From Memphis to Muscle Shoals: Muscle Shoals Loses Its Mojo

Episode 34

Episode date - June 9, 2017

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In previous shows, we documented the rise and (artistic) fall of Rick Hall’s Fames Studios. The upside was that his musicians started Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and did an amazing job of taking the reins….for a while.

As the seventies took hold, changes in taste put the entire Muscle Shoals area in a position that felt like obsolescence. The truth is that there was still plenty of relevance, but the times and circumstance conspired to put an end to the area’s reign. This show documents some of the most remarkable sessions from the last of the area’s golden years.

Featured tracks include;

I Don’t Want to Talk About It – Rod Stewart

Sailing – Rod Stewart

Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon

My Little Town – Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel

Portobello Belle – Dire Straits

Precious Angel – Bob Dylan

Slow Train Coming – Bob Dylan

Everlasting Light – The Black Keys

Channel 148 - From Memphis to Muscle Shoals