Aug 8th, 2008 · The Muscle Shoals, Ala., native discovered his city's musical heritage while playing in cover bands night after night. That was before he starting writing his own music, driven by his storytelling and work on the acoustic guitar. Hear a live performance.
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Aug 14th, 2006 · The late 1960s were the golden age of Soul music. In studios located in Muscle Shoals, Ala., and Memphis, Tenn., legends like Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge and Otis Redding were recording songs that proved timeless. And many of them were made with Dan Penn.
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