Quad Cities, Represent

As you probably do not know, I'm in the lovely Sheffield/Florence/Muscle Shoals, AL area this week (Tuscumbia is the 4th city of the quad, in case you were wondering). It seems like kind of a shady place...lots of boarded up buildings and meth labs. They've busted two in two days according to the local news, and keep in mind there's maybe 10,000 people who live here. There's also a Chuck E. Cheese right beside the jail...freaks. But today I found two things that make me feel differently about this creepy place.

1. They have a Bojangles!

2. There is a recording studio here called Fame Studios. I made a lot of fun of it when I was here back in the summer, because honestly, why would there be a recording studio in Muscle Shoals? I joked about recording my own album there, of course. But it turns out this place is really legit. Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan and Carrie Underwood (along with tons of other celebs) have recorded big hits there. And who could forget the famous line in Sweet Home Alabama that says "Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers". Apparently the Swampers were a group of studio musicians who played on a lot of those great albums. And there's even a "Muscle Shoals sound". Who knew? Read more about it here.

So besides joking about meth labs and drinking in a bowling alley, the week has been pretty uneventful. Not much going on except work. I am definitely looking forward to being back in Atlanta tomorrow night, and hopefully going to the Wake game on Saturday when they play GA Tech in ATL! Hope everyone is having a fabulous week. xoxo.