{"id":2030591,"date":"2025-09-18T04:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T04:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2030591"},"modified":"2025-09-18T04:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T04:13:09","slug":"new-muscle-shoals-exhibit-coming-to-country-music-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-muscle-shoals-exhibit-coming-to-country-music-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"New Muscle Shoals exhibit coming to Country Music Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FAME Recording Studios on Avalon Avenue in Muscle Shoals. (Dan Glen \/ FAME Recording Studios)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The city of Muscle Shoals will soon take on the spotlight at the national Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>Starting Nov. 14, the museum will host a major exhibition on the city + its impact on country music. The exhibit, called \u201cMuscle Shoals: Low Rhythm Rising,\u201d is expected to be on display for the next three years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201c(The exhibit) explores how an Alabama community developed a distinctive sound, became a global recording epicenter in the 1960s and 1970s, and continues to inspire music today. The exhibit tells the story of Black and white musicians who found a way to work together at a time when segregation prevailed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cite>Country Music Hall of Fame<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The more than 5,000-square-foot exhibit will study the emergence of Muscle Shoals as a music hotspot + how it developed its own distinctive sound, inspiring music across multiple decades. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Muscle Shoals: Low Rhythm Rising<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>Producer Rick Hall and his FAME Recording Studio and the session aces at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio built a home-made approach to cutting music that mattered. As a result, hitmakers from R&amp;B, rock, pop, and country music flocked to this quiet backwater to record, and a new rhythm arose.<\/p>\n<p>Now, that story will be told inside the Country Music Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit is expected to explore different artists who have connections to the Shoals from Aretha Franklin and Willie Nelson to Jason Isbell and the Drive-By Truckers.<\/p>\n<p>The Hall of Fame has already announced some of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countrymusichalloffame.org\/calendar\/muscle-shoals-low-rhythm-rising?vgo_ee=vxwIRPrsOn97eQU50OQc718cWc9TQuBOaz1weqaykPHFvPrRhtNgSCbPYHhyFsph%3A8StK3ttQV3UB%2F8mueLP%2BY7PS9WB9dvoR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">artifacts + highlights at the museum<\/a> including:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Aretha Franklin piano<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Franklin played this Apollo baby grand piano when she recorded her breakout pop and R&amp;B hit, \u201cI Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You),\u201d at FAME Studio in 1967. The instrument was in use at the studio from 1961 to 1970.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Duane Allman electric guitar<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Built in 1964, this was one of two sunburst-finish Fender Stratocasters used by Allman when he was a session musician at FAME Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, from 1968 to 1969. He traded this guitar to another Muscle Shoals musician, Mickey Buckins, who used it at sessions and performances.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wilson Pickett stage wear<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Pickett wore this jumpsuit on the cover of his 1971 LP,\u00a0<em>The Best of Wilson Pickett, Vol. II<\/em>. The album included Pickett\u2019s 1969 hit version of the Beatles\u2019 \u201cHey Jude,\u201d recorded at FAME Studio and a history-making showcase for guitarist Duane Allman.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mac Davis song manuscript \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>An early draft of handwritten lyrics by Davis to \u201cBaby Don\u2019t Get Hooked on Me.\u201d Recorded at FAME Studio and produced by Rick Hall, the song was a #1 pop hit for Davis in 1972. He wrote it in response to Hall telling Davis that none of his new songs had a hook.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pops Staples electric guitar \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>This 1970 Fender Rosewood Telecaster was owned by Pops Staples of the Staple Singers. Most famously, he played it when the group performed \u201cThe Weight\u201d with the Band in \u201cThe Last Waltz,\u201d the 1978 concert film directed by Martin Scorsese.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dan Penn jacket\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Penn wore this floral brocade jacket in the early 1960s, when he was the lead singer with the Mark V, an R&amp;B band from Florence, Alabama. Other members of the group included pioneering Muscle Shoals session musicians David Briggs, Jerry Carrigan and Norbert Putnam.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mac McAnally acoustic guitar<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Musician, songwriter and recording artist McAnally used this 1967 Martin D-28 when he was a session musician in Muscle Shoals.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Candi Staton outfit<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Staton wore this custom-made buckskin jacket and pants, embellished with feathers and leather fringe, in the 1970s.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Roger Hawkins drum<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Muscle Shoals session musician Hawkins, the drummer in the Swampers, used this Slingerland snare drum with his first band, Spooner &amp; the Spoons. The group, which included Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn and Junior Lowe, recorded at FAME Studio, c. 1965.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rick Hall fiddle<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 This fiddle belonged to FAME Studio owner, producer and songwriter Hall, who played at country square dances when he was a teenager.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Patterson Hood acoustic guitar<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Hood of the Drive-By Truckers used this Seagull S6 acoustic guitar to write songs for the band from 1995 to 2003.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The museum\u2019s curatorial and creative teams conducted more than 50 hours of filmed interviews with musicians, artists and others involved in the Muscle Shoals story. They collected an array of significant artifacts for display<em>,<\/em>\u00a0including stage wear, instruments, original song manuscripts and more. Interactive elements within the galleries will incorporate audio recordings, original interview footage and historical photographs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIn Muscle Shoals, American music crossed lines that weren\u2019t supposed to be breached. The Tennessee River flowed through this place, and instead of drawing a boundary, somehow forces came together. Black and white sounds, R&amp;B, blues, soul and country met between the banks. A new rhythm rose and recording studios sprouted to nourish that rhythm. This exhibit takes an expansive look at the sound that forever changed popular music and continues to nurture a rich musical scene in northwest Alabama.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cite>Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The exhibit will also feature an introductory film narrated by multiple Grammy award-winning artist Jason Isbell, a North Alabama native who worked at FAME.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"789\" data-attachment-id=\"1242660\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thebamabuzz.com\/new-muscle-shoals-exhibit-coming-to-country-music-hall-of-fame\/jerry-wexler-and-willie-nelson-in-front-of-the-muscle-shoals-sound-studio-3514-jackson-highway-copy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebamabuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jerry-Wexler-and-Willie-Nelson-in-front-of-the-Muscle-Shoals-Sound-studio-3514-Jackson-Highway-copy.jpeg?fit=700%2C789&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,789\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jerry-Wexler-and-Willie-Nelson-in-front-of-the-Muscle-Shoals-Sound-studio-3514-Jackson-Highway-copy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jerry Wexler, in a top hat, and Willie Nelson outside Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, 1973. (Dick Cooper)&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebamabuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jerry-Wexler-and-Willie-Nelson-in-front-of-the-Muscle-Shoals-Sound-studio-3514-Jackson-Highway-copy.jpeg?fit=532%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebamabuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jerry-Wexler-and-Willie-Nelson-in-front-of-the-Muscle-Shoals-Sound-studio-3514-Jackson-Highway-copy.jpeg?fit=700%2C789&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebamabuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jerry-Wexler-and-Willie-Nelson-in-front-of-the-Muscle-Shoals-Sound-studio-3514-Jackson-Highway-copy.jpeg?resize=700%2C789&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Jerry Wexler And Willie Nelson In Front Of The Muscle Shoals Sound Studio 3514 Jackson Highway Copy\" class=\"wp-image-1242660\" title=\"The Shoals, Art, Education\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebamabuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jerry-Wexler-and-Willie-Nelson-in-front-of-the-Muscle-Shoals-Sound-studio-3514-Jackson-Highway-copy.jpeg?w=700&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebamabuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jerry-Wexler-and-Willie-Nelson-in-front-of-the-Muscle-Shoals-Sound-studio-3514-Jackson-Highway-copy.jpeg?resize=532%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 532w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jerry Wexler, in a top hat, and Willie Nelson outside Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, 1973. (Dick Cooper)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opening weekend program<\/h2>\n<p>In support of the exhibit\u2019s debut, the museum will host a concert celebration and variety of public programs during opening weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the full schedule for the weekend:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Muscle Shoals: Opening Concert Celebration<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Friday, Nov. 14, at 7:30PM (CMA Theater)<br \/>The museum will host an all-star concert with artists and musicians involved in or inspired by Muscle Shoals\u2019 musical legacy, including\u00a0<strong>Tiera Kennedy<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Bettye LaVette<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Wendy Moten<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Spooner Oldham<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Dan Penn<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Maggie Rose<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Shenandoah<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>John Paul White<\/strong>. The house band of Muscle Shoals aces will be led by guitarist Will McFarlane and include Mark Beckett (drums), Mickey Buckins (percussion), Kelvin Holly (guitar), Clayton Ivey (keys), Shoals Sisters Marie Lewey and Cindy Walker (background vocals), Charles Rose (horns), and Bob Wray (bass).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Songwriter Session with Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Saturday, 15, at 12PM (Ford Theater)<br \/>Singer-songwriter Penn and keyboardist-songwriter Oldham first met in Muscle Shoals in the late 1950s and have been writing and playing songs together ever since. Together, Penn and Oldham have written songs for James &amp; Bobby Purify, Percy Sledge, the Sweet Inspirations and others. Additionally, Penn wrote Conway Twitty\u2019s 1960 hit \u201cIs a Blue Bird Blue?\u201d and such classics as \u201cCry Like a Baby\u201d (the Box Tops), \u201cDark End of the Street\u201d (James Carr), and \u201cDo Right Woman, Do Right Man\u201d (Aretha Franklin). Oldham played on \u201cI Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)\u201d (Aretha Franklin), \u201cMustang Sally\u201d (Wilson Pickett) and \u201cWhen a Man Loves a Woman\u201d (Percy Sledge) and is Neil Young\u2019s longtime keyboardist.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Panel Discussion: Making Music in Muscle Shoals with Linda Hall, Clayton Ivey and Candi Staton\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Saturday, 15, at 2:30PM (Ford Theater)<br \/>Hall, Ivey and Staton will discuss living and making music in Muscle Shoals. Hall, who has been called \u201cThe First Lady of Muscle Shoals Music,\u201d was married to FAME Studio founder Rick Hall for fifty-six years. She co-owns the studio and still keeps its books. Ivey played keyboards at FAME in the 1960s and recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio before he founded Wishbone Recording Studio. He played on Clarence Carter\u2019s \u201cPatches,\u201d Mac Davis\u2019s \u201cBaby Don\u2019t Get Hooked on Me,\u201d Bobbie Gentry\u2019s \u201cFancy,\u201d the Osmonds\u2019 \u201cOne Bad Apple\u201d and many more songs. Staton was born in Hanceville, Alabama, and grew up singing in the Jewell Gospel Trio. Her former husband, Clarence Carter, brought her to Muscles Shoals in 1968, where she became \u201cThe First Lady of Southern Soul\u201d and also recorded a string of classic country-soul records.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Musician Spotlight with Mac McAnally<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Sunday, Nov. 16, at 1PM (Ford Theater)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Muscle Shoals: Low Rhythm Rising\u2014the official exhibit playlist.\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/2Z2ETDP5ouRisMNdzg7CV5?si=pP3yCupISjizSHXZjh-JXA&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Want updates like this delivered straight to your inbox?\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thebamabuzz.com\/newsletter-signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign up for our newsletter today<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v21.0&#038;appId=710362912475811\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source thebamabuzz.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAME Recording Studios on Avalon Avenue in Muscle Shoals. (Dan Glen \/ FAME Recording Studios) The city of Muscle Shoals will soon take on the spotlight at the national Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. 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