Making Music in Muscle Shoals with Marlin Greene, Linda Hall, Clayton Ivey, and Ca

Name: Making Music in Muscle Shoals with Marlin Greene, Linda Hall, Clayton Ivey, and Ca
Start: 2025-11-15T14:30:00-06:00
End: 2025-11-15T16:00:00-06:00
Location: 222 Rep John Lewis Way S, Nashville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37203

Schedule

Sat Nov 15 2025 at 02:30 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

222 Rep John Lewis Way S, Nashville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37203 | Nashville, TN

Marlin Greene, Linda Hall, Clayton Ivey, and Candi Staton will discuss life and making music in Muscle Shoals: how R&B, soul, country, and rock music came together in this southern place and how folks (mostly) got along while making history. Linda Hall, who has been called “The First Lady of Muscle Shoals Music,” was married to FAME Studios founder Rick Hall for fifty-six years. She co-owns the studio and still keeps its books. Clayton Ivey played keyboards at FAME in the 1960s and recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio before he founded Wishbone Recording Studio. He played on Clarence Carter’s “Patches,” Mac Davis’s “Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me,” Bobbie Gentry’s “Fancy,” the Osmonds’ “One Bad Apple,” and many more songs. Candi Staton was born in Hanceville, Alabama, and grew up singing in the Jewell Gospel Trio. Her former husband, Clarence Carter, brought her to Muscles Shoals in 1968, where she became “The First Lady of Southern Soul” and also recorded a string of classic country records. Marlin Greene was there at the beginning, recording for James Joiner’s Tune label. He has produced and played on Percy Sledge’s hits, and worked with Leon Russell, Boz Scaggs, Eddie Hinton and others at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio.
Presented in support of the exhibition Muscle Shoals: Low Rhythm Rising. Exhibit supported by OneLouder. Program made possible in part by PEDIGREE® and PEDIGREE Foundation. Ford Theater. Program ticket required. Included with Museum admission. Free to Museum members.