Johnson (guitar), bassist David Hood (father of Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers), Roger Hawkins (drums), and Barry Beckett (keyboards). Andrea Monier
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Muscle Shoals: Directed by Greg 'Freddy' Camalier. Tom Hendrix
In January 1967, Jerry Wexler brought Aretha Franklin, then in her mid-20s, to Muscle Shoals for her first session for Atlantic. Located alongside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama has helped create some of the most important and resonant songs of By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing, One Step Ahead
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When you get to the vamp, it goes into just an unbelievable groove. Filipp Penson
He said, "Every night I would just sit there and listen to the tape [still without vocals] over and over again," and said, "that was amazing". . Jamie Kripke
[14] They continued to operate there until 1985, when they closed the business. On the many hit records out of Muscle Shoals, there were many incidences where other musicians would join or substitute, including Chips Moman (guitar), Junior Lowe (guitar) Dan Penn, Tommy Cogbill, Pete Carr (guitar), Spooner Oldham (organ and piano). By arrangement with Rick Hall Productions/Candi Staton, The Weight
Muscle Shoals is a production of Ear Goggles Productions, LLC. Overcoming The Muscle Shoals story is so fun, gritty, soulful and a little dark all at once. Only locals would know that, because the towns melded together. Kid Rock Buys Cases of Bud Light So He Can Shoot Them While Crying. All rights reserved. Matthew Davis Walker, Grips
Above the pharmacy, up some rickety stairs, Stafford had some recording gear. Remy, Charlie and Jake
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Hall wanted to obtain a consistent sound rather than have unfamiliar musicians on each session. Justin Hollingsworth
Muscle Shoals. With Bono, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Percy Sledge, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Gregg Allman. After Franklin stiffed at Columbia with a series of prissy pop records, Hall and his players crafted the sound Aretha calls it "greasy" that made her a star. So Im thinking if you put the best of both worlds together and then you start putting them in the studio . I just saw this at the George Lindsey Film Festival in Florence, Alabama -- right across the Tennessee River from Muscle Shoals. WebFind many great new & used options and get the best deals for Muscle Shoals - DVD By Rick Hall,Aretha Franklin,Bono,Gregg Allman - SEALED at the best online prices at eBay! Mountain Goats Preview New Album 'Dark in Here' With 'Mobile' This clip comes from an interview we did with The Swampers in Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in 2008. His first crew of studio musicians left after a few years to become Nashville's top session players. Overcoming crushing poverty and staggering tragedies, Rick Hall brought black and white together to create music for the generations. Colleen Hayes
Russell Smith. We want to hear it. By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment, Sweet Home Alabama
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The joke was that the new studio, technically was in Sheffield, not Muscle Shoals. His rhythm section (piano, bass and drums) was Briggs, Putnam, and Carrigan. ), If Hall was sure he knew how to make hits, the Swampers were humbler. Muscle Shoals Director: Greg "Freddy" Camalier Genre: Documentary Running Time: 111 minutes Rated PG for thematic elements, language, smoking and Performed by Clarence Carter
Donna Jean Godchaux
'Sing the counts, Wilson', I suggested. He turns out to be as grandiose as Bono, if less upbeat. Greg Freddy Camaliers excellent 2013 documentary Muscle Shoals delves deep into the areas rich musical history and is currently streaming on Amazon Prime. He performed on recording sessions until 2005, when health problems forced him to retire. By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing, Steal Away
The 2013 documentary film "Muscle Shoals" cast a bright light on the North Alabama area's rich recording legacy, particularly from the mid-60s to late-70s. Performed by Candi Staton
Stina and Liam
Performed by Etta James
Hall praised Camalier for his work on the project. Under the spiritual influence of the Singing River as Native Americans called it, the music of Muscle Shoals is some of the most important and resonant of all time. FAME was crucial to the career fortunes of Aretha. Singer-songwriter Chad Elliott's newest album, "Singing River, brought the musician's Iowa sound to the renowned FAME Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Patches
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The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section closed the original on Jackson Highway in April, 1979, and moved to a new studio at 1000 Alabama Avenue in nearby Sheffield. The town leaders sold Sheffield's abandoned 31,000 square feet (2,900 m 2) Armory to the Swampers at an unbeatable price, to counter a nearby city's offer to lure them away. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. This collection brings together musicians including Alison Krauss, Willie Nelson, Chris Stapleton, Grace Potter, Michael McDonald, Jason Isbell and many others performing songs that were recorded in Muscle Shoals, Ala. throughout the 1950s, '60s, and '70s by The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Etta James and more. Written by Otis Redding
[6] They resigned as a group to pursue independent careers in Nashville, and Hall was without his hit-making rhythm section. Courtesy of Columbia Records
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Please find all options here. Swamper David Hood's son who was there said, "Their visit was kept a secret from most of the locals, and the world's biggest rock and roll band came, recorded and left (headed for infamy at Altamont, no less) without the conservative townsfolk even knowing they were there. They played "head sessions" without written charts, and so didn't consider themselves pros. T3 Media
You cannot ignore the fact that you had music coming out of this very rural place, Camalier tells Rolling Stone. Corbis Images
Rick Hall, who co-founded FAME with Billy Sherrill and Tom Stafford and was known as the "Father of Muscle Shoals Music," passed away on Jan. 2018 at the age of 85. Raji Mandelkorn, Re-Recording Mixer and Sound Supervisor
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According to Mark Deming in the All Music Guide, Penn has been widely and justly celebrated by many music historians as one of the great songwriters to emerge from the 1960s soul music boom, penning classic tunes for Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge, James Carr, Otis Redding, James & Bobby Purify, and many more. Louis Blues
When bass player David Hood first received the call that a job at FAME had opened up, he was working at his father's tire store. You Better Move On
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The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section later known as the Swampers But back to Aretha Franklin. Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of America's most creative and defiant music, rock and soul. Released on Monday, the project was years in the making. Unsubscribe at any time. hide caption. Jimmy Nutt
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Actually, even if you dont understand Swedish it is worth checking out, as there is some cool footage of behind the scenes music-making. [14] The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section created more than 50 hits at this studio. Courtesy of Capitol Records
[25] What started as an ad lib by Frankie Garcia (Cannibal) from a live performance was then incorporated into their recording of the song, which reached number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1965. 
So when you have something competing on that level but is coming from a place of 10,000 people, thats pretty fascinating in itself. A third FAME rhythm section was formed consisting of Freeman Brown (drums), Jesse Boyce (bass), Junior Lowe (guitar), Clayton Ivey (keyboard) and a 4 man brass section. I couldnt believe this That is really great. And I found myself shedding a tear once in a while.. Hall said, "When you hear that record today, you can tell that everybody was feeding off the enthusiasm of everybody else in that room".[7]. Leslie Alsheimer
They sold it to their longtime friend Tommy Couch, owner of Malaco Records, based in Jackson, Mississippi. Clarence Carter
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He convinced everybody around me that he knew what he was doing. Written by James LeBlanc & Angela Hacker
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[14] That year, the new studio recorded the Bob Dylan album Slow Train Coming, co-produced by Barry Beckett, who also performed on it. They pick me up when I'm feeling blue Courtesy of Island Records Limited
hide caption. At the time, there was already a studio in Muscle Shoals called FAME, co-founded by Rick Hall, that was already recording R&B and soul artists. They occasionally worked at other studios. 
Spooner Oldham
[7] Rick Hall's financial success from "You Better Move On" gave him the capital to secure land in Muscle Shoals City, where, in 1962, he built a first-rate studio at 603 Avalon Avenue patterned after Owen Bradley's in Nashville. Linda Hall
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If it was not successful, the arranger was to blame. They also copyrighted the name "The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section". Prominently featured in the film are Rick Hall, whose FAME recording studio in Muscle Shoals birthed the sound, and the session musicians known as the Swampers, who played on so many of those hit records. Stephen Paley
Written by Roger Hawkins, Albert S. Lowe, Jr., and Spooner Oldham
"I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" Aretha Franklin, Recorded at: Fame Studios Released: 1967 Songwriter: Ronnie Shannon Producer:Jerry Wexler, Recorded at: Muscle Shoals Sound Studios Released: 1972 Songwriter: Al Bell Producer: Al Bell, Recorded at: Fame Studios Released: 1966 Songwriter: Mack Rice Producer:Jerry Wexler, 2. Mick Jagger wrote three verses on a stenographer's pad on the spot for "Brown Sugar", which made number 490 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 top songs ever recorded. Muscle Shoals Sound Studio was formed in 1969 by the Swampers when they left FAME Recording Studios to create their own studio. "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" Aretha Franklin, Recorded at: Fame Studios Released: 1967 Songwriter:Chips Moman, Dan Penn Producer: Jerry Wexler, Recorded at: Muscle Shoals Sound Studios Released: 1971 Songwriter: Luther Ingram, Mack Rice Producer: Al Bell, "Wild Horses" The Rolling Stones Recorded at: Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Released: 1971 Songwriter: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Producer: Jimmy Miller, Recorded at: Fame Studios Released: 1968 Songwriter: Marcus Daniel. Zebra Ranch, Lynyrd Skynyrd Free Bird, Bill Graham presents A Day on the Green
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Things were lean the first year. [7] Moman suggested they allow Tommy Cogbill (guitar player) to switch to bass and give it a try. Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Directed by Greg Camalier, Muscle Shoals (which will premiere in New York on Friday) includes interviews with Aretha, Bono, Gregg Allman, Alicia Keys, Jimmy Cliff, Steve Winwood and Candi Staton. Performed by The Allman Brothers Band
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[21] The solution was to fly the Swampers to New York to record at Atlantic Studios. As Muscle Shoals premieres on Independent Lens this Monday, April 21 at 9 pm ( check local listings) on PBS and as the main subjects of the film Rick Hall, and I was rejected in Memphis, I was rejected in Nashville, I was rejected in New York City. Courtesy of FAME Enterprises, Inc. You Better Move On
[11] Four members were inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1995 and also received a "Lifework Award for Non-Performing Achievement". Hall said, "everybody looked at each other like, 'If you miss this, man, you're dead'. All rights reserved. [7] They left the following day. Muscle Shoals Premiered April 21, 2014 Directed by Greg "Freddy" Camalier Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of America's most A loud truck driving down the street or a heavy rainstorm, you'd have to stop working, because it was not built as a studio. Christian Fritz
While fending off a budding rivalry in the Muscle Shoals heyday with Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, which was formed by The Swampers and would find huge success of its own, Hall maintained confidence in his brand and in himself. Having left Columbia Records without much commercial success, Franklin recorded music at FAME that would later end up on the hit Atlantic album I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, in 1967. After an hour of this, nothing was gelling. Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp./Rhino Entertainment Company
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They were mentioned by name in the lyrics of "Sweet Home Alabama" (1974) by Lynyrd Skynyrd and appear on the cover of Cher's 1969 album 3614 Jackson Highway. "[21] On the documentary film, Muscle Shoals, Keith Richards said of the sessions,"I don't think we'd been quite so prolific ever". Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, "Mainstreet
The little studio at 3614 Jackson Highway was still in its infancy, with only one hit thus far, plus a Cher album that was not a commercial success. The Swampers were the subject of the 2013 documentary film Muscle Shoals, winner of the 2013 Boulder International Film Festival Grand Prize. They were mentioned by name in the lyrics of "Sweet Home Alabama" (1974) by Lynyrd Skynyrd and appear on the cover of Cher 's 1969 album 3614 Jackson Highway . Trumps Lawyers Are Begging Him for Restraint. Performed by Alicia Keys
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In 1961, Hall took out a loan to buy an abandoned brick warehouse in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to make a recording studio. Written by Freeman Brown, Mickey Buckins, Harrison Calloway,
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[4] The group also accompanied Franklin on other albums, such as "Lady Soul," "Aretha Arrives," "Aretha Now" and "This Girl's in Love with You."[5]. HD Rent $4.99 Buy $12.99 
[24] Hall said that was crazywho ever heard of singing a count off? "And we all thought that was just the funniest thing. [14] With no firm job offer, Beckett moved his family from Florida to Muscle Shoals and was eventually hired. I really wanted to prove the world was wrong and I was right. Courtesy of Atlantic Records Corp.
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More and more business from established artists then came to the Swampers, replacing the lost Atlantic business. Rick Hall
Wilson Pickett: And at that point, I was mostly trying to create an original career Wilson Pickett, right? Matthew Davis Walker, Original Music
Located on the banks of the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of the most creative and defiant music in American history. That was the beginnings of the Allman Brother Band. In 1958, Rick Hall, a local musician and songwriter in Florence, Alabama, befriended Tom Stafford, whose father owned a pharmacy in downtown Florence. 2012 Ear Goggles Productions, LLC. Amy Jarvela
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Since they had had a dispute with Rick Hall, Hood said, "So I thought, let's call it ' Muscle Shoals Sound ' just to get at Rick. Written by Arlester Christian
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