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Muscle Shoals, Alabama, is a unique site for studying the complex intertwining of music, race, and the American South. Exploring this region reveals how and why the music recorded in Muscle Shoals became integral to the cultural framework within 1960s and `70s America. "Making M…

This research study asks the question: what is the lived experience of fame for the person who is famous in today’s culture? Despite cultural preoccupation with celebrity, very little academic attention has been given to the experience of fame itself. Interviews with six individ…