![]() Unsurprisingly, this chain of events had a profound impact on Hall, who became determined to make something great of his life. Before long, his mother left the family, taking up work in a house of ill repute. His parents’ marriage collapsed in the aftermath, each blaming the other. When he was still a boy, his three-year-old brother died in a tragic accident after falling into a tub of scalding water as their mother was doing the washing in the backyard. “We just kind of grew up like animals,” he recalled. Rick Hall grew up in a house with a dirt floor in the nearby Freedom Hills. Rick Hall and the beginning of FAME Music Everything from Muscle Shoals comes back to the water that sang. ![]() As the blind singer Clarence Carter commented, “Helen Keller was from Muscle Shoals and it was always amazing to me the things she was able to accomplish being blind and deaf.” Famously, the first word that Keller learned was “water” – the well where she learned the word is a famous landmark. Muscle Shoals was in many ways the home of the blues, the home of rock’n’roll, and the home of soul music, even if the Alabama pioneers had to journey to the relatively more pluralistic city of Memphis, Tennessee, in order to bring the music they loved to a wider audience. It’s not a big town – population some 13,000 – and yet it’s home to some of the greatest records in the history of popular music.īlues pioneer WC Handy and Sam Phillips, who would famously discover Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash, came from close by. ![]() Life in Muscle Shoals is slow – it can feel as though time has stood still there. In 1924, Wilson Dam was completed, destroying the hazardous shoals that gave the new town and its neighborhood its name. Home to some of the greatest records in history The Yuchi Indians called the Tennessee “the river that sings.” Legend told of a woman who lived in the river and sang songs that protected her people. Men and birds alike fish in the river, as the sun beats down on the swampland where alligators wait. To the casual observer, Muscle Shoals is just a quiet Alabama town, surrounded by verdant countryside and bordered by the vast Tennessee River. On the bank of the Tennessee River, about halfway between Memphis and Atlanta, lies the town of Muscle Shoals. I have limited submissions to 5 deviations per week to prevent flooding people's inboxes.The sleepy town of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, would become the unlikely destination for America’s greatest recording artists, churning out classic hits like Percy Sledge’s “When A Man Loves a Woman” “I Never Loved A Man” by Aretha Franklin “Brown Sugar” by The Rolling Stones and “I’ll Take You There” by The Staple Singers. Featured (for fanart of the mascots and other Conji-related things you can think of) 2010 Post-Conji Events (for photos from official Conji traveling con suites, parties, and other events) 2010 Anime Conji Photos (for at-con pics) ![]() Right now, you should be able to submit to: Please submit your stuff to the correct galleries (it's not a big deal if you don't). I've updated the settings to allow members to join, and submit art and photos. So feel free to harass me with anything related to this group or the con, and I'll try to get you answers as best I can. I've also taken the duties for running the Conji DA club from Barrie who has moved from Artist Alley/Dealer's Hall head to head of Dealers Hall and Vice Con Chair. I'm elfgrove, and I will be the Anime Conji 2011 Artist Alley organizer. My apologies, things have been pretty hectic for the Conji Staffers.Ī quick introduction. It's been a while since this group was created, but not much has happened with it. ![]()
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