![]() ![]() Emotionally, just the outpouring of the soul. “For me, it’s the groove,” Black says about what defines the Muscle Shoals sound, but also what makes music resonate with her in general. Released June 9, the 12 songs on Black’s “Muscle Shoals Sessions” include nine covers of songs recorded at FAME or Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, including Lou Rawls’ funky arrangement of Sam Cooke’s “Bring It on Home,” James’ “Watch Dog,” Bob Dylan’s “Gotta Serve Somebody” and The Black Keys’ “Tighten Up.” ![]() In the 1970s, rock musicians such as The Rolling Stones, Traffic and Elton John made the trek to Muscle Shoals to record songs and albums there. Nestled along the Tennessee River in northwest Alabama, the small, rural town became an epicenter of soul music in the 1960s at FAME Studios and, later, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, a recording studio founded in 1969 by The Swampers, FAME’s one-time rhythm section (Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” references them).įounded by Rick Hall in the late 1950s, FAME would produce such soul classics as Wilson Pickett’s cover of “Hey Jude,” Etta James’ “Tell Mama” and Aretha Franklin’s “I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You.” “It’s an education about the place and the people who worked there but also a revue of the huge of spectrum of music made there and how it has influenced American popular music.”įew places have been as integral to popular American music as Muscle Shoals - or as unexpectedly so. “It’s a revue in the true sense of the word,” Borges says by telephone from her home. The two musicians had so much fun that now they’re on tour together in support of Black’s full-length “The Muscle Shoals Sessions” album, including shows Friday on the Courthouse Lawn in Goshen as part of the town’s monthly First Fridays event and Sunday at The Livery in Benton Harbor.
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