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Favorite music mecca named after a mollusk? (Original Post) taterguy Jun 2014 OP
Clam Francisco KamaAina Jun 2014 #1
There's no such city as Clam Francisco taterguy Jun 2014 #2
It most certainly is KamaAina Jun 2014 #3
Do you know what those shoals were full of? taterguy Jun 2014 #5
Actually, it was a popular destination for Gulf Coast bodybuilders as far back as the 30's. Throd Jun 2014 #9
Have you looked a fucking map? taterguy Jun 2014 #13
Can you fucking comprehend? Where did I say it was located on the Gulf Coast? Throd Jun 2014 #17
Per Wiki, the spelling "mussel" had not come into use back then. KamaAina Jun 2014 #11
saw an hour on PBS about it Leme Jun 2014 #4
Did I ask if you had watched a show about it? taterguy Jun 2014 #6
wel, excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me Leme Jun 2014 #7
You're excused this time taterguy Jun 2014 #18
You horned in on my answer Bluenorthwest Jun 2014 #8
Rocky Mountain Oyster Sound Studio LynneSin Jun 2014 #10
Is Dover close to Murfreesboro? taterguy Jun 2014 #12
About your favorite ... In_The_Wind Jun 2014 #14
Alabama's one of those crazy Southern states taterguy Jun 2014 #20
In what universe is NC civilized? Chan790 Jun 2014 #25
You'r right. Stay out of NC taterguy Jun 2014 #26
I'm not one for scenic anyways. I don't like nature. Chan790 Jun 2014 #27
What is there not to understand? taterguy Jun 2014 #28
My first choice too nt MrScorpio Jun 2014 #15
I always used to wonder what Mussel Shoals was. The Road Runner Jun 2014 #16
aw, Shuck it. I am with you on this one. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #19
Blue Oyster Cult performing Rock Lobster ... kwassa Jun 2014 #21
Quahog, Rhode Island Xipe Totec Jun 2014 #22
The HollyRock Bowl, of course. blogslut Jun 2014 #23
Sweet Limpet's Jazz Club struggle4progress Jun 2014 #24
 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
3. It most certainly is
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 06:50 PM
Jun 2014

and there is no such city as Mussel Shoals, either. The music mecca in Alabama is Muscle Shoals.

taterguy

(29,582 posts)
5. Do you know what those shoals were full of?
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 07:00 PM
Jun 2014

Mussels, that's what.

Some dumbass spelled it wrong on the map.

Seriously.

No one would name a shoal for muscles.

Throd

(7,208 posts)
9. Actually, it was a popular destination for Gulf Coast bodybuilders as far back as the 30's.
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 07:31 PM
Jun 2014

Look it up.

taterguy

(29,582 posts)
13. Have you looked a fucking map?
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:14 PM
Jun 2014

Muscle Shoals is nowhere near the Gulf Coast.

It's on the north end of Alabama.

 

Leme

(1,092 posts)
4. saw an hour on PBS about it
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 06:53 PM
Jun 2014

nice story. But I still dislike most of what they did there. no wonder everything sounded cookie cutter.
-'
or much of music anyways

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
14. About your favorite ...
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:17 PM
Jun 2014

Have you ever spent the summer in Muscle Shoals?
Well, I did. The music is great but the weather sucks big time.

taterguy

(29,582 posts)
20. Alabama's one of those crazy Southern states
Sat Jun 14, 2014, 04:17 PM
Jun 2014

I prefer to spend my time in perfectly civilized North Carolina.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
25. In what universe is NC civilized?
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 10:36 AM
Jun 2014

Granted, it's the least crazy southern state...but it's still a state in America's religiously-insane quadrant.

(Kidding. I love...well, part of your state. The Triangle (Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill CSA) is one of my favorite places...much of the rest of NC is as discomfiting as Western VA (like Bristol, Lynchburg, Roanoke)...not WV...or SC.)

taterguy

(29,582 posts)
26. You'r right. Stay out of NC
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 04:17 PM
Jun 2014

Especially the scenic parts.

The Outer Banks? Can't swing a stick there without hitting an evangelist.

What happens in Linville Gorge stays in Linville Gorge because no one ever makes it out of there alive.

But spend as much time in Raleigh as you want, since there's nothing particularly scenic there.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
27. I'm not one for scenic anyways. I don't like nature.
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 04:24 PM
Jun 2014

Also, I hate the shoreline. Pretty much everywhere it smells like seawater and decaying aquatic life. I've never understood people that wanted to go to the beach...give me high-rises and inner-cities any day.

taterguy

(29,582 posts)
28. What is there not to understand?
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 05:42 PM
Jun 2014

I don't get that you don't understand the desire to visit the Outer Banks, one of the most beautiful places you can ever experience, except for all the crazy people.

The Road Runner

(109 posts)
16. I always used to wonder what Mussel Shoals was.
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 10:47 PM
Jun 2014

Lynyrd Skynyrd reference it in their song, Sweet Home Alabama.

So I looked it up!
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Home_Alabama

One verse of the song includes the line "Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers/And they've been known to pick a song or two." This refers to the town of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, a popular location for recording popular music because of pthe "sound" crafted by local recording studios and back-up musicians. "The Swampers" referred to in the lyrics are the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section.



kwassa

(23,340 posts)
21. Blue Oyster Cult performing Rock Lobster ...
Sat Jun 14, 2014, 10:33 PM
Jun 2014

hmmm.

Couldn't find it on youtube.

You're living in your own private Idaho, btw.

blogslut

(37,955 posts)
23. The HollyRock Bowl, of course.
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 04:10 AM
Jun 2014

Home to the the legendary appearance by the beautiful and talented Ann Margrock, along with Misters Frederick Flintstone and Barnard Rubble.

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