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Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals / Christopher M. Reali.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reali, Christopher M., 1969- author.
- Series:
- Music in American life.
- Music in American Life Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rhythm and blues music--Alabama--Muscle Shoals--History and criticism.
- Rhythm and blues music.
- Soul music--Alabama--Muscle Shoals--History and criticism.
- Soul music.
- Sound recording industry--Alabama--Muscle Shoals--History.
- Sound recording industry.
- Music and race--Alabama--Muscle Shoals.
- Music and race.
- Muscle Shoals Sound Studios--History.
- Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.
- FAME Recording Studios--History.
- FAME Recording Studios.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "The forceful music that rolled out of Muscle Shoals in the 1960s and 1970s shaped hits by everyone from Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones and Paul Simon. Christopher M. Reali's in-depth look at the fabled musical hotbed examines the events and factors that gave the Muscle Shoals sound such a potent cultural power. Many artists trekked to FAME Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound in search of the sound of authentic southern Black music-and at times expressed shock at the mostly white studio musicians waiting to play it for them. Others hoped to draw on the hitmaking production process that defined the scene. Reali also chronicles the overlooked history of Muscle Shoals's impact on country music and describes the region's recent transformation into a tourism destination. Multifaceted and informed, Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals reveals the people, places, and events behind one of the most legendary recording scenes in American history"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Rhythm of the river
- "You've got to earn it"
- "I'll take you there"
- "A shot of rhythm and blues"
- "Land of 1000 dances"
- I swear"
- "Let's do it over"
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780252053511
- 0252053516
- OCLC:
- 1289616794
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