620 West College St. Florence Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Admission is charged W.C. Handy, the Father of the Blues, was born in Florence in 1873 in a log cabin his grandfather had built by hand. A historic marker commemorates the home’s original site at the corner of Cherokee and Beale streets. The two-room […]

1000 Alabama Avenue Sheffield Tours available by appointment Admission is charged Muscle Shoals Sound Studio was opened in a building on Jackson Highway in 1969 when musicians from FAME’s Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (known as the Swampers) formed their own studio. The studio moved to this location in the late 1970s. Artists who have recorded […]

McFarland Park Florence Riverfront Park Sheffield Legend says that the Yuchie Tribe called the Tennessee River “the singing river” because the flowing waters sounded like a woman singing. The sounds of the shoals are now buried by the reservoirs of TVA’s Wilson and Wheeler dams, but the Alabama State Legislature honored the legend – and […]

3614 Jackson Highway Sheffield Hours: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday-Sunday Tour Times: 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Admission: $12 per person, $10 per person for groups over 20 people and 6 years and under FREE Reservations are not accepted; all scheduled tours are first […]

1920 Webster Avenue Muscle Shoals Tours available by appointment Admission is charged Wishbone Studios has served the music and recording industry since 1976. In the early years hits were recorded by Hank Williams Jr., The Commodores, Roy Orbison, Waylon Jennings, Charlie Daniels, Thelma Houston, The Temptations, The Supremes and many others. Billboard’s 1978 Song of […]

Sheffield-Love Plaza Intersection of Alabama Street and Montgomery Sheffield The 18-foot tall semi-abstract sculpture of a 1950s-era singer was created from recycled aluminium by Tuscumbia metalwork artist Audwin McGee. Unveiled in September, 2012, it is the first of a series of sculptures which pay tribute to Muscle Shoals music legacy. Sculptures are planned for Florence, […]

400 4th St. Red Bay Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:30 – 4 p.m. and by appointment Admission is charged A large exhibit is dedicated to country music star Tammy Wynette. The singer was born in nearby Tremont, Mississippi, and she frequently came to Red Bay to shop and visit relatives. The exhibit includes many of Tammy’s […]

Calhoun Community College Brewer Library – Delmore Room Decatur Campus 6250 Highway 31 North Tanner Call for library hours Admission is free Alton and Rabon Delmore created a sound of close harmonies which, along with their songwriting and musical talents, made them stars of the Grand Ole Opry in the 1930s. The Delmore Brothers introduced […]

Muscle Shoals City Hall 2010 E. Avalon Avenue Muscle Shoals 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Admission is free Exhibits tell the story of the music legacy of Muscle Shoals. Other exhibits also relate the early history of the City of Muscle Shoals, including Wilson Lock and Dam. For more information www.visitmuscleshoalsal.com

603 Avalon Avenue Muscle Shoals Tours offered Monday – Friday 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Admission is charged FAME, established in 1959, was the first successful professional recording studio in Alabama and is the birthplace of the famous Muscle Shoals Sound. Studio owner/producer Rick Hall used proceeds from Arthur Alexander’s 1961 hit “You Better Move On” […]