Spooner Oldham

News Ticker: Lady Gaga, Jerry Wexler, Rihanna and Pavement 10/14/2009

Ben Greenman: Reigning Sound’s “Love and Curses.” 08/24/2009

As an integral part of the Memphis/Muscle Shoals studio bands of the late '60s, organist Spooner Oldham made a definite mark on the sound of soul music. Starting as a piano player in high school bands, when Oldham graduated and began studying at the University of North Alabama, he quickly found himself skipping classes in favor of hanging around Rick Hall's FAME studios in nearby Florence, Al. ...more