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To many, the post-war 1950s were a largely inconsequential, if not forgettable decade – an era of tail fins, Davy Crockett hats, Ike practicing his putting on the White House lawn, and, of course, a seemingly endless array of gee-whiz, kid-centric and befuddled-dad sitcoms.

They would come to be known as the Greatest Generation. As school kids, they’d lived through Prohibition and survived the Great Depression.

Music is a powerful tool that we provide for our patients. Take a listen to Part 2 of Frank Sinatra and how He Did It His Way.

Long before he became “Old Blue Eyes” and long before he became famous for his Brat Pack swagger, his Hollywood cool, and his swinging Palm Springs weekends, Frank Sinatra was just a skinny Italian kid from Hoboken with a voice seemingly bestowed upon him by the gods.

They were, after all, just some farm boys and small-town kids from North Alabama along the banks of the Tennessee River, a stretch of swampland that would become known – at least in time, and in certain circles – for one particular town in that stretch: Muscle Shoals. But those kids would get together – almost, it seemed, by divine providence – and form, arguably, the greatest band you never heard of.