Nod to The Legend · The rooms · 1960s–
The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
Alabama, the Swampers
First at Rick Hall's FAME Studios and then at their own Muscle Shoals Sound, this house band backed Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett and the Rolling Stones with a deep, greasy groove.
Still heard: That Southern soul pocket is still the target for live rhythm sections.
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- Tom Dowd: Atlantic Records engineer
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