Muscle Shoals Music

MUSCLE SHOALS – There’s always great music at the W.C. Handy Music Festival. But for many, the presentations given from music greats is a big draw. Wednesday, Counts Brothers Music …

SHEFFIELD – The arc of this story is broad. Quite frankly, for the last 20 year or so most people who were associated with Muscle Shoals Sound Studio’s original home …

SHEFFIELD – So everybody, it seems, thinks that Muscle Shoals City is where all the music happened… But that’s not the entire story. Taking nothing from empresario and Grammy winning, …

MUSCLE SHOALS – Gary Nicholson is a prolific songwriter and musician. Originally from Texas, he’s been a resident of Nashville since about 1980 and has written some of the best …

TUSCUMBIA – It was Shoals Music Legend Edsel Holden’s turn to be honored at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Sunday afternoon Holden was presented with a Bronze Star of …

FLORENCE – Well, the WC Handy Music Festival, 2016 Edition, is in full swing. Hot temps and hot tunes! The Quad-Cities Daily was out and about sampling the events and taking some …

MUSCLE SHOALS – Let’s think about our small geographic footprint on Earth. It’s not big… But when we consider our musical impact onto the psyche of our time… The songs generated by …

TUSCUMBIA – Probably the most celebrated guitar virtuoso living here in Muscle Shoals, Travis Wammack already has quite a collection of guitars. His career, spanning the 1960’s through today, is recognized …

RUSSELLVILLE – Suppose you’re sitting in your rumpus room somewhere in… Boise. Or Pocatello. Maybe Sebring. Your chances of getting out of the house to go and get a catfish dinner …

MUSCLE SHOALS – Chad Gamble and Jimbo Hart, Jason Isbell’s Grammy-winning band members were thrown a really cool celebration party Wednesday night at Champy’s. The event was organized by everybody’s friend, Johnny …

SHEFFIELD – Swampette Judy Hood (What? You don’t know what “Swampette” means? Probably are a Millennial…) conducted the first tour of  the year of the epic Muscle Shoals studios this past …

FLORENCE – One of the best music concerts in recent memory was the setting for the 2016 Alabama Music Hall of Fame Induction Banquet. And the most enjoyable parts of …

FLORENCE – One of the best music concerts in recent memory was the setting for the 2016 Alabama Music Hall of Fame Induction Banquet. And the most enjoyable parts of …

SHEFFIELD – It was one heck of a party Wednesday night at Ichiban. The Japanese restaurant is a favorite of Muscle Shoals musicians. So when it came time to throw …

SHEFFIELD – The Quad-Cities Daily welcomes Ichiban Japanese Restaurant on South Jackson Highway to our growing family of advertisers.  Monday night the place was filled to capacity to hear Johnny …

FLORENCE – They filled up the room at Florence/Lauderdale Tourism, these fans of Muscle Shoals music. The crowd came to hear a panel discussion from some of the guys who …

SHEFFIELD – There’s a new band in town… (Well, the guys aren’t new.) Easy Riders Band is comprised of some seriously badass musicians. And they performed Friday night at Ami’s in Downtown …

SHEFFIELD – One of the niftiest things about living in the Muscle Shoals area is the opportunity to hear some truly wonderful pickers and singers. Tuesday night wa no exception! From …

BATON ROUGE –  Percy Sledge died this morning at about one o’clock. He was surrounded by family. A native of Leighton, Sledge in 1966 recorded the seminal love song of …

TUSCUMBIA – When he was a kid, Howard did most of the stuff that boys up in Wisconsin do. Go to school, work at little jobs… And try to figure …