A Musical History Pilgrimage to Muscle Shoals, AL!
We had an amazing visit to the “Music Mecca” of Muscle Shoals, a small city adjacent to the Tennessee River in Northern Alabama that is the Rock/Blues/ Pop recording capital of the world. Think of almost any popular recording artist that you know and they have recorded at Muscle Shoals to capture the funky and unique sound — from The Rolling Stones, the Allman Brothers, and Lynyrd Skynyrd; to Aretha Franklin, Boz Scaggs, and James Brown; to Rod Stewart, Elton John, Bob Dylan, the Oak Ridge Boys, Dire Straits, Willie Nelson, Percy Sledge, Wilson Pickett, Etta James, Jimmy Buffet, Bob Seger, Cher, Cat Stevens, and Paul Simon. And that’s just a fraction of the artists who recorded at Muscle Shoals, and were backed-up by the region”s legendary session musicians, “The Stompers” (immortalized in Skynyrd’s famous anthem, “Sweet Home, Alabama”).
We visited three of the famous recording studios, and had an absolute blast listening to the music and the stories of one of the most iconic places in Rock and Roll /Blues / Pop music history! If you have an opportunity, make your own pilgrimage to this special place!
