#SongOfTheDay #ArethaFranklin #FAMEStudios

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#Interestingly In 1965, the band drove up to Muscle Shoals and cut a demo at the now-legendary FAME Studios, with owner Rick Hall producing. After hearing it, Leonard & Marshall Chess bought the rights to release “Searching for My Love” for their Checker imprint. #FAMEStudios #OneHitWondered

#Interestingly Backing both Alexander & Hughes was the Original Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section of Norbert Putnam, David Briggs, & Jerry Carrigan… helping to create hits that put the lil’ Alabama studio on the map. #NorbertPutnam #DavidBriggs #JerryCarrigan #FAMEStudios #OneHitWondered

#Interestingly Rick Hall, the Father of Muscle Shoals Music, took the money from Alexander’s hit to build the current FAME Studios facility... and in 1963, he recorded & produced the first hit in that building, Jimmy Hughes's "Steal Away" #RickHall #JimmyHughes #FAMEStudios #OneHitWondered

#Interestingly A quick sidenote… Arthur Alexander earned US #OneHitWonder honors in 1962 with “You Better Move On.” Covered by the Stones, loved by Lennon. #ArthurAlexander #FAMEStudios #OneHitWondered

#Interestingly Before Muscle Shoals became holy ground, there was a US #OneHitWonder honoree named Arthur Alexander… He walked into a tiny lil’ studio above a drug store in Florence, Alabama, and recorded a song that launched the Muscle Shoals sound. #FAMEStudios #ArthurAlexander #OneHitWondered

Today's Substack: Wilson Pickett, Drive-By Truckers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rolling Stones, the Swampers, and a drunk guy in a lime-green El Camino. Read, share, subscribe (it's free!) #muscleshoals #muscleshoalssound #famestudios #DriveByTruckers #rollingstones #smallbatchfiction #southernfiction

The Dead Daisies to release blues album “Lookin’ for Trouble” on May 30

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#thedeaddaisies #lookinfortrouble #blues #bluesrock #crossroads #robertjohnson #coversongs #bluescovers #famestudios #johncorabi #davidlowy #dougaldrich #michaeldevin #tommyclufetos #musicnews

FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, is legendary for producing some of the most iconic recordings in music history

Standout tracks that came out of those halls

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