- Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
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Muscle Shoals Sound StudioOriginal studios at 3614 Jackson Highway, Sheffield
Location: 3614 Jackson Hwy., Sheffield, Alabama Coordinates: 34°46′4″N 87°40′26″W / 34.76778°N 87.67389°WCoordinates: 34°46′4″N 87°40′26″W / 34.76778°N 87.67389°W Architectural style: Early Commercial Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 06000437
[1]Added to NRHP: June 02, 2006 The Muscle Shoals Sound Studio was formed in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in 1969 when musicians Barry Beckett (keyboards), Roger Hawkins (drums), Jimmy Johnson (guitar) and David Hood (bass) (called The Swampers) left FAME Studios to create their own studio. The Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section, as they became known, was the first rhythm section to own its own studio and, eventually, its own publishing and production companies. The distinctive accompaniment and arrangements have been heard on a tremendous number of legendary recordings, including those from Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, and the Staple Singers amongst others. Many artists have recorded hit songs and complete albums at the studio.
The original rhythm section that broke away to create these studios first formed in 1967 and initially played sessions in New York and Nashville as well as on the famous FAME recordings. The initial successes led to the arrival of more mainstream rock and pop performers among them The Rolling Stones, Traffic, Elton John, Boz Scaggs, Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Dr. Hook, Elkie Brooks, Millie Jackson and Julian Lennon.
The FAME studio, still using the Muscle Shoals Sound name, moved to new facilities off Alabama Avenue in Sheffield. These facilities are now home to Cypress Moon Studios.
The Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section, who recorded at the original Muscle Shoals Sound Studios are referred to as "the Swampers" in the lyrics of Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
The original Muscle Shoals Sound Studios building is located at 3614 Jackson Highway and is listed on The National Register of Historic Places.[1] Muscle Shoals Sound Studios is a Registered Trademark of Noel Webster U.S.P.T.O. Reg.NO. 3,391,981. It still operates as the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios and had success when The Black Keys album Brothers, recorded there in 2009 achieved Grammy success in 2011.
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References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel, Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, Billboard Publications, Inc. NY 1992
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