🌱 How a plain Avalon Avenue studio reshaped music history forever

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In today's newsletter:

• How a plain Avalon Avenue studio reshaped music history forever

Today's riddle: What gets wetter & wetter as it dries? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Clouds and sun; less humid, with a high of 70 and low of 53 degrees.
• Friday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 69, low: 53.
• Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 67 and low of 45 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals (atlasobscura.com) — Muscle Shoals’ own FAME Recording Studios is celebrated here as a modest Avalon Avenue building that helped shape American music history. From early hits by Arthur Alexander and Jimmy Hughes to career-defining sessions for Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett, the piece highlights how this small-town studio and its famed Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section still attract major artists today.
   

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📸 Around Muscle Shoals

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Muscle Shoals

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Saturday May 2

• Friends of the Library's Annual Yard Sale
  Muscle Shoals Public Library, 1918 East Avalon Avenue, Muscle Shoals
  7:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday May 1

• Open Play (Court B)
  YMCA of the Shoals, 2121 Helton Drive, Florence
  5:00 am
• Open Play Court A
  YMCA of the Shoals, 2121 Helton Drive, Florence
  5:00 am
• Y Cycle (Sara)
  YMCA of the Shoals, 2121 Helton Drive, Florence
  5:15 am
• All 6 Lanes Available
  YMCA of the Shoals, 2121 Helton Drive, Florence
  5:30 am
• Joints in Motion (7:30)
  YMCA of the Shoals, 2121 Helton Drive, Florence
  7:30 am
• Les Mills RPM+Pilates (Christy)
  YMCA of the Shoals, 2121 Helton Drive, Florence
  8:15 am
• Y Dance (Casey)
  YMCA of the Shoals, 2121 Helton Drive, Florence
  8:15 am
• Joints in Motion (8:30am)
  YMCA of the Shoals, 2121 Helton Drive, Florence
  8:30 am
• Deep Water Joints in Motion
  YMCA of the Shoals, 2121 Helton Drive, Florence
  8:45 am
• Breathe & Bend (Amy)
  YMCA of the Shoals, 2121 Helton Drive, Florence
  9:10 am
• Y Aquadance
  YMCA of the Shoals, 2121 Helton Drive, Florence
  9:15 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month.
  Oral cancer can happen in the tongue, throat, or tonsils. Learn the signs and how to prevent it at alabamapublichealth.gov/oralhealth/oral-cancer… (Nextdoor )

• Papa John's Pizza posted a job opening for Crew Member in Muscle Shoals. Apply here.
• PNC Bank posted a job opening for Personal Banker - Muscle Shoals in Muscle Shoals. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Muscle Shoals here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Sheffield

• Porches, music and BAY SIMPSON! You do not want to miss Sheffield's PorchFest (whnt.com)
• 9 Under-The-Radar Steakhouses In Small Town Alabama You Need To Try (familydestinationsguide.com)
• Small earthquake registered in north Alabama (thebamabuzz.com)

Tuscumbia

• Mallett Back in Action This Weekend in Alabama and Tennessee (speedwaydigest.com)
• Alabama prison audit flags financial controls and reporting failures (alreporter.com)

Florence

• Florence Police renew efforts in 2022 cold case murder (whnt.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A towel (Thank you Beth H. for sending it in!)
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