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FAME Recording Studios today announced it will be featured in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum\u2019s new exhibit, \u201cMuscle Shoals: Low Rhythm Rising,\u201d opening Nov. 14, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. The exhibit examines the rise of the Muscle Shoals sound through recordings, artifacts and session history from FAME and other Shoals contributors. An opening-weekend schedule of events will accompany the debut, and the exhibit will be on view for nearly three years.<\/p>\n
The \u201cMuscle Shoals: Low Rhythm Rising\u201d exhibit will feature key artifacts from FAME\u2019s history, including the original piano played on Aretha Franklin\u2019s breakthrough hits as well as other FAME hits through 1969 by legends Spooner Oldham, Barry Beckett and David Briggs. Also on display will be FAME founder and owner Rick Hall\u2019s personal fiddle, documents, and equipment. Rather than retelling familiar Muscle Shoals narratives, the \u201cMuscle Shoals\u201d exhibit places FAME\u2019s session materials, photographs, instruments and recordings within the region\u2019s broader story. Together, they trace how work at FAME led to the sale\u00a0of hundreds of millions of records and shaped soul, R&B, country, and rock far beyond the Shoals, bringing fresh visibility to a studio that rewired the American sound.<\/p>\n
Because of that influence, the term \u201cthe Muscle Shoals sound\u201d has become a cultural emblem synonymous with raw, soulful music that shaped American identity. Released in 2013, the documentary \u201cMuscle Shoals\u201d brought wider attention to the Shoals and sparked renewed interest in FAME as a cultural touchstone. Founded in 1959 by Rick Hall, FAME hosted sessions by Otis Redding, Etta James, Clarence Carter and Wilson Pickett, who recorded \u201cMustang Sally\u201d and \u201cLand of 1,000 Dances\u201d at the studio in 1966. Those records helped define what became known as the Muscle Shoals sound.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter more than six decades of sessions, FAME Recording Studios continues to surprise and move listeners with its sound, its soul and its vibe,\u201d said Rodney Hall, president of FAME Recording Studios and son of founder Rick Hall. \u201cLike all great studios, FAME has turned limitation into invention and hard knocks into songs that last. This exhibit lets visitors see the tapes, charts and instruments behind that work, and we are proud to share it with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.\u201d<\/p>\n
Opening weekend events celebrating the new exhibit, Nov. 14\u201316, 2025, will feature live performances by FAME alumni as well as a community panel at noon Saturday with the \u201cFirst Lady of Muscle Shoals Music,\u201d Linda Hall, and Candi Staton.<\/p>\n
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum\u2019s CMA Theater will present \u201cMuscle Shoals: Opening Concert Celebration\u201d on Friday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m. CT. The program features performances by Tiera Kennedy, Bettye LaVette, Wendy Moten, Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn, Maggie Rose, Shenandoah and John Paul White. The house band, led by guitarist Will McFarlane, includes Mark Beckett, Mickey Buckins, Kelvin Holly, Clayton Ivey, the Shoals Sisters, Charles Rose and Bob Wray. For more information on opening-weekend events and exhibit dates, visit countrymusichalloffame.org<\/a>;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.thatericalper.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FAME Recording Studios today announced it will be featured in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum\u2019s new exhibit, \u201cMuscle Shoals: Low Rhythm Rising,\u201d opening Nov. 14, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. The exhibit examines the rise of the Muscle Shoals sound through recordings, artifacts and session history from FAME and other Shoals contributors. An […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2041378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[364487,371147,377867,377868,368456,377869,377870,377871,377872,307579,368459,377873,377874,377875,377876,377877,377878,363839,377879,377880,368454,23510,377881,377882,377883,377884,377885,368458,340004,377886,377887,377888],"class_list":["post-2041377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-aretha-franklin","tag-barry-beckett","tag-bettye-lavette","tag-bob-wray","tag-candi-staton","tag-charles-rose","tag-clarence-carter","tag-clayton-ivey","tag-cma-theater","tag-country-music-hall-of-fame-and-museum","tag-dan-penn","tag-david-briggs","tag-etta-james","tag-fame-recording-studios","tag-john-paul-white","tag-kelvin-holly","tag-linda-hall","tag-maggie-rose","tag-mark-beckett","tag-mickey-buckins","tag-muscle-shoals","tag-nashville","tag-otis-redding","tag-rick-hall","tag-rodney-hall","tag-shenandoah","tag-shoals-sisters","tag-spooner-oldham","tag-tiera-kennedy","tag-wendy-moten","tag-will-mcfarlane","tag-wilson-pickett"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FAME-Recording-Studios-Honored-in-Country-Music-Hall-of-Fames.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2041377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2041378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2041377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2041377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2041377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}