Atlanta Rhythm Section

src: i.ytimg.com

The Atlanta Rhythm section (or ARS ) is a southern American rock band, formed in 1971 by Rodney Justo (singer), Barry Bailey (guitar), Paul Goddard (bass) Dean Daughtry (keyboard), Robert Nix (drums) and JR Cobb (guitar). The band's current lineup consists of Daughtry and Justo, along with guitarists David Anderson and Steve Stone, bassist Justin Senker and drummer Rodger Stephan.

Video Atlanta Rhythm Section

Karier awal

In the spring of 1970, three former Candymen members (Rodney Justo, Dean Daughtry and Robert Nix) and Classics IV (Daughtry and James B. Cobb, Jr.) became band sessions for Studio One's newly opened studio studio in Doraville, Georgia, near Atlanta.

After playing on another recording artist, Rhythm Part Atlanta was formed in January 1971, with Rodney Justo (singer), Barry Bailey (guitar), Paul Goddard (bass), Dean Daughtry (keyboard), Robert Nix (drums) and JR Cobb (guitar ).

Signed by Decca Records, the band released their first album, Atlanta Rhythm Section , in January 1972. Due to limited commercial success, Justo left the band, moving to New York City as a session singer. He was replaced by Ronnie Hammond, Studio One's engineer assistant Rodney Mills. Buddy Buie, studio manager and producer and co-owner of Studio One, is listed first on almost all of their track credits. With Hammond on board, the band's second release, Back Up Against the Wall (February 1973), also failed to sell and Decca dumped ARS from their list.

The Buie Manager, Jeff Franklin, based in New York and has created the Decca Agreement Group, can then make ARS sign a contract with Polydor for their third release, Third Annual Pyramid Dream, in August 1974 Mylon LeFevre appeared on one of the album tracks, "Jesus Hearted People." (Buie, Bailey, Goddard, Daughtry and Rodney Mills have all become regular players in LeFevre studios before they build Studio One.) separates the band's first single, "Doraville", which peaked at # 35 and pulled up to # 74 on Billboard ' from the Top 200 before November 1974.

Despite being considered a Southern rock band, Hammond's addition led them to a more relaxed sound using Bailey's distinctive guitar and Goddard bassist using a flat pick, with acoustic piano and electric Daughtry often at the forefront.

The next two band releases, Dog Days (August 1975) and Red Tape (April 1976), were sold in smaller numbers, but ARS made more efforts to take to the streets in 1976 with many shows in the South, Northeast and Midwest. In August of that year they opened for The Who at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida and The Rolling Stones at the Municipal Auditorium in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Maps Atlanta Rhythm Section

Year hit

The increased exposure paid off as the group's next album, A Rock and Roll Alternative (December 1976), climbed to # 13 on the Billboard chart and was certified gold in spring 1977. The debut single from album, "So in to You", reached # 7 on April 30th.

On 4 September 1977 ARS played their biggest show, Dog Day Rockfest at Atlanta's Grant Field on the Georgia Tech campus. Heart and Foreigner is the opening act and Bob Seger and Silver Bullet Band together.

In January 1978, ARS released what would be the most successful album, Champagne Jam , which begins with the song "Big Time", a tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd, some of whom have lost their lives. in a plane crash in October before. Champagne Jam became their biggest selling album, selling over one million and certified platinum. The album gave two more hits for the band, "Imaginary Lover" (# 7) and "I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight" (# 14).

On June 24, 1978, ARS appeared at Knebworth Festival in Knebworth, England before a crowd of 60,000 on bills that included Genesis, Jefferson Starship, Tom Petty and Heartbreakers, Brand X, Devo, and Roy Harper.

On August 26, 1978 the band appeared in the Canadian Watches at Mosport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada before their biggest audience (over 110,000) with Doobie Brothers and Commodores, among others.

The following week, ARS held their own rock festival, Champagne Jam, at Grant Field in Georgia Tech on September 3, 1978, which also included Santana, Doobie Brothers, Eddie Money, Mose Jones and Mother's Finest.

Three weeks later, they appeared in the White House at the invitation of President Jimmy Carter for his son's 28th birthday party, Chip.

The eighth Atlanta Rhythm Section album, Underdog , was released in June 1979 and produced 20 hits "Do It or Die" (# 19) and "Spooky" (# 17), a remake of Cobb and Buie's 1968 Classics IV hit.

In 1979 drummer Robert Nix, the group's main lyricist, quarreled with Buie's manager/producer for the group's musical direction. Nix wants to move in a more upbeat direction while Buie is satisfied with his diversified approach, which incorporates a mellower ballad. The other band's dissatisfaction with Nix's excessive "lifestyle choices" sealed his fate and he was replaced by Roy Yeager.

Champagne Jam II on July 7, 1979 at Georgia Tech featured ARS, Aerosmith, the Cars, Dixie Dregs, and Whiteface. In October, the ARS show from Champagne Jam II and elsewhere on the tour was released as a straight set of double Are You Ready . In addition to group hits and popular songs up to that point, the album also contains fans of "Another Man's Woman", with Goddard's now famous bass solo.

src: images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com

Reject and departure

The Boys from Doraville (August 1980) showed a sharp decline in sales for this group as radio programmers began to divert their attention from southern rock to other rock genres, such as New Wave. This album did not give their hit singles and last to Polydor. Bruce Lundvall offered a better deal at Columbia Records (CBS), which released the next ARS album, Quinella , in August 1981, containing the hit "Alien" (# 29) but, like The Boys Of Doraville , struggling with sales.

In 1982, ARS worked on the second album for CBS, titled Longing for Feelings . Before it was done, CBS wanted the band to drop several tracks and record more. Buie and the band refused, the album was suspended, and CBS canceled its contract with ARS.

Late in 1982, singer Ronnie Hammond decided to leave ARS for a solo career, joining Buie, although their work with Alabama musicians never resulted in a commercial release. Buie continued running Studio One until 1986 when she sold it to Georgia State University. Unfortunately, the studio treatment was too high and closed in 1989 and finally flattened to park in the parking lot. Buie died on 74 on July 18, 2015.

Drummer Roy Yeager tripped the fallen tree while on tour in 1982 and suffered a severe leg fracture. One of the band's road crew, Danny Biget, took over the drums, and ARS persuaded Rodney Justo to re-perform several performances in early 1983. Justo moved from singer to singer sessions again in the mid-1970s with a group from Georgia. called Beaverteeth. He then left the music industry for several years and finally took a sales position with the wine company.

During 1983, the group went to Nashville and tried to work with Buddy Buie's former colleague, Chips Moman, a more country-oriented producer. But the results were slow to come and, unsatisfied with this direction, bassist Paul Goddard and Biget drummer left to work with British producer Eddy Offord in another band with former keyboardist Dixie Dregs T Lavitz and guitarist Pat Buchanan, called Interpol, who was in more direction of progressive stone; unfortunately, Interpol never got out of the ground. The Mix Nashville Chips session has been completed, but the result, like their previous efforts for CBS, has not been released to date.

Now without a recording contract, ARS continues to play shows, mostly in the South. Andy Anderson, who had been sung on an unreleased Moman project after Justo was left, was a new front man and two new members, Tommy Stribling (bass) and Keith Hamrick (drums), were brought in late 1983.

In 1985, the group tried a new singer, Jeff Logan, who previously appeared with a band called Cotton Tinggi. But Logan's higher voice did not fit the band's musical style and Anderson soon returned as the lead vocalist. Bassist Stribling went on to leave in February 1986, handing it to Steve Stone.

In late 1986, J.Robb went to concentrate more on songwriting and work sessions at Moman's new studio in Memphis (for The Highway Men, among others) and Stribling came back to play the guitar. The personnel inched along as Hamrick also departed in late 1986 and was replaced by Sean Burke (who joined in early 1987). Another new lead singer, Shaun Williamson, rolled out in 1987. But in 1988, Williamson, Stribling and Stone were all released when Bailey and Daughtry attempted to change the band by bringing back Ronnie Hammond.

src: bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com

Ronnie Hammond returns

In 1988 Hammond, Bailey and Daughtry returned to the studio with Sean Burke and two new players, Brendan O'Brien (guitar) and JE Garnett (bass), to produce a new album with producer Rodney Mills that had over "80 Rock Voice". Released in October 1989 on the CBS/Epic Imagine subsidiary label, Structured Truth , ARS's first album in eight years, featured a heavy drum sound that pushed almost every sharper and more synthesized song and gloss. on top of the songs, with all, except one, written by Buddy Buie and Ronnie Hammond, another departure from their previous approach. O'Brien, who is also a producer and guitarist on the album, was invited to go on the road with the band but he refused, preferring to continue his career in work sessions (today he is a much-loved producer, having worked with Bob Dylan, Pearl Jam and Bruce Springsteen). Steve Stone later returned, as the guitarist this time. But album sales for Truth lagged and there were other hiatuses in their recording work as the band continued touring, with Justin Senker replacing Garnett on bass in 1992 (after subbing the show for him the year before) and RJ Vealey taking over the seat drumming from Burke in 1995 after the latter suffered a leg injury.

In 1995, the group returned to the studio, this time to re-record some of their classic songs. This new collection was recorded in North Carolina and live-in-studio sounds resulting from Atlanta Rhythm Section '96 (released on CMC International in April 1996) presented a different, less polished take on some of their classic songs and capturing the sound of their live performances from that period. It was also around this time that the ARS was elected to the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. The band was highly respected at the September 1996 induction ceremony at the Georgia World Congress Center.

ARS then recorded another new album, Partially Installed (released in January 1997 on an independent Southern Tracks label). It featured some new songs attached and a remake of more than a few classics done the way they have been written --- unplugged on acoustic guitar and piano.

On December 28, 1998 there was a close call to tragedy. Singer Ronnie Hammond, who fought alcoholism and depression repeatedly for years, was involved in a confrontation with police in Macon, Georgia, and forced an officer to shoot him. Hammond was badly injured, but survived the injury and dealt with depression.

The band's fifteenth album, Eufaula , was released in February 1999 but problems soon emerged as the record label was released, Platinum Entertainment, facing financial problems and unable to support the album as intended.

ARS continues to tour on a limited basis. But on 13 November 1999, the tragedy occurred. After the band finished in the afternoon at a concert festival in Orlando, Florida, 37-year-old drummer, R. J. Vealey complained of indigestion and then fainted and died of a heart attack. "It was very sudden, very surprising," said guitarist Barry Bailey. "He is a great drummer, the best drummer the band has ever owned." ARS then continued after recruiting new drummer Jim Keeling.

src: i.ytimg.com

Later changed

In early 1999, while Hammond was still recovering at the hospital, Andy Anderson returned after the band's next twelve years until Hammond was good enough to return (Anderson will return again in May 2000 for another sub event for Ronnie). But in 2001, Anderson came back after Ronnie decided to perform with another group, Voices of Classic Rock, as opposed to the ARS schedule, forcing him to make a choice between the two. Ronnie chose to stay with the VOCR but soon left the tour business to focus on family and songwriting. The retirement event for Ronnie was held on December 6, 2002 at the Whiskey River club in Macon; Ronnie performed, supported by Dean Daughtry, Justin Senker, Steve Stone, Jim Keeling, Wendall Cox (from Travis Tritt band) and Mike Causey (from Stillwater). Hammond died on March 14, 2011 in Forsyth, Georgia, at the age of 60 years of heart failure.

During his last days, the band has shown that they can still attract a crowd that was done in its heyday, like the 150,000 fans that he drew to the Riverbend Festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee in June 2000.

In early 2006, Barry Bailey, who suffered from multiple sclerosis, decided to retire from the group to care for his wife, a cancer-sore (who finally took his life on July 6, 2006). Steve Stone played most of the cast from this point and Andy Joe's classmate, Billy Joe's classmate, and golf friend Alan Accardi were brought in as second guitarists. Alan, a Nashville veteran, will stay with the band for over a year but it is clear that a player with more than a rock voice is required, so a friend of Jim Keeling, Huntsville, Alabama original David Anderson, from the band Brother Cane, was brought as a new guitarist on the moon April 2007.

On March 26, 2008, singer Andy Anderson suffered a heart attack just before he boarded a plane to Las Vegas to join the band for two nights at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino. Fortunately, Andy's friend Steve Croson (who had played with him for years in the Billy Joe Royal band), lives in Vegas and is able to enter in no time. In April and May, original singer Rodney Justo returned, joining ARS singers from 1987-88, Shaun Williamson, until Andy was well enough to return in May.

The return of Paul Goddard and Rodney Justo

In May 2011 fans of Atlanta Rhythm Part were stunned to see not only the return of Rodney Justo permanently but the re-introduction of original Paul Goddard bassist to the stage after a 28-year hiatus. Unfortunately Paul's second term with the band was short-lived when he died of cancer on April 29, 2014.

After Paul's death, ARS continued to play shows with Rodney Justo's ranks, Dean Daughtry, Steve Stone, Dave Anderson, Justin Senker, and Jim Keeling. Keeling was replaced in March 2016 by Justo's friend Rodger Stephan.

src: pastdaily.com

Today

The band is still on tour, playing mostly festivals and nostalgic themed concerts.

Their latest album, With All Due Respect (May 2011), mostly includes other artist's songs (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, etc.) Together with the re-recording of classic ARS songs, performed in Southern Tracks Studios with old engineer Rodney Mills.

In 2006, former ARS drummer Roy Yeager was involved in a controversy over the destruction of the Tennessee Civil War landmarks of Tennessee.

src: i.ytimg.com

Classic Songs

Although the ARS did not achieve commercial success of Lynyrd Skynyrd or The Allman Brothers, the group had strong followers in the South and charted a series of consistent hits: "Doraville", "I Will not Let It Bother Me Tonight", "So in to You" "Imaginary Lover", "Do It Or Die", and cover of 1968 Classics IV 1968 hit, "Spooky". Plus, there are fan favorites like "Boogie Smoogie", "Champagne Jam", "Jukin '", "Neon Nites", and "Georgia Rhythm". The band also influenced a number of rock and country artists, notably Travis Tritt, who covered ARS songs "Back Up Against the Wall" and "Homesick". The Shudder to Think group covered "So in to You".

src: www.ukrockfestivals.com

Death of former member

• R.J. Vealey died on November 13, 1999, due to a heart attack at 37.
• Ronnie Hammond (born Ronald William Hammond, November 10, 1950) died on March 14, 2011 in Forsyth, Georgia, on 60 heart failure.
• Robert Nix has diabetes and multiple myeloma. He died on May 20, 2012, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 67, due to complications following the previous month's surgery.
• Paul Goddard died of cancer in 68 on April 29, 2014.

src: i.ytimg.com

band members

Current Member

• Dean Daughtry - keyboard, backing vocals (1971-present)
• Rodney Justo - vocals (1971-1972, 1983, 2011-present; successor - April 2008)
• Steve Stone - bass, backing vocals (1986-1988) , guitar (lead from 2006-present) , harmonica, backing vocal (1988-present ))
• Justin Senker - bass (1992-2011, June 2014 - present)
• David Anderson - guitar, backing vocal (April 2007 - present)
• Rodger Stephan - drum, backing vocal (March 2016 - present)
Discussion
• The Atlanta Rhythm section (1972)
• Back Up Against the Wall (1973)
• Third Annual Pipe Dream (1974)
• Dog Days (1975)
• Red Ribbon (1976)
• Alternative Rock and Roll (1976)
• Champagne Jam (1978)
• Underdog (1979)
• Are You Ready (1979)
• The Boys from Doraville (1980)
• Quinella (1981)
• Truth in Structured Shapes (1989)
• Eufaula (1999)
• With All Respect (2011)



src: www.ukrockfestivals.com




References




src: i.ytimg.com




External links

• ARS official website
• New Georgia Encyclopedia

Source of the article : Wikipedia