The Stones went back to the Holiday Inn in Florence to grab breakfast, to pack, and to get ready to leave. The buzz from the three days in Muscle Shoals affected everyone and there was even talk, as they finished the session, of putting out “Brown Sugar” and “Wild Horses” as a single as soon as possible.Īs the band stepped out into the early morning light from the artificial light of the studio there were several carloads of kids hanging around for a glimpse of the band. Mick failed to nail his vocal for “Brown Sugar” on that first night but returned to it on their last night at Muscle Shoals Sound Mick and Keith, accompanied by a bottle of bourbon, were over-dubbing the vocals. Jim says that Mick sings “Skydog slaver” in the first verse (but then possibly changed it during the vocal overdubs) Skydog was the Swampers name for 22-year-old Duane Allman who worked at Muscle Shoals Sound with Boz Scaggs and Lulu during the summer before the Stones arrived. They were watched by Jim Dickinson, who later professed his amazement at the process, saying “I’ve seen some pretty serious songwriters in my day, but I never saw anything like Mick Jagger was doing.”ĭickinson was especially taken by Mick’s ability to absorb Southern colloquialisms that he heard from people around the studio and introduce them into his lyrics. There was a small, “front office,” behind that a control room that got crowded with any more than 8 or 9 people in it, and the recording room, which was 25 feet wide, and 35 feet deep, with a 15-foot high ceiling.Īfter they finished recording a cover of Mississippi Fred McDowell’s “You Gotta Move,” Mick and Keith sat in the middle of the studio, on two folding chairs, finishing, writing, “Brown Sugar,” a song Mick had started while filming Ned Kelly in Australia in the summer of ’69. Constructed in 1945 the 75 by 25-foot building was across the road from a cemetery, and prior to it opening as a studio it was used to store headstones and grave slabs. Atlantic was working with Memphis musician Jim Dickinson who is likely to have been the one that suggested Muscle Shoals Sound Īrriving at 3614 Jackson Highway, the band was confronted by arguably the least glamorous studio facility of their entire career, possibly Regent Sound was as bad, but it was in London. Greaves’ big hit single, “Take a Letter Maria.” Greaves was a protégé of Ahmet Ertegun the boss of Atlantic Records, and it was through him and fellow Atlantic man Jerry Wexler that the Stones ended up at Muscle Shoals. So, visitors will hear music clips throughout the tour as we share the incredible history of the studio.”įor more information, call 25 or visit opening Muscle Shoals Sound, and prior to the Stones arrival, The Swampers, as the former session musicians from Ric Hall’s studio were known, had recorded a Cher album, Boz Scaggs’s second, self-titled, solo album, Lulu’s New Routes album and R.B. “We realize that often people might not recognize the title of a song or an album we’re talking about, but when we play a clip, they recognize it right away.
“Our guides talk about the past and the present of the studio, from the Swampers who started it all to who might be recording here tonight,” said Ana Hyde, assistant director of the foundation and studio and operations manager. Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, Ala. Videos and music are incorporated, and visitors are allowed to play any instruments on display, some of which are original. The studioĪll tours are guided and cover the basement and main studio, as well as a hidden room and the listening porch. Renovations and to restore the main studio to the 1969–1970 era. It closed for nearly 18 months for extensive The Muscle Shoals Music Foundation was created and opened The building fell into disrepair until a 2013 documentary Muscle Shoals, revived interest in the building’s role in theĪrea’s music history. Muscle Shoals Sound Studio outgrew the 3614 Jackson Highway location and moved. It was the first studio to be owned and operated by session musicians and attracted legendary musical acts including Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Rolling Stones, Cher, Bob Dylan and many others. It was built in 1946 and became a studio in 1969, when a group of session musicians - the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, also known as the Swampers - from the nearby Rick Hall’s FAME facility decided to start their own.
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, Ala.Ĭredit: Alabama Tourism Department/Art Meripol When groups arrive, they’ll be shocked at how small the building is, and when they leave, they’ll be amazed at how much history is packed into the structure. Preserves the historic building in Sheffield and shares the history of big hitsĬoming from the tiny town of Muscle Shoals and neighboring communities in Sound Studio is a museum by day and a recording studio by night.
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