In the sound of the 1960s and 1970s, nothing symbolized the rift
between black and white America better than the seemingly divided genres
of country and soul. Yet the music emerged from the same songwriters,
musicians, and producers in the recording studios of Memphis and
Nashville, Tennessee, and Muscle Shoals, Alabama--what Charles L. Hughes
calls the "country-soul triangle." In legendary studios like Stax and
FAME, integrated groups of musicians like Booker T. and the MGs and the
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section produced music that both challenged and
reconfirmed racial divisions in the United States. Working with artists
from Aretha Franklin to Willie Nelson, these musicians became crucial
contributors to the era's popular music and internationally recognized
symbols of American racial politics in the turbulent years of civil
rights protests, Black Power, and white backlash.
Hughes offers a
provocative reinterpretation of this key moment in American popular
music and challenges the conventional wisdom about the racial politics
of southern studios and the music that emerged from them. Drawing on
interviews and rarely used archives, Hughes brings to life the daily
world of session musicians, producers, and songwriters at the heart of
the country and soul scenes. In doing so, he shows how the country-soul
triangle gave birth to new ways of thinking about music, race, labor,
and the South in this pivotal period.
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