We could not leave Alabama without going to the Coon Dog cemetery (6th pic). Only coon dogs could be buried here and this is sacred ground (next pic).We toured the Alabama Music Hall of Fame and learned about a lot of famous musicians from Alabama. But, it was really amazing to find out the Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the music recording capital of the world !!!! We could not believe it. So, we set out to find the most popular recording studio (8th pic). You would not believe what we found. In a small cinder block building, without any identification, was the most popular recording studio on earth—where the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Lynard Skynard, Elvis Presley, and thousands more have recorded (next pic). The owner of the studio, Noel, gave us the tour (next pic). He said that the sound quality of this studio has not been reproduced anywhere and no one knows why the quality is soooo good. He speculates that it may even be the mold buried in the cinder block !!!
Then, on to the home of the father of the blues, WC Handy. WC Handy is the father of the blues cause he wrote the first song with the word “blues” in the title.
We ended our tour of northern Alabama in Florence at a renaissance festival –since Florence Italy is the sister city to Florence Alabama ( huh?). The next pic shows some of the costumed participants and the final pic shows a troll, that reminded me of my daughter Chelsea.
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