Alabama Music Hall of Fame

Bassmaster Top 100 Bass Tournament

Joe Wheeler Resort and State Park

Pickwick, Wheeler and Wilson Lakes

The "Muscle Shoals Sound" and a thriving music industry

The Tennessee River

Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway

W.C. Handy Home and Museum

W.C. Handy Music Festival

Blue is the color of the Tennessee River as it flows through the heart of the Shoals.

Blue represents the Blues, heard at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, or during the W.C. Handy Festival. Our music is heard at Norton Auditorium when the Concert Association hosts a symphony, or at the Ritz Theatre when the Shoals Symphony performs. We're known far and wide for the "Muscle Shoals Sound."

Blue is the color of our lakes, home to some of the best fishing in the world. Wilson and Pickwick Dams create the lakes that so many of our beautiful homes face; sailing, water skiing and fishing a popular pasttimes in the Shoals.

Many people think of the color blue when they think of the Shoals. Blue water. Blue-ribbon fishing. Blue skies. And singing the blues.

I love the soul of the Shoals. I'm a musician, and the studio I work in could be located anywhere in the world. But the stars who come here to record with us love the small town atmosphere and the easy-going, laid-back style we've adopted. Where else could we end a recording session by relaxing on a boat and watching the stars come out at night?

-David Hood
Musician, producer, and Muscle Shoals resident