Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Narrated by Patterson Hood

Patterson Hood is a writer and performer, best known as a co-founder and lead singer of the rock & roll band Drive-By Truckers. He is the son of musician David Hood, a founding member of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. Here, Patterson celebrates the Swampers, the Muscle Shoals session musicians who crossed racial lines to create some of America's most iconic soul and rock records.

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Recording booth in 2025
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