CurrentGroup Exhibition
Muscle Shoals: Low Rhythm Rising
Aretha Franklin, Willie Nelson, Jason Isbell, Drive-By Truckers, Wilson Pickett, The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Bobbie Gentry, The Staple Singers, Tiera Kennedy, Bettye LaVette, Wendy Moten, Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn, Maggie Rose, Shenandoah, John Paul White
November 14, 2025 - March 31, 2028
Opening Reception: November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
About the Exhibition
The exhibit tells the story of Black and white musicians who found a way to work together at a time when segregation prevailed. Producer Rick Hall and his FAME Recording Studio and the session aces at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio built a home-made approach to cutting music that mattered. The more than 5,000-square-foot exhibit surveys the emergence of Muscle Shoals as a recording epicenter in the 1960s and 1970s and spotlights its enduring cultural impact.
Curator
R.J. Smith and Michael Gray
Tags
music historycultural heritageMuscle ShoalsR&Bcountry musicsegregationSouthern soundFAME Recording StudioMuscle Shoals Sound Studio