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The Birmingham, Alabama-based Garage Café—where the Decoys would often perform—hosted a benefit concert to help with his medical bills in 2013. [8] Boyer died in Muscle Shoals on February 13, 2018. Talton said, "No one could write a more beautiful ballad than Scott Boyer. I love him and I miss him more than anything that can be said."
Roe Erister "Rick" Hall [1] (January 31, 1932 – January 2, 2018) [2] was an American record producer, songwriter, and musician who became known as the owner of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. As the "Father of Muscle Shoals Music", he was influential in recording and promoting both country and soul music, and in helping develop the ...
Roger G. Hawkins (October 16, 1945 – May 20, 2021) [1] was an American drummer best known for playing as part of the studio backing band known as the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (also known as the Swampers) [2] of Alabama. Rolling Stone ranked Hawkins number 31 on its list of greatest drummers. [3]
Stafford began his killing spree on January 12, 1974, by killing 20-year-old Jimmy Earl Berry, a student at the University of North Alabama, working as an assistant manager at a McDonald's restaurant in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Berry was shot four times and the perpetrator robbed the restaurant of US$1,390.00. [3]
Ivy was born in Banner, Mississippi, the son of a sharecropper. [1] [2] He started his career as a DJ in Oxford, followed by spells at WMPS in Memphis, WKDA in Nashville and WLAY in Muscle Shoals, before settling in Sheffield, Alabama.
Barry Edward Beckett (February 4, 1943 – June 10, 2009) was an American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder.He is best known for his work with David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, and Roger Hawkins, his bandmates in the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which performed with numerous notable artists on their studio albums and helped define the "Muscle Shoals sound".
Yarbrough also opened Rual's Music Service in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where he became well known for his ability to repair and build stringed instruments. [3] Due his shop's proximity to FAME Studios, Yarbrough would serve as a session performer for many of the acts who performed at the studio during the 1960s and 1970s.
Robert Byrne (July 10, 1954 – June 27, 2005) was an American songwriter known primarily for his work in country music.He did most of his work at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.