| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 404 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :) : illustrations (some color) |
| Summary |
This is the story of legendary record producer Rick Hall and his historic role in the development of the world-famous "Muscle Shoals sound." Rick Hall made music history when he founded FAME Recording Studios, the first professional recording studio in the entire state of Alabama. After producing and engineering the area's first national hit on Arthur Alexander's Southern Soul classic "You Better Move On," Rick went on to earn international fame and eventually a Grammy for a lifetime of achievements. Award-winning DVD, Muscle Shoals, included with every book. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of contents; Preface -- Dr. Sherman Smith, Publisher; Foreword -- Peter Guralnick; Introduction -- Terry Pace; 1 -- The Freedom Hills; 2 -- A Wild and Dangerous Love Affair; 3 -- Losing My Mother; 4 -- Living with Grandma Hall; 5 -- A Country Doctor and Grandma Hall's Death; 6 -- Rock Creek and a New Life; 7 -- The Thrill of Buying Groceries; 8 -- Uncle Earl; 9 -- Uncle Earl and His Straight 8; 10 -- My Musical Roots; 11 -- Country Remedies and Food for Po' Folks; 12 -- Christmas in the Freedom Hills; 13 -- Rock Creek School and Community; 14 -- Rock Creek School. |
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15 -- From a Shack to a Log House16 -- Dad Almost Died; 17 -- North to Cleveland; 18 -- My Uncle George and Me; 19 -- Country Characters and Adventure; 20 -- Hog-Killin' Time; 21 -- Saturdays in Town; 22 -- Life and Love at Gravel Hill; 23 -- Meeting My Mother; 24 -- Moving Up North; 25 -- Sweet Home Alabama; 26 -- My Mother's Kin; 27 -- Life at Liberty Hill; 28 -- Bump, Bump in the Cemetery; 29 -- Slap Her Down Again Paw; 30 -- Getting to Know My Mother; 31 -- My Ole Gibson Guitar; 32 -- A Crashing Halt; 33 -- Hitchhiking Home; 34 -- Faye Marie, My First Wife; 35 -- Our Marriage and a Terrible Accident. |
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36 -- Another Tragic Death37 -- The Country Pals; 38 -- Arkansas Travelers; 39 -- My First Recordings; 40 -- A Double Dose of Genius; 41 -- The Big Phone Call; 42 -- A New Band and a New Life; 43 -- The High Cost of Hard Work; 44 -- The Skids Were Greased; 45 -- Hustling with Hansel in Muscle Shoals; 46 -- My First Taste of Fame; 47 -- Giving Up on Music City; 48 -- Producing My First Hit; 49 -- My First Rhythm Section; 50 -- Arthur Moves On; 51 -- The Love of My Life, Linda Kay; 52 -- Fortune and Fame; 53 -- Birth of the Muscle Shoals Sound; 54 -- The Great Vodka Tour; 55 -- 'Steal Away' -- a Big Breakthrough. |
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56 -- Mentors, Decisions and Transitions57 -- Moving Up and Branching Out; 58 -- Clarence and Calvin, on a Lazy Sunday Afternoon; 59 -- Pitching Percy to Atlantic Records; 60 -- The Main Man Arrives; 61 -- Atlantic Records Looks South; 62 -- The Wicked Pickett; 63 -- Keeping the Streak Alive; 64 -- Wexler Discovers Muscle Shoals; 65 -- Aretha Franklin -- The Queen of Soul; 66 -- The Aretha Aftermath; 67 -- Otis and Arthur: Sweet Soul Music; 68 -- Etta James, the Real Thing; 69 -- Clarence Carter -- from 'Funky Fever' to 'Patches'; 70 -- Duane Allman and The Allman Brothers Band; 71 -- Farewell Forever. |
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72 -- The Majors Come Calling73 -- Brother Karl Engemann; 74 -- Tragedies and Triumphs; 75 -- My Mother Re-Enters My Life; 76 -- Candi Staton -- The Lady of Southern Soul; 77 -- Bobbie Gentry Woos Muscle Shoals; 78 -- The Osmonds; 79 -- The Dark Side of the Music Business; 80 -- Hooked On Mac Davis -- Song Painter; 81 -- Stop and Smell The Roses; 82 -- Paul Anka; 83 -- Back to My Roots; 84 -- Sami Jo and Her Manager; 85 -- Hits, Misses and Musical Idols; 86 -- Hard Times Again; 87 -- Answered Prayers; 88 -- Mac is Back!; 89 -- Going Country; 90 -- The Best of Both Worlds; 91 -- Shenandoah ... and it Still Hurts. |
| Subject |
Hall, Rick, 1932-2018
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FAME Recording Studios -- History.
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Hall, Rick, 1932- (OCoLC)fst01933371
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FAME Recording Studios. (OCoLC)fst01913413
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Sound recording executives and producers -- United States -- Biography.
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Sound recording industry -- Alabama -- Muscle Shoals -- History.
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Sound recordings -- Production and direction.
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FAME Recording Studios.
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Popular music -- Alabama -- Muscle Shoals -- History and criticism.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
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Sound recording executives and producers. (OCoLC)fst01127018
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Sound recording industry. (OCoLC)fst01127019
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Sound recordings -- Production and direction.
(OCoLC)fst01127057
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Alabama -- Muscle Shoals.
(OCoLC)fst01216813
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Pace, Terry, author.
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| Cover Title |
Man from Muscle Shoals : my journey from shame to fame |
| Added Title |
Muscle Shoals (Motion picture)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hall, Rick, 1932- My journey from shame to fame. First edition. Clovis, California : Heritage Builders, 2015 9781941437520 1941437524 |
| ISBN |
9781941437537 (electronic bk.) |
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1941437532 (electronic bk.) |
| Music No. |
EB00654825 Recorded Books |
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