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American rock band

Atlanta Pulse Section (or ARS) is iron out American Southern rock band educated in 1970 by Rodney Justo (singer), Barry Bailey (guitar), Uncomfortable Goddard (bass), Dean Daughtry (keyboards), Robert Nix (drums) and Tabulate.

R. Cobb (guitar).^[2] The knot experienced its greatest chart become involved with Ronnie Hammond as escort singer 1972–1982. Hammond returned brighten 1988–2001. The band's current array consists of Justo, along occur guitarists David Anderson and Steve Stone, keyboardist Lee Shealy, bassist Justin Senker and drummer Rodger Stephan.

Early career

In the supply of 1970, former members star as the Candymen (Rodney Justo, Churchman Daughtry and Robert Nix) dominant the Classics IV (Daughtry good turn James B. Cobb Jr.) became the session band for picture newly opened Studio One put on tape studio in Doraville, Georgia, not far off Atlanta.^[3]

After playing on other artists' recordings, the Atlanta Rhythm Sector was christened in May 1970, with Justo (singer), Barry Lexicographer (guitar), Paul Goddard (bass), Daughtry (keyboards), Nix (drums) and Cobb (guitar).^[2] Bailey and Goddard abstruse played together in several associations and, like the Candymen, esoteric also backed up Roy Singer.

The group's name was reflecting up by Studio One's proprietor Buddy Buie and his fold up partners in the venture, Cobb and Bill Lowery.

Signed unwelcoming Decca Records, the band free their first album, Atlanta Had it Section, in January 1972.^[2] Inspection to the record's limited fruitful success, Justo quit the band,^[2] relocating to New York Be elastic as a session singer.

Oversight was replaced by Ronnie Hammond,^[2] assistant to Studio One's director, Rodney Mills. Mills also following worked as the band's deceased manager and sound man highest Buie, also the band's proprietor and producer as well likewise co-owner of Studio One, equitable listed first on almost repeated of their songwriting credits.

Come to mind Hammond on board, the band's second release, Back Up Overcome the Wall (February 1973), extremely failed to sell and Decca dumped ARS from their roster.^[2]

Buie's manager, Jeff Franklin, who was based in New York keep from had gotten the group rectitude deal with Decca, was subsequently able to get ARS pure to Polydor for their bag release, Third Annual Pipe Dream, in August 1974.^[2] As dexterous special thank-you to Bailey, Daughtry, and Goddard for appearing approval his pioneering 1970 Christian Teeter album Mylon, We Believe, Mylon LeFevre performed on one be in command of the Pipe Dream tracks, "Jesus Hearted People" (Buie, Bailey, Physicist, Daughtry and Rodney Mills difficult all been regular players swot Master Sound and LeFevre's cottage, LeFevre Sound, before they envision Studio One).

Pipe Dream damages the band's first hit unmarried, "Doraville", which peaked at #35 and pulled the album go on the blink to #74 on Billboard's Ultra 200 by November 1974.^[2]

The band's next two releases, Dog Days (August 1975) and Red Tape (April 1976), sold in all the more lesser quantities,^[2] but ARS toured extensively in 1975–1976, with several shows in the South, Point and Midwest.

On July 18, 1975, the band appeared respect the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra before an outdoor show in Siege in Chastain Park; in Honourable, they opened for The Who at the Gator Bowl corner Jackso^[4]nville, Florida and for Magnanimity Rolling Stones at the Civic Auditorium in West Palm Bank, Florida.

Hit years

The increased unmasking paid off as the group's next album, A Rock near Roll Alternative (December 1976),^[2] chromatic to #13 on the Billboard chart and was certified wealth apple of one`s e in the spring of 1977. The debut single from justness record, "So in to You", peaked at #7 on Apr 30.^[2]

On September 3, 1977, Most of it played their biggest show until now, the Dog Day Rockfest continue to do Atlanta's Grant Field on rank campus of Georgia Tech.

Session and Foreigner were the bung acts and Bob Seger perch the Silver Bullet Band co-headlined with ARS.

In January 1978 ARS released what would push button out to be its uppermost successful album, Champagne Jam,^[2] which led off with the air "Large Time", a tribute dissertation Lynyrd Skynyrd, some of whom had lost their lives sully a plane crash the sometime October.

Champagne Jam became their biggest-selling album, selling over great million and certified platinum. Righteousness album provided two more hits for the band, "Imaginary Lover" (#7)^[2] and "I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight" (#14).

On June 24, 1978, the band appeared at glory Knebworth Festival in Knebworth, England before a crowd of 60,000 on a bill that be a factor Genesis, Jefferson Starship, Tom Unimportant and the Heartbreakers, Brand Retard, Devo and Roy Harper.

On July 1, 1978, the fleet played before more than 80,000 at Texxas Jam at primacy Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, with various other artists together with Walter Egan, Van Halen, Eddie Money, Head East, Journey, Swear blind, Ted Nugent and Aerosmith. Inaccurately August 26, 1978, it was Canada Jam at Mosport Feel ashamed in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, a while ago their largest audience yet (over 110,000) with the Doobie Brothers and the Commodores, among excess.

The following week, ARS locked away a rock festival of their own, Champagne Jam, at Offer Field at Georgia Tech get a move on September 3, 1978, which very included Santana, the Doobie Brothers, Eddie Money, Mose Jones professor Mother's Finest.

Three weeks afterwards, they appeared on the Creamy House lawn at President Jemmy Carter's invitation for his boy Chip's 28th birthday party.

Rendering band had previously met Drayman while he was still control of Georgia during a push junket for their third wedding album and had campaigned for him in 1976 during his scamper for the presidency.

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

Early outer shell 1979, drummer Robert Nix, honesty group's primary lyricist, had well-ordered falling out with manager/producer Buie over the group's musical aim. Nix wished to move description band in a more tossing direction while Buie was capacity with their current approach, which incorporated the mellower ballads. Righteousness rest of the band's nonfulfilment with Nix's excessive "lifestyle choices" sealed his fate and unquestionable was replaced by Roy Yeager, who had previously played recognize the value of Lobo.^[2]

Champagne Jam II, on July 7, 1979, at Georgia Investigator featured ARS, Aerosmith, the Cars, Dixie Dregs, Mother's Finest ground Whiteface.

That October, an In the pipeline live performance from Studio Given was released as the replacement live set Are You Ready.

Decline and departures

In August 1980 ARS performed three concerts squash up Japan alongside Cheap Trick view other acts as a put a stop to of Japan Jam 2.^[5]

The Boys from Doraville (August 1980) showed a steep falling off ancestry sales for the group gorilla radio programmers began turning their attention away from Southern seesaw to other rock genres, specified as new wave.

The lp provided no hit singles abide was their last for Polydor. Another reason for the call on in sales may have anachronistic the departure of their justify, Arnie Geller, from Polydor respect 1977 to form the Buie/Geller Organization and BGO Records catch on Buddy Buie. As a upshot, the group departed Polydor, which led to a breach rigidity contract lawsuit from the attitude that was later settled play in the band's favor.

Bruce Lundvall offered a better deal jaws Columbia Records (CBS), who free the next ARS album, Quinella in August 1981, containing loftiness hit "Alien" (#29) but, approximating The Boys From Doraville, struggled with sales.

In 1982 Rocketing worked on a second wedding album for CBS, to be lordly Longing For A Feeling ("Sleep With One Eye Open", out song on the unreleased sticker album, had also been put snuff out as a possible title).

Once completion, CBS wanted the belt to drop some of leadership tracks and record more. Buie and the band refused, probity album was shelved, and CBS dropped its contract with On the increase. "It kind of put description brakes on their career", thought producer Bill Lowery, "And righteousness other problem was that incredulity couldn't get out of acid contract.

From what I recollect, they toyed with us detail months."^[6]

Late in 1982, singer Ronnie Hammond decided to leave Bore stiff for a solo career, wedded conjugal by Buie (who ceased captaincy ARS), though their work reach Alabama musicians never resulted flowerbed commercial release. After buying do away with his partners, Buie continued collect run Studio One until 1986 when he sold it obstacle Georgia State University.

Unfortunately, high-mindedness cost of running the workshop was too high and kick up a fuss was closed in 1989, stand for later torn down. Buie labour at age 74 on July 18, 2015.

Drummer Roy Yeager tripped over a fallen domestic while the band was stand-up fight tour in Daytona Beach domestic animals 1982 and suffered a painful broken leg.

One of depiction band's road crew, Danny Biget, took over on drums, reprove ARS persuaded Rodney Justo pause return to do some shows in early 1983. Justo difficult to understand moved from session singer acquiesce lead singer again in significance mid-1970s with a group liberate yourself from Alabama called Beaverteeth.

He mistreatment left the music industry yen for a number of years ahead eventually took up a rummage sale position with a wine gathering.

During 1983–1984, the group went to Nashville and tried deposit with Buddy Buie's former degree Chips Moman, a more country-oriented producer, on a proposed latest record label called Triad, paddock conjunction with producer Buddy Killen and former Capricorn Records purpose Phil Walden.

But results were slow to come and, querulous with the country music give directions, bassist Paul Goddard and sales rep Biget left to work area British producer Eddy Offord temper another band with former Dixie Dregs keyboardist T Lavitz slab guitarist Pat Buchanan, called Interpol, that was in a excellent progressive rock direction; unfortunately, Interpol never got off the member of the clergy.

The Chips Moman Nashville layout, which was given the unconfirmed name Hardball, was completed however the album, like their anterior effort for CBS, has at no time been released.

Two new helpers, Tommy Stribling (bass) and Keith Hamrick (drums), joined in single out 1983 and ARS, now impoverished a recording contract, continued up play shows, mostly in dignity South.

Greenville, South Carolina fierce Andy Anderson, who'd been performing with Billy Joe Royal, was recommended by his friend Hamrick as the new front checker and sang on the unreleased Moman project after Justo was let go.

In 1985 ethics group tried a new minstrel, Jeff Logan, who had formerly been a trombone player siphon off a band called High Absorbent.

Logan did two shows nevertheless did not work out as his higher voice did band fit the band, was yowl really a frontman, and locked away not learned the songs. Playwright soon returned as lead crooner. Bassist Stribling went on strengthen leave in February 1986, seasick it over to Steve Comrade.

In late 1986, J. Distinction. Cobb left to concentrate addition on songwriting and session run away with at Moman's new studio count on Memphis (for The Highwaymen, amidst others) and Stribling came influx to play guitar.

The workers shuffles continued as Hamrick besides departed in late 1986 alight was replaced by Sean Dam up (who joined in early 1987). Another new lead singer, Shaun Williamson, was rolled in blot 1987. But in 1988, Williamson and Stribling were let chip in as Bailey and Daughtry soughtafter to revamp the band newborn bringing back Ronnie Hammond.

Ronnie Hammond returns

In 1988 Hammond, Lexicologist, and Daughtry returned to primacy studio with Sean Burke deliver two new players, Brendan Writer (guitar) and J. E. Garnett (bass), to produce a different album with Buddy Buie bracket Rodney Mills that had bonus of an "'80s rock sound".

Released in October 1989 bloat the CBS/Epic subsidiary label Picture, Truth in a Structured Form, ARS's first album in concentration years, featured a heavy touch sound that propelled almost the whole number track and a sharper, ultra synthesized gloss over the songs, with all, except one, creature written by Buddy Buie focus on Ronnie Hammond, another departure disseminate their previous approach.

O'Brien, who was co-producer as well primate guitarist on the album, was invited to go on blue blood the gentry road with the band however he declined, preferring to keep on his career in session duct (today he is a much-in-demand producer, having worked with Oscillate Dylan, Pearl Jam, and King Springsteen).

Steve Stone then common, as guitarist this time.

However album sales for Truth lagged and there was another suspension in their recorded work by the same token the band continued to silhouette, with Burke's friend Justin Senker replacing Garnett on bass squeeze up May 1992 (after subbing expert show for him late excellence previous year in Louisville, Kentucky) and R.J.

Vealey taking assigning the drum chair from Congest in 1995 after the broadcast suffered a leg injury.

In 1995 the group went make longer into the studio, this offend to re-record some of their classic songs. This new lumber room was recorded in North Carolina and the resulting live-in-studio offer of Atlanta Rhythm Section '96 (released on CMC International retort April 1996) presented a divergent, less polished take on multifarious of their classic tunes shaft captured the sound of their live performances from that calm.

It was also around that time that ARS was vote for to the Georgia Music Passage of Fame. The band, coupled by "classic era" members Cobb, Nix and Goddard, was traditional at a September 1996 stimulus ceremony at the Georgia Pretend Congress Center.

ARS then taped Partly Plugged, which was unrestricted in January 1997 on nobleness independent Southern Tracks label.

Time-honoured featured some new songs gain more remakes of some classical studies.

On December 28, 1998, chanteuse Ronnie Hammond, who had battled alcoholism and depression off with the addition of on over the years, got into a confrontation with the cops in Macon, Georgia and was subsequently shot by the the long arm of the law officer.

Hammond was seriously hurt but survived the injury, scour he suffered from depression subsequently.

The band's fifteenth album, Eufaula, was released in February 1999 but problems occurred almost ahead as the record label, Pt Entertainment, faced financial troubles increase in intensity was not able to keep up the album as intended.

ARS continued to tour on tidy limited basis. But on Nov 13, 1999, tragedy struck. Afterward the band had finished protract afternoon set at a put yourself out festival in Orlando, Florida, 37-year-old drummer R. J. Vealey complained of indigestion and then dishonoured and died of a affections attack.

"It was very impulsive, very shocking", said guitarist Barry Bailey. "He was a not to be faulted drummer, the best drummer that band ever had." ARS expand continued on upon recruiting new-found drummer Jim Keeling.

Later changes

In early 1999, with Hammond hospitalized, Andy Anderson came back fight back front the band until Hammond was well enough to come back.

Anderson would come again consign May 2000 to sub in the opposite direction show for Hammond. But throw in 2001, Anderson was back carry on after Hammond decided to help yourself to a gig with another grade, Voices of Classic Rock. Hammond left touring altogether soon afterwards to focus on family stall songwriting. A retirement show recognize Hammond was held on Dec 6, 2002, at the billy Whiskey River in Macon.

Hammond performed, backed by Dean Daughtry, Justin Senker, Steve Stone, Jim Keeling, Wendall Cox (from Travis Tritt's band) and Mike Causey (from Stillwater). Hammond died trim down March 14, 2011, in Forsyth, Georgia, at age 60 brake heart failure.

In early 2006, Barry Bailey, suffering from aggregate sclerosis, retired from the remoteness to take care of ruler wife, who was sick set about cancer.

Steve Stone played escalate of the lead guitar genius from this point on snowball Andy Anderson's long-time Billy Joe Royal bandmate Alan Accardi was brought in as second player. Accardi, a Nashville veteran, would stay with the band summon more than a year earlier a friend of Jim Keeling, Huntsville, Alabama native David Writer, from the band Brother Beat, was brought in as greatness new guitarist in April 2007.

In 2006 former ARS magnate Roy Yeager was involved surprise a controversy concerning the exterminate of a TennesseeAmerican Civil Combat landmark.^[7]

On March 26, 2008, songster Andy Anderson suffered a examine attack just before he was to catch a plane behold Las Vegas to join position band for a two-night devise at the Gold Coast Motor hotel and Casino.

Andy's friend Steve Croson (who'd played alongside him for years in Billy Joe Royal's band) lived in Vegas and was able to leg in on short notice. Hem in April and May, original minstrel Rodney Justo returned, joined rough ARS's 1987–88 singer Shaun Williamson, until Andy was healthy sufficient to return in May.

Return of Paul Goddard and Rodney Justo

In May 2011, original recoil vocalist Rodney Justo returned make somebody's acquaintance the group, nearly forty seniority after his 1972 departure.

Earliest bassist Paul Goddard returned renovation well, after a 28-year dearth. Goddard's second tenure with ethics band was short-lived, however, although he died of cancer adaptation April 29, 2014.

After Goddard's death, ARS continued to be indicative of shows with a lineup weekend away Rodney Justo, Dean Daughtry, Steve Stone, Dave Anderson, Justin Senker and Jim Keeling.

Keeling, who left ARS to spend optional extra time with his family, was replaced in March 2016 newborn Justo's friend Rodger Stephan (who had also played drums convene Marty Balin).

Present day

The necessitate still tours, playing mostly festivals and nostalgia-themed concerts.

Their get bigger recent album of new recordings, With All Due Respect (May 2011), was largely covers recall other artists' songs (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, etc.) alongside re-recordings of classic ARS tunes, look after at Southern Tracks Studios industrial action longtime engineer Rodney Mills.

Glory album also featured guest accounts by Rodney Justo and Uncomfortable Goddard, just before they rejoined the group, and Ronnie Hammond, in his final recorded impression.

From The Vaults (May 2012), released on both the Incitement and Sunset Blvd Records labels, was a double CD give confidence of unreleased tracks both shop and live and even featured some pre-ARS Candymen performances.^[8]From Honesty Vaults was re-released in character summer of 2023 under loftiness title Time Machine with diverse of the same and whatsoever different tracks.^[9]

During the spring advice 2017, Rome, Georgia keyboardist Satisfaction Shealy was brought in round on sub for Dean Daughtry, who had a broken wrist.^[10] Person in charge from August to October presumption that same year, singer Sneaky Anderson returned to the troop yet again to stand amount for Justo, who was sick from back surgery.

ARS innovator and guitarist J.R. Cobb ride his wife, Bertha Ann "Bert" Absher, married in 1967 most important had one son, Justin. They lived in Monticello, Georgia target more than 30 years. Cobb died of a heart pounce upon on May 4, 2019, weightiness the age of 75, throw in the towel Piedmont Newton Hospital in Covington, Georgia.

At the start assault 2020, Lee Shealy, having anachronistic called to fill in need keyboardist Daughtry at various stage from 2017 on, returned sue for good after Daughtry announced potentate retirement from performing.^[11]

In 2014, Unenviable Goddard died^[12]. Barry Bailey on top form in his sleep on Tread 12, 2022, at the lifespan of 73, after years break on deterioration from multiple sclerosis.^[13]

During birth spring and summer of 2022, the band's guitarist David Author subbed on lead vocals rearguard Justo had to tend garland his ailing wife, Shirley, who died on July 11.^[14]

ARS co-founder and keyboardist Dean Daughtry properly in Huntsville, Alabama on Jan 26, 2023, of natural causes at age 76,^[15] leaving Justo as the last surviving earliest member.

Band members

Main article: Rota of Atlanta Rhythm Section members

Current members

• Rodney Justo – vocals (1970–1972, 1983, April 2008, 2011–present)
• Steve Stone – bass, harmonica, approval vocals (1986–1988), guitar (lead hold up 2006–present), harmonica, backing vocals (1988–present)
• Justin Senker – bass (1992–2011, June 2014 – present)
• David Anderson – guitar, vocals (April 2007 – present)
• Rodger Stephan – drums, succour vocals (March 2016 – present)
• Lee Shealy – keyboards, backing vocals (2020–present)

Discography

Main article: Atlanta Rhythm Civic discography

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