David Briggs, influential keyboardist and studio operator, passed away at 82 due to renal cancer complications. He played a critical role in establishing Muscle Shoals as a music center in the 1960s, contributing to major R&B successes. As part of Fame Recording Studios, he helped create a unique sound blending country and soul, setting it apart from Motown. Later, he moved to Nashville, where he infused country music with pop-rock elements, creating countrypolitan. His work significantly shaped the soundtracks of the era, leaving an enduring legacy in music history.
As a member of the original rhythm section at Fame Recording Studios, he helped put the northern Alabama hamlet of Muscle Shoals on the musical map.
Mr. Briggs's other defining moment came when he, Mr. Putnam and Mr. Carrigan moved to Nashville in late 1964 and began infusing country recordings with the understated, groove-rich variant of the Nashville Sound that became known as countrypolitan.
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