The Man from Muscle Shoals: My Journey from Shame to Fame
My Journey

Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Arthur Connely, are just some of the people who recorded at Muscle Shoales, FAME Studios. Along with Stax Studios in Memphis, this is the most significant music created in the US since the great Blues period of Muddy Waters. This book is an indepth look at how all th......more

I was surprised by the journey this book took me on. It puts you in rural Alabama from the late 30's on; you'll feel what it was really like to be Alabama poor and raised by a single dad. Rick Hall certainly had his share of tragedy growing up as well as challenges in later years - both personal and......more

My friends Steve and Lorelei went on a blues tour which included among other stops Clarksdale and Greenwood, Mississippi, and Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee. They visited a variety of clubs, bars, and museums. They brought home many souvenirs, CDs, gee-gaws, and books. I borrowed The Man from Musc......more