Muscle Shoals CC

Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Peter B. Olson, Mississippi State University and the University of Memphis From its establishment in 1969 by the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (MSRS) until the mid-1980s, the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio (MSSS) in Sheffield, Colbert County, was one of the most sought-after recording studios in the nation. The musical legacy of the recordings made at the studio rivals the "sounds" of Detroit, Memphis, and Philadelphia.