I visited muscle shoals a couple of years ago with a bunch of musicians from London, while on a road trip from Chicago to New Orleans. We had booked one of the

I visited muscle shoals a couple of years ago with a bunch of musicians from London, while on a road trip from Chicago to New Orleans. We had booked one of the afternoon tours but ran late, on account of us taking the scenic route rather than the highway, and had to switch to the last tour of the day instead. Boy am I glad we did, because we ran into Steve Melton who worked as the chief engineer at sound studios for most of those seminal years. I don't remember if he worked on these songs, but boy did he have stories to tell about the studio! He was there on his own little pilgrimage, making a return to sound studios for the first time in however many years. Meeting him was this wonderfully serendipitous moment, and I'm immensely grateful to him for taking the time to chat with us and share his stories. One of my buddies later recorded an interview with the man, for a documentary about our road trip. If anyone's interested I can see if it's online somewhere. Anyway, muscle shoal sound studio is a wonderful place, with very friendly and knowledgeable staff. There are so many cool stories from that place and it was like I could feel the history of it all, it was really quite inspiring and moving to me. If you're in the area I highly recommend a visit. The nearby town of Florence had some great food and wonderful people as well.