“Tom Stafford was an odd character, you know - a brilliant guy. He looked weird and I think he took a really defensive attitude about being a hunchback. You know how people can be, giving him a hard time. So he turned that into a defensive mechanism. He would strike first, a lot of times. But he was a great guy, and really those talks we had when I was about 15, out of all of that came the studio over the drugstore and everything else. I'm not saying - I'm no big deal, but I was a part of the birth of the music there.” PeopleThinkingKnowsGivingFirstsHardCharacterBigsGuyDealsAttitudeKnow HowBirthStudiosStrikesBrilliantOddHard TimesMechanismTomsBig DealGreat Guy Author:Donnie Fritts
“The guys that I played with, Hollis Dixon and the Keynotes - just about all the great musicians from Muscle Shoals.We played fraternity parties and kids' dances. They were called "lead outs" for kids in high school. We played wherever we could - in the down time when you weren't recording, people had to make money.” PeopleKidsSchoolGuyPartyMusicianHigh SchoolMaking MoneyMusclesGreat MusicFraternityGreat MusicianDown Time Author:Donnie Fritts
“I was writing for a publishing company in this old building right next to the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville. We were on the top floor, and Combine Music was on the bottom floor. I was friends with all those guys.” WritingGuyNextCompanyBuildingBottomStudiosPublishingNashvilleOld Buildings Author:Donnie Fritts
