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The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section is a group of American session musicians based in the northern Alabama town of Muscle Shoals. One of the most prominent American studio house bands from the 1960s to the 1980s, these musicians, individually or as a group, have been associated with more than 500 recordings, including 75 gold and platinum hits.
- 1960s-1980s
- Muscle Shoals, Alabama, U.S.
Franklin, and Wilson Pickett to name only a few. Apart from Roger and David's brief stint with Traffic in the early 70's, none of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section have performed onstage since banding together to launch their studios, nor has the Section worked as a unit at any studio other than their own.
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Apr 25, 2024 · He was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1985. Hall was born on January 31, 1932, to Herman and Dollie Daily Hall in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, and was raised in the Freedom Hills area of Franklin County, Alabama. He had a brother and a sister. Hall’s life was touched by a series of tragedies early on, beginning with the ...
Nov 12, 2023 · Percy Sledge recorded “When A Man Loves A Woman” in nearby Sheffield, Alabama, in a studio owned by Hall’s friend, local DJ Quin Ivy, backed by a number of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section ...
Oct 1, 2018 · Rick Hall, who co-founded FAME with Billy Sherrill and Tom Stafford and was known as the "Father of Muscle Shoals Music," passed away on Jan. 2018 at the age of 85. Muscle Shoals and FAME became ...
Jan 4, 2018 · This talent built a reputation that drew more musical artists to Alabama’s quiet northwestern corner. But the members of the lauded rhythm section also wanted a stake in ownership, and FAME owner Rick Hall wasn’t interested in offering that. (Hall, known as the father of the Muscle Shoals sound, died this week at 85, after a battle with ...
Hall wrote: "Black music helped broaden my musical horizons and open my eyes and ears to the widespread appeal of the so-called 'race' music that later became known as 'rhythm and blues". Hall's successes continued after the Atlanta-based agent Bill Lowery brought him acts to record, and the studio produced hits for Tommy Roe, Joe Tex, the Tams ...
