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Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music
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.

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Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music
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.

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Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music

Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music

by Carla Jean Whitley
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music
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Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music

Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music

by Carla Jean Whitley

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626192393
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 07/22/2014
Series: Music
Pages: 160
Sales rank: 1,076,405
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Carla Jean Whitley is a writer, editor and teacher based in Birmingham, Alabama, where she is managing editor of Birmingham magazine. Carla Jean founded the music blog Birmingham Box Set, and has also written for BookPage, Paste, The Birmingham News, Sky and a variety of other magazines and newspapers. Carla Jean volunteers with literacy organizations and teaches journalism at the University of Alabama and Samford University.

Table of Contents

Foreword Lee Shook 9

Acknowledgements 13

Introduction: Sweet Home Alabama 15

1 The Sound of Muscle Shoals 21

2 Becoming Famous 26

3 The Swampers 32

4 The Singing River 39

5 A Slow Start 47

6 The Rolling Stones 51

7 Time to Kill 56

8 Lynyrd Skynyrd 61

9 The Staple Singers 67

10 Where Black and White Meet 72

11 The Hit Parade 76

12 Continued Success 92

13 Alabama Avenue 99

14 Noel Webster 108

15 The Black Keys 113

16 A Memorial to Music 119

17 Documenting the Sound 126

18 Marching to a New Beat 130

19 Onward 136

Bibliography 143

Index 157

About the Author 159

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