The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Paul Simon, Cher, and others recorded some of their biggest hits in the Shoals, and much of that happened in a little nondescript building at 3614 Jackson Highway in Sheffield. Recently renovated by Apple/Beats, the facility has become a recording studio once again, in addition to conducting tours of the studio where iconic hits like “Wild Horses” were made. The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, also known as the “Swampers”, created Muscle Shoals Sound Studios here, and later moved it to a location on the river in Sheffield.
Hours are 10-4 Monday - Saturday with tours on the half hour 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30
Tickets $20.00 Veterans with ID and Senior discount offered
Pet Friendly
Groups of 20 or more are $13.00 per person
3614 Jackson Highway,
Sheffield, AL 35660
256-978-5151
www.msmusicfoundation.org
The best place to start is with a tour of the studio that created the “Muscle Shoals Sound” — FAME Recording Studios, located on Avalon Avenue in Muscle Shoals. Still a working studio, this is where the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section got its start. FAME was host to artists such as Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Duane Allman, Otis Redding, the Osmonds, Paul Anka and many others. In the last 50 years, FAME Studios recorded or published music that sold over 350 million copies.
Tours are Mon – Fri 9 am & 4 pm; Sat 10 am – 2 pm
603 E. Avalon Ave.,
Muscle Shoals, AL 35661
256-381-0801
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