Muscle Shoals... Small Town, Big Sound


Muscle Shoals... Small Town, Big Sound

Spotlighting the quietly influential and legendary sound of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the new star-studded and definitive homage album " Muscle Shoals…Small Town, Big Sound " will be available via all music retailers on September 28 via The Muscle Shoals Music Group, Dreamlined Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Australia. This arrives just in time to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the "Muscle Shoals Sound." Pre-order now.

This once-in-a-lifetime collection unites eras of GRAMMY® Award-winning, multiplatinum superstars on one album for the first time. Powerhouse performers such as Steven Tyler, Chris Stapleton, Grace Potter, and many others breathe new life into seminal classics by The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Etta James, and more originally birthed in Muscle Shoals throughout the fifties, sixties, and seventies. In order to re-cut these gems, most of the artists made the trek to FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals to record alongside home-grown musicians, channelling the "Muscle Shoals Sound."

Introducing this blockbuster compilation is Tyler's cover of 'Brown Sugar' by The Rolling Stones, powered by rip-roaring guitar from Extreme shredder Nuno Bettencourt. 'Brown Sugar' is available to stream now and for instant download at all digital pre-orders.

Listen to Brown Sugar here.

Producer, publisher, and co-owner of FAME Studios Rodney Hall executive produced, and curated Muscle Shoals…Small Town, Big Sound alongside GRAMMY®, ACM, and CMA Award-winning producer and Dreamlined Entertainment Founder Keith Stegall. Rodney's late father Rick Hall remains renowned as "The Father of the Muscle Shoals Sound" and some of his final productions grace the record.

"The sound is one-of-a-kind," explains Rodney Hall. "When younger artists hear all of the music that came out of here over the past five decades, they want to check it out. This album is special because it brings together artists that have been inspired by the magic of the Muscle Shoals Sound."

"This record has been a full circle for me," says Keith Stegall. "It's the music I grew up on and that impassioned me to become a writer and a record producer and the music to which I owe my love and deepest respect."

Tracklisting

The Road Of Love - Keb' Mo'
I'd Rather Go Blind - Grace Potter
Brown Sugar - Steven Tyler & Nuno Bettencourt
Gotta Serve Somebody - Jamey Johnson, Willie Nelson, Chris Stapleton & Lee Ann Womack
Steal Away - Eli "Paperboy" Reed
Snatching It Back - Kid Rock
I'll Take You There - Aloe Blacc
Cry Like A Rainy Day - Michael McDonald
True Love - Vince Gill & Wendy Moten
Come And Go Blues - Alison Krauss

Respect Yourself - Mike Farris with The Blind Boys of Alabama
Wild Horses - Alan Jackson
Mustang Sally - Brently Stephen Smith of Shinedown
We've Got Tonight - Chord Overstreet
Giving It Up For Your Love - Tom Johnston & Delbert McClinton
 I Ain't Easy To Love - Candi Staton with Jason Isbell & John Paul White

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