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.

• The Muscle Shoals Legacy of FAME
• Muscle Shoals
• The Man from Muscle Shoals: My Journey from Shame to Fame
• Muscle Shoals: The Hit Capital's Heyday & Beyond
• Muscle Shoals: Small Town, Big Sound
• Memphis Boys: The Story of American Studios (American Made Music Series)
• Rhythm And The Blues: A Life in American Music
• The Wrecking Crew
• Muscle Shoals Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
• The Fame Studios Story 1961-73