Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
Subtitle: How the Swampers Changed American Music
Publisher: The History Press
Published: Jul 22, 2014
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781626192393
Description: "An estimated four hundred gold records have been recorded in the Muscle Shoals area. Many of those are thanks to Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, dubbed the Swampers." Some of the greatest names in rock, R&B and blues laid tracks in the original, iconic concrete-block building--the likes of Cher, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Rolling Stones and the Black Keys. The National Register of Historic Places now recognizes that building, where Lynyrd Skynyrd recorded the original version of "Free Bird" and the Rolling Stones wrote "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses." By combing through decades of articles and music reviews related to Muscle Shoals Sound, music writer Carla Jean Whitley reconstructs the fascinating history of how the Alabama studio created a sound that reverberates across generations" -- From Amazon.com.
Notes: Source title: Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music