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and all I had to cling to

was my music.

I slept in my car.

I ate in my car.

And I wrote songs in my car.

But I continued playing music

and it was the only love I had

at that time, and, so...

I joined a little

local band in Hamilton.

From that time on,

for five years,

I wrote songs, played music,

and chased the women.

Somebody loan me a dime

I need to call my

old time, used to be

All this gravitated towards,

what am I gonna do

with the rest of my life

and I decided

to come back to Muscle Shoals,

but this time I came back

with a vengeance.

I came back with a determination

that I was gonna

kick some ass

and take some names.

And I was going to make it

in the music business.

And so I set up shop in a little

candy and tobacco warehouse.

I closed the doors,

I hid my car.

I didn't talk to girls,

I didn't make dates,

I didn't do anything

except write songs

and I was totally obsessed

with the business.

And so shortly after that,

I ran into Arthur Alexander,

who was a local bellhop

at the Sheffield Hotel.

And he played me a song

and said, "What do you think?"

And I said,

"I think it's a hit."

So he said, "What are we gonna

do about it?"

And I said, "We're gonna

cut it."

He said, "When,"

I said, "Tomorrow."

I brought my band in.

Norbert Putnam, David Briggs,

Jerry Carrigan,

Peanut Montgomery,

and Terry Thompson were

the first rhythm section

to be in the studio

and to cut a hit record.

Now, you gotta realize

Rick Hall is this older man.

We're all 18, 19 years old.

Rick's what, 28, 29?

He had the vision

for the recording.

Rick made records with

a group of teenage kids, okay,

that became hit records,

world-class records.

You asked me to give up

the hand of the girl I love

You tell me I'm not the man

she's worthy of

The very first record,

"You Better Move On"

by Arthur Alexander

that I produced,

I had anything to do

with was a hit.

Not the second or third,

but the first session we cut

was a hit record.

I know Rick was determined

to cut that hit

and he did it,

but if he hadn't,

I'm of the opinion

that none of this

Muscle Shoals movement

would have ever happened.

That's up to her

Yes, and the Lord above

You better move on

Rest of the world started

looking at Muscle Shoals.

Thank you very much.

We're gonna do a slow one now,

it's called, uh,

"You Better Move On."

It was the only thing

we did like that.

And the girls really adored

this song.

It was a big hit for us

in England.

It was our

number-one record.

If you ask me

to give up the hand

Of the girl I love

I think the Beatles beat us

to Arthur Alexander

by, like, a couple of weeks.

You know, they cut "Anna"

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