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Homecoming Brings Muscle Shoals Music Legends To Mane Room For Panel Discussions Friday

Oct. 10, 2013



Michelle Eubanks, UNA, at media@casabo.net, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033

Wilson Pickett and Duane AllmanBy Hannah Mask, Student Writer

FLORENCE, Ala. 音乐爱好者们一定会喜欢今年的返乡主题和“让好时光咆哮”，因为他们喜欢周五的活动, Oct. 11, in the Mane Room at the University of North Alabama's Entertainment Industry Department.

A panel discussion, "Color-Blind Harmony: Race and Music in Muscle Shoals," will take place at 1:30 p.m. at the Mane Room, located at the intersection of Pine and Tombigbee streets in downtown Florence.

Panelists will include legendary soul singer Jimmy Hughes ("Steal Away," "Neighbor, Neighbor," "Why Not Tonight?"), 著名的Muscle Shoals节奏组的吉他手吉米·约翰逊和贝斯手大卫·胡德(该组在Lynyrd Skynyrd的国歌“Sweet Home Alabama”中以“the Swampers”而不朽)以及世界著名的Muscle Shoals Horns的萨克斯手哈维·汤普森.

Dr. Robert Garfrerick, chair of the Department of Entertainment Industry, said the discussion - moderated by Muscle Shoals music historian Terry Pace, UNA大学传播和营销主任将围绕音乐在种族融合之前为浅滩地区的种族关系提供的机会展开.

"While George Wallace was blocking black students from getting into the University of Alabama, here in Muscle Shoals, whites and blacks were working alongside each other in the studio," Garfrerick said. "When they left to go to lunch, they couldn't sit together if the black person could go in at all."

At 3 p.m., the Mane Room will play host to a "Coffee Talk with Rick Hall," the legendary Muscle Shoals music producer and founder of FAME Recording Studios. Hall will discuss his career with Garfrerick and fellow Entertainment Industry faculty members Walt Aldridge, who all three worked for Hall at FAME before coming to UNA.

Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, call the UNA Entertainment Industry Department at 256-765-4342. For complete information on Homecoming 2013 events at UNA, visit alumni.casabo.net or call the UNA Office of Alumni Relations at 256-765-4201.

图片说明:南方灵魂歌手威尔逊·皮克特与南方摇滚吉他手杜安·奥尔曼在Muscle Shoals录音. A 1:30 p.m. panel discussion Friday at the Mane Room discusses "Color-Blind Harmony: Race and Music in Muscle Shoals."