Alabama's music muscle. Prelude to fame ; Fame, the first time around ; A second shot at fame ; Bringing the Shoals to the world ; Splinters ; Getting a piece of the rock ; Cooperation and disintegration ; Growth and turbulence ; More than money: a different kind of success ; Today's music ain't got the same Shoals -- Stars who've risen from Alabama. Alabama ; Jimmy Buffett ; Nat King Cole ; William Levi Dawson ; The Delmore Brothers ; W.C. Handy ; Emmylou Harris ; Erskine Hawkins ; Sonny James ; Hugh Martin ; Sam Phillips ; Sun Ra ; Martha Reeves ; Lionel Richie ; Toni Tennille ; Dinah Washington ; Hank Williams
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-145) and index
