New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - FAME Studios, the original home of The Muscle Shoals Sound, will soon celebrate its 50th birthday, and the facility is as vital as ever. Rolling Stone reported last week that the acclaimed group Band of Horses is working on its next album there.
Band of Horses singer Ben Bridwell said, "Muscle Shoals and FAME in particular was an incredible experience for us. We really were blown away by all the great records that came out there. Everybody seems to have a story to tell about the rich musical history of the area and everybody seems to be a part of it to this day. There really has to be something in the water, or aligned in the stars to breed that many talented players and writers."
Other artists to record at FAME recently include Bettye LaVette and the Drive-By Truckers, who put the 2007 GRAMMY-nominated 'The Scene of the Crime' to tape last year. Country group Heartland recorded 2006's GRAMMY-nominated 'I Loved Her First' at FAME as well.
Check out the equipment list at FAME Studios, including vintage Hammonds and Wurlitzers: https://www.fame2.com/studioseqpt.html
In addition to all the studio activity, FAME Records recently relaunched after a three-decade dormancy, releasing 'The Best of Jimmy Hughes' in October. Rolling Stone hailed Hughes' "verge-of-tears intensity" adding that he "tears into each tune as if it was destined to be a smash."
ABOUT FAME: Located at the crossroads of country, rock and soul, FAME was founded in 1959, in Florence, AL (FAME is an acronym for Florence Alabama Music Enterprises) as a publishing company. In 1960, Rick Hall moved the facility across the Tennessee River, to Muscle Shoals, AL. Since then, FAME has earned worldwide renown as the birthplace of The Muscle Shoals Sound hosting such music titans as Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Duane Allman, Etta James, Wilson Pickett, Little Richard and many others.
The studio remains a destination facility to this day, and last year Bettye Lavette and Heartland released GRAMMY-nominated albums recorded at FAME. Hall founded FAME Records in 1964 as an outgrowth of the studio and released music by soul legends Candi Staton, Dan Penn, Clarence Carter, Arthur Conley, The FAME Gang and many others before mothballing the label in 1976.
FAME Publishing has earned multiple Song of Year awards from The Grammys, ASCAP and others, and published songs recorded by country superstars such as Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw, Martina McBride and Alabama.
Songs recorded or published by FAME have sold over 300 million copies worldwide. FAME Recording Studios, FAME Records, FAME Publishing, House of Fame and Muscle Shoals Records are members of the Muscle Shoals Music Group.
