FAME RECORDING STUDIOS SAXOPHONE ROCK FUNK SOUL BLUES
  $   355

 


$ 355 Sold For
Aug 2, 2009 Sold Date
Jul 26, 2009 Start Date
$   250 Start price
2   Number Of Bids
  USA Country Of Seller
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                                                                                                 "MUSCLE SHOALS HAS GOT THE SWAMPERS" 

 

LYNYRD SKYNRD'S FAVORITE STUDIO MUSICIANS

IF YOU LIKE SOUTHERN ROCK AND ROLL, SOUTHERN SOUL, SOUTHERN BLUES, SOUTHERN COUNTRY AND THE MUSCLE SHOALS, ALABAMA SOUND YOU WILL WANT THIS SAXOPHONE FOR YOUR COLLECTION !

FAME RECORDING STUDIOS IN MUSCLE SHOALS, ALABAMA HAD A YARD SALE SATURDAY JULY 18, 2009 AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET THERE BEFORE ANYONE FOUND THIS SAXOPHONE. I PURCHASED THIS SAX, A FEW RECORDS AND GOT OUT OF THERE BEFORE THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS !

THIS ALTO SAXOPHONE HAS BEEN A FAME STUDIO INSTRUMENT USED IN RECORDING SESSIONS BY " THE SWAMPERS " SINCE 1969 !  ARTISTS COULD NOT DEFINE THE MUSCLE SHOALS SOUND SO THEY JUST CALLED IT "SWAMP MUSIC". THE STUDIO MUSICIANS WERE CALLED "THE SWAMPERS" !

IT IS A CONN ALTO SAXOPHONE, SERIAL # C 99671, ORIGINALLY PURCHASED BY FAME RECORDING STUDIOS AUGUST 19, 1969 FROM E.E. FORBES & SONS PIANO CO., INC. FLORENCE, ALABAMA.

THIS COLLECTORS ITEM COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL CARRYING CASE, THE ORIGINAL DELIVERY ORDER, SIGNED BY FAME EMPLOYEE JESSE BOYCE, SOME USED REEDS, CORK GREASE, A BOOK OF MATCHES, TWO CLAMPS (one gold and one silver) AND A COUNTER CHECK FROM THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN FLORENCE, ALABAMA.

THE NECK AND MOUTHPIECE IS MISSING FROM THIS SAXOPHONE.

FAME RECORDING STUDIOS WAS FOUNDED IN 1959 AND IS THE 1st SUCCESSFUL RECORDING STUDIO IN ALABAMA. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND WELL KNOWN RECORDING STUDIOS IN THE WORLD !

THIS SAXOPHONE COMES WITH A SIGNED LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM FAME RECORDING STUDIOS ON ORIGINAL FAME LETTERHEAD AND SIGNED BY RODNEY HALL , THE SON OF FOUNDER RICK HALL !

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT FAME RECORDING STUDIOS YOU CAN VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT : www.fame2.com

I HAVE SOME DEMO 45's AND PROMOTIONAL SINGLES THAT CAME FROM FAME STUDIOS AND THE SAME SALE CURRENTLY OFFERED ON E-BAY. PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER AUCTIONS.

GOOD LUCK !




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