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Photographer: Sandra Hughes
Taken: April 7, 2010
Caption: The Blues Trail: Mississippi to Alabama Marker
Additional Description: 1. W.C. Handy (1873-1958) recorded "Muscle Shoals Blues" in 1922 upper left. 2. Harmonica great Jerry McCain (b 1930) a lifelong resident of Gadsden, made his first commercial recordings in 1953 for the Jackson, Mississippi based Trumpet label. 3. Delta blues master Johnny Shines (1915-1992) sent the last 23 years of his life in the Tuscaloosa area. 4. Mississippi natives who produced records in Muscle Shoals included Rick Hall (left), owner of the Fame studio and label, and Quin Ivy (right), who ran the Quinvy studio and various labels, Tishomingo County, Mississippi native Quinton Claunch also recorded Mississippi born soul singer James Carr at the Fame and Quinvy studios for his Memphis based Goldwax label.
Submitted: December 18, 2011, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.
Database Locator Identification Number: p185256
File Size: 1.255 Megabytes

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