We are still in Florence this morning but plan on pulling out and moving upstream after Cindy gets her run in. Yesterday it rained all day so we sat tight, but took that opportunity to tour th Muscle Shoals recording studio. What a fascinating place and amazing history. Many,many hit songs from 1969-1970's onward were recorded there. It is a small building that provided recording facilities for some of the biggest stars of that era, often with musical support of the Swampers, a very talented local group of southern boys who played R and B provided the back up for the likes of Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge and many others, even the Stones, Sonny and Cher and Paul Simon. The studio itself is a small building 25'x50', very unimpressive but the tour and the tour guide were tremendous. Today we are going to move up river. We've been dealing with the backwash of tropical storm Beta and it finally moved on and quit raining. We'll go through the Wilson Lock and maybe the Wheeler Lock, but no need to go to far. 175 miles upstream from here is the Nickajack Lock and it's closed until October 1, so we've got lots of time.
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The recording studio
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Statement for the Rolling Stones for recording "Wild Horses"
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| This guitar was hand crafted |
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Control booth
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This piano was used by many of the greatest including Bob Seger and "That Old time Rock and Roll"
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