The Muscle Shoals sound has appeared in many different incarnations, but over the past few decades, the bulk of attention has gone to classic records made in the 1960s and '70s at FAME and the Jackson Highway studio in Sheffield. While many of these records hold up as classics and the stories behind their conceptions are the stuff of legend and myth, there's been a hell of a lot of great music made in the Shoals since the demise of the original 3614 Jackson Highway and the shift in FAME's focus from recording to publishing.The Muscle Shoals sound has appeared in many different incarnations, but over the past few decades, the bulk of attention has gone to classic records made in the 1960s and '70s at FAME and the Jackson Highway studio in Sheffield. While many of these records hold up as classics and the stories behind their conceptions are the stuff of legend and myth, there's been a hell of a lot of great music made in the Shoals since the demise of the original 3614 Jackson Highway and the shift in FAME's focus from recording to publishing.