Muscle Shoals, AL
Music connected to Muscle Shoals
About Muscle Shoals
- • Singer-songwriter Percy Sledge, known for "When a Man Loves a Woman," was from Muscle Shoals.
- • The "Muscle Shoals Sound," a distinct soul and R&B music style, originated there.
- • Nitrate production for World War I fertilizer and explosives boosted the area's early growth.
- • FAME Studios was originally a coffin warehouse before becoming a recording mecca.
- • The Wilson Dam construction in the 1920s brought jobs and spurred significant population growth.
- • Its name comes from the shoals in the Tennessee River; founded in 1923.
- • With around 16,000 residents, it's smaller than its musical reputation suggests.
- • Sitting at 561 feet, the town offers slightly elevated views of the surrounding landscape.
- • Manufacturing, including automotive parts, provides much of the local employment.
- • There is a soulful, creative energy that permeates the air, resonating with music history.
- • The region's geology includes abundant chert gravel deposits.
- • The nearby Dismals Canyon features sandstone cliffs and waterfalls.
- • The Tennessee River is a defining feature of the Muscle Shoals area.
- • The Alabama Waterdog, a unique salamander, inhabits the Tennessee River system.
- • Oak-hickory forests dominate the local flora.
- • In 1864, Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest raided Muscle Shoals.
- • The Muscle Shoals Sound Studio was established in 1969.
- • U.S. Highway 43 connects Muscle Shoals to major cities.
Artists From Muscle Shoals
Alecia Elliott
Angela Hacker
Bama
BoomBox
Boyd Bennett
Chris Tompkins
Coyote Cody Elliott
David Hood
Donna Jean Godchaux
Donny Carpenter
Dylan LeBlanc
Gary Nichols
Hannah Aldridge
Kim Tribble
Lydia Rogers
M-S Funk
Marty Raybon and Full Circle
Muscle Shoals Horns
Patterson Hood
Phil Hamilton
Shenandoah
The Bama Band
The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
The Secret Sisters
The Shooters
Thompson Square
Viva Voce
Zac Hacker
Songs About Muscle Shoals
Nearby Places
Alecia Elliott
Angela Hacker
Bama
BoomBox
Boyd Bennett
Chris Tompkins
Coyote Cody Elliott
David Hood
Donna Jean Godchaux
Donny Carpenter
Dylan LeBlanc
Gary Nichols
Hannah Aldridge
Kim Tribble
Lydia Rogers
M-S Funk
Marty Raybon and Full Circle
Muscle Shoals Horns
Patterson Hood
Phil Hamilton
Shenandoah
The Bama Band
The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
The Secret Sisters
The Shooters
Thompson Square
Viva Voce
Zac Hacker
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