Muscle Shoals Music

MUSCLE SHOALS – Roger Clark has done it all. In fact, Roger is still doing it. We’re talking about Roger as a world-class drummer. By his estimate, Clark has performed …

COLBERT COUNTY – When State Representative Johnny Mack Morrow was introduced to Dr. Hamada up in Chicago a year-or-so back, neither man suspected that the prospects for Muscle Shoals Music were taking …

FLORENCE – The year, 1969… December…The Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section had only recently opened up 3614 Jackson Highway in Sheffield. And before Jimmy Johnson, David Hood, Barry Beckett and Roger …

MUSCLE SHOALS – The 2nd Singing River Statue, honoring the musicians and artists who made our area the “Hit Recording Capital of the World” was unveiled at noon today. Here …

MUSCLE SHOALS – It was a good day. Mayor David Bradford stood in front of the crowd that had assembled at the City Library. Bradford led the unveiling ceremony of …

SHEFFIELD – In our earlier story about the September 30 unveiling of the historical marker for music icon Percy Sledge and producer Quin Ivy (LINK) we published the first galley of …

SHEFFIELD – Quin Ivy invited Percy Sledge to stop by his record store in 1965 after a friend of his told him that this orderly over at the hospital had …

MUSCLE SHOALS – Always a big event, the Cypress Lakes Country Club for the last few years has hosted performances by Shoals adopted daughter, Christine Ohlman and the “crem de …

SHEFFIELD – Wherever The Fiddleworms perform, there’s usually a crowd to hear the music. That was certainly true at last night’s command performance at Ichiban. It was really difficult finding a parking …

MUSCLE SHOALS – It is a widely-known fact – Duane Allman got his start at Rick Hall’s FAME Studios. Sure there are some people out there that will naysay this …

THE SHOALS – Candi Staton, recent inductee to the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, is making a headliner appearance July 26 at the W.C. Handy Music Festival. And the best …

CUPERTINO – Apple announced this afternoon that it has closed the deal to acquire Beats in a deal worth $3-billion. The negotiations have been going hot and heavy for a while …

MUSCLE SHOALS – Legendary songwriter Peanutt Montgomery was honored Friday night with a Star at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Musician and songwriter since the 1950’s, Montgomery, who lives in …

MUSCLE SHOALS – Spooner Oldham, one of the cornerstones of Muscle Shoals music was honored this past Saturday at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in Tuscumbia. He received his …

MUSCLE SHOALS – What a year this has been for Muscle Shoals Music! An award-winning documentary film; The revival of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame …

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Tourism has just released its newest promotional video that will appear on Television stations this Spring and Summer. It features Muscle Shoals Music. The film crew was …

MUSCLE SHOALS – This weekend saw a huge party at the Marriott Shoals Conference Center. Of course, it was the 2014 Alabama Music Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony. More than …

THE SHOALS – Presented here is the 2nd batch of EVENT PHOTOS from Thursday night’s Celebrity meet-and-greet event. Kismet, for the believers, may have had a hand in all this. But …

THE SHOALS – Kismet, for the believers, may have had a hand in all this. But whatever the causal factor, one thing is beyond question – in the Universe of High …

MUSCLE SHOALS – “The hits just keep on coming”… The film that arguably breathed new life into our storied recording industry, “Muscle Shoals” will be released on DVD and Netflix in February. …