Monday 1/30/23 8am ET: Feature Greatest Hits LP: Atlanta Rhythm Section – Best of (2000)

20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Atlanta Rhythm Section is a greatest hits album by the band Atlanta Rhythm Section released through Universal Music Group. The collection spans the band’s history from 1974 through 1981. Released November 21, 2000.

1. “Doraville” 3:15
2. “So Into You” 4:21
3. “Champagne Jam” 4:32
4. “Crazy” 3:12
5. “Imaginary Lover” 5:05
6. “Angel (What in the World’s Come Over Us)” 5:10
7. “Do It or Die” 3:28
8. “Spooky” 4:58
9. “Neon Nites” 3:58
10. “Dog Days” 3:37
11. “I’m Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight” 4:07
12. “Georgia Rhythm” 4:53

Barry Bailey – lead guitar
Buddy Buie – backing vocals
J.R. Cobb – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Dean Daughtry – keyboards
Paul Goddard – bass guitar
Ronnie Hammond – lead vocals, backing vocals
Robert Nix – percussion, drums, backing vocals

In Memoriam: Dean Daughtry (1946 – 2023)

Dean Daughtry (September 8, 1946 – January 26, 2023) was an American musician. He was the keyboard player with the Classics IV after Joe Wilson departed. They had a 1968 #3 US/#46 UK/#1 Can hit with “Spooky”. He co-founded the Atlanta Rhythm Section in 1971, and was their sole constant member until retiring in 2020. They had two US top ten hits: “So in to You” (in 1977) and “Imaginary Lover” (in 1978), both of which reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 survey, and #2 and #9 in Canada.

Daughtry died in Huntsville, Alabama, on January 26, 2023, at the age of 76.

Sunday 4/17/22 1pm ET: Feature LP: Atlanta Rhythm Section – A Rock and Roll Alternative (1977)

Atlanta Rhythm Section – A Rock and Roll Alternative

A Rock and Roll Alternative is an album by the southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in 1976. This album includes the band’s biggest hit, “So in to You”, which peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 11 on the Easy Listening chart.

“Sky High” – 5:17
“Hitch-Hikers’ Hero” – 3:38
“Don’t Miss the Message” – 3:27
“Georgia Rhythm” – 4:52
“So in to You” – 4:20
“Outside Woman Blues” – 4:53
“Everybody Gotta Go” – 4:10
“Neon Nites” – 3:57

Ronnie Hammond – vocals, background vocals
Barry Bailey – guitar
J.R. Cobb – rhythm guitar, background vocals
Dean Daughtry – keyboards
Paul Goddard – bass guitar
Robert Nix – percussion, drums, vocals, background vocals

Sunday 3/20/22 4pm ET: Feature LP: Atlanta Rhythm Section (1978)

Champagne Jam is an album by the Southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in January 1978. The single “Imaginary Lover” was the band’s second Top 10 hit, peaking at #7 in the U.S. and #9 in Canada. The album itself was the band’s most commercially successful, peaking at number 7 on the Billboard 200.

“Large Time” 2:55
“I’m Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight” 4:06
“Normal Love” 3:22
“Champagne Jam” 4:31
“Imaginary Lover” 5:05
“The Ballad of Lois Malone” 4:30
“The Great Escape” 4:47
“Evileen” 3:32
“I’m Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight” Single Edit 3:38

Barry Bailey – electric guitar
Jo Jo Billingsley – vocals
Buddy Buie – vocals
J.R. Cobb – guitar, electric guitar, vocals
Dean Daughtry – keyboards
Paul Davis – vocals
Paul Goddard – bass guitar
Ronnie Hammond – vocals, background vocals
Robert Nix – drums, background vocals
Artimus Pyle – percussion

In Memoriam: Barry Bailey (1949 – 2022)

Barry Bailey, best-known as the guitarist in southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section, has died at the age of 73. According to Atlanta-based TV station WXIA-TV, the rocker died “in his sleep Saturday night (March 12) after years of struggling with multiple sclerosis.”

Sunset Blvd. Records issued the following… “Some sad news tonight as we report the passing of one of our own, Barry Bailey, guitarist of the iconic rock bank Atlanta Rhythm Section. The storied musician was 73 years old at the time of his passing.”

The Decatur native passed away in his sleep Saturday night after years of struggling with multiple sclerosis. Over the years, the band has shared a stage with the likes of rock legends Bob Seger, Foreigner, Heart and Aerosmith. One of the band’s most memorable performances was on the White House lawn in 1977, when they played for the birthday of President Jimmy Carter’s son.

Originally the house band at Studio One recording studio in Doraville, Ga., Atlanta Rhythm Section officially became a band in 1970. Their debut album, a self-titled effort, would arrive in 1972 — the first of 13 studio LPs that would be released across their five-decade career. Along the way, the group scored several Top 20 hits, including “So in to You,” “I’m Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight,” “Imaginary Lover,” “Do It or Die” and “Spooky.” Bailey, the group’s founding guitarist, would play on every album until his retirement in 2006, the most successful of which was 1978’s platinum-selling Champagne Jam.

Wednesday 2/23/22 9pm ET: Feature LP: Atlanta Rhythm Section (1976)

Red Tape is an album by the American Southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in April 1976.

“Jukin” 3:43
“Mixed Emotions” 3:20
“Shanghied” 2:14
“Police! Police!” 3:11
“Beautiful Dreamers” 3:26
“Oh What a Feeling” 2:39
“Free Spirit” 3:35
“Another Man’s Woman” 9:47

Barry Bailey – guitar
Buddy Buie – vocals
J.R. Cobb – guitar, background vocals
Dean Daughtry – keyboards
Paul Goddard – bass guitar
Ronnie Hammond – vocals, background vocals
Robert Nix – percussion, drums, background vocals

Friday 12/4//2020 12am ET: Feature LP: Atlanta Rhythm Section – A Rock and Roll Alternative (1977)

Atlanta Rhythm Section – A Rock and Roll Alternative

A Rock and Roll Alternative is an album by the southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in 1976. This album includes the band’s biggest hit, “So in to You”, which peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 11 on the Easy Listening chart.

“Sky High” – 5:17
“Hitch-Hikers’ Hero” – 3:38
“Don’t Miss the Message” – 3:27
“Georgia Rhythm” – 4:52
“So in to You” – 4:20
“Outside Woman Blues” – 4:53
“Everybody Gotta Go” – 4:10
“Neon Nites” – 3:57

Ronnie Hammond – vocals, background vocals
Barry Bailey – guitar
J.R. Cobb – rhythm guitar, background vocals
Dean Daughtry – keyboards
Paul Goddard – bass guitar
Robert Nix – percussion, drums, vocals, background vocals

Tuesday 4pm ET: Feature Artist – Atlanta Rhythm Section

Atlanta Rhythm Section (or ARS) is an American Southern rock band, formed in 1970 by Rodney Justo (singer), Barry Bailey (guitar), Paul Goddard (bass), Dean Daughtry (keyboards), Robert Nix (drums) and James B. Cobb, Jr. (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.

Robert Nix (November 8, 1944 – May 20, 2012) was an American drummer best known as a founding member of the band Atlanta Rhythm Section (ARS). A member of ARS from 1971-1979, he co-wrote several of their songs including the top-ten hits “So Into You” and “Imaginary Lover”. He had suffered from diabetes and multiple myeloma, and died at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee from complications following surgery the previous month.

James Barney “J. R.” Cobb Jr. (February 5, 1944 – May 4, 2019) was an American guitarist and songwriter, most notable for co-writing “Spooky” and “Stormy”, among others, as a member of the Classics IV, plus “Champagne Jam” and “Do It Or Die”, among others, as a member of the Atlanta Rhythm Section. J. R. Cobb died of a heart attack on May 4, 2019. He was 75.

R.J. Vealey died on November 13, 1999, of a heart attack at 37.

Ronnie Hammond (born Ronald William Hammond on November 10, 1950) died on March 14, 2011 in Forsyth, Georgia, at age 60 of heart failure.

Paul Goddard died from cancer on April 29, 2014 at age 68.

Buddy Buie, the band’s manager and producer who received songwriting credits on all their albums, died at age 74 on July 18, 2015.

Thursday 1am ET: Feature LP: Atlanta Rhythm Section – Champagne Jam (1978)

Champagne Jam is an album by the southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in January 1978. The single “Imaginary Lover” was the band’s second Top 10 hit, peaking at #7 in the U.S. and #9 in Canada.

Ronnie Dobbs, a fictional character portrayed by the comedian David Cross, is fond of saying, “Let’s have us a champagne jam!”, a reference to the song “Champagne Jam”.

“Large Time” – 2:55
“I’m Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight” – 4:06
“Normal Love” – 3:22
“Champagne Jam” – 4:31
“Imaginary Lover” – 5:05
“The Ballad of Lois Malone” – 4:30
“The Great Escape” – 4:47
“Evileen” – 3:32
“NITP” – 7:21

Thursday 8pm: Across The Tracks: Featuring – One (Part 6)

This installment of Across The Tracks feature tune with “ONE” in the title.  We’ll feature music from Rob Thomas, Martina McBride, Carlene Carter, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Harry Chapin, Marvin Gaye, Kiss, Bruce Springsteen and much more across the tracks and genres.  

Wednesday 2pm: Sounds of The 70s

This week on the Sounds of The 70’s:  Paul McCartney & Wings, Neil Sedaka, Elton John, Pilot, Dire Straits, Bee Gees, Dawn, Linda Ronstadt, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Joe Cocker, Doobie Brothers and more . . .

Sounds of The 70s with Dan Varroney 9am ET

It’s “Summer Hits of the 70s” today at 9:00 am on Sounds of The 70s were we’ll feature, Bad Company, Bob Seger, Paul Simon Godspell, Eric Carmen, Three Dog Night, Chris Thompson, Robert Palmer, John Travolta & Olivia Newton John, Robin McNamara, Pilot, 8th Day, Hot, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Elton John, Bobby Sherman, Grand Funk Railroad, Helen Reddy, and so much more. Join us at 9:00 am!

Feature Year: 1978 (Part 1 – 9am – Part 2 – 9pm ET) @RadioMax

January 14 – The Sex Pistols play their final show (until a 1996 reunion) at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom
January 16 – Elton John appears on this week’s People Magazine without his trademark glasses. John would still wear glasses occasionally for the next ten years until wearing them permanently again
January 21 – As Saturday Night Fever becomes a cultural phenomenon, the soundtrack hits #1 on the Billboard Charts, where it will stay until July
January 25 – Electric Light Orchestra kick off their “Out of the Blue” world tour in Honolulu, Hawaii. Bob Dylan makes his directorial debut in the surrealist film Renaldo and Clara, shot during his Rolling Thunder Revue tour.
January 28 – By request, Ted Nugent autographs his name into a fan’s arm with a bowie knife in Philadelphia
February 4 – Elton John appears as the guest star on The Muppet Show.
February 10 – Van Halen debuts with self-titled album; Eddie Van Halen introduces a powerful new sound and technique to world, while David Lee Roth is ushered in as the front man
March 18 – California Jam II is held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in California. Over 300,000 fans come to see Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, Santana, Dave Mason, Foreigner, Heart and more
April 22 – In the Eurovision Song Contest in Paris, France, victory goes to Israel’s entry “A-Ba-Ni-Bi”, performed by Izhar Cohen & The Alphabeta
The “One Love Peace Concert” is held in Kingston, Jamaica, headlined by Bob Marley, making his first concert appearance since December 1976. Steve Martin performs the original “King Tut” on Saturday Night Live; also that night, The Blues Brothers make their first appearance on the show.
May 6 – The Knack is formed (first album released in 1979)
May 13 – Barry Gibb becomes the only songwriter in history to have written 4 consecutive #1 singles on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart
May 18 – The Buddy Holly Story, starring Gary Busey, is released. It would win the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score, and earn a nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Busey) and Best Sound
May 25 – In a performance used for The Kids Are Alright, The Who play their last show with Keith Moon
June 10 – The Rolling Stones begin their 25-date US summer tour in Lakeland, Florida
June 13 – The Cramps play a free concert for patients at the Napa State Mental Hospital
June 16 – The film adaptation of the musical Grease, opens in theaters and is a box office hit
June 20 – Grace Slick splits with Jefferson Starship the day after a disastrous concert in Hamburg, Germany, in which a heavily intoxicated Slick verbally abused the crowd and groped various fans and band mates
June 29 – Peter Frampton is nearly killed in a car accident in The Bahamas, suffering multiple broken bones, a concussion, and muscle damage
July 1 – The first Texxas Jam is held over the July 4 long weekend at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The first day features Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush, Heart, Journey, Head East, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Eddie Money, Van Halen and Walter Egan. Sunday consists of Willie Nelson headlining his sixth annual Fourth of July picnic
July 19 – Dead Kennedys play their first concert, at the Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco, California
July 21 – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, a much-hyped musical film starring Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees performing the music of The Beatles, opens in theaters. The film is savaged by critics and proves a box office disappointment
July 30 – Thin Lizzy officially announces that Gary Moore has replaced Brian Robertson on guitar
August 26 – 80,000 concertgoers attend Mosport Speedway in Ontario for the first “Canada Jam Festival”, featuring sets by the Doobie Brothers, Commodores, Kansas, Village People, Dave Mason, the Atlanta Rhythm Section and Triumph
September 7 – The Who drummer Keith Moon dies in a central London flat after a prescription drug overdose at the age of 32
September 14–16 – The Grateful Dead perform three shows in Giza, Egypt, very close to the Sphinx and Great Pyramid
October 12 – Nancy Spungen, the American girlfriend of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious, is found dead in a hotel room of a stab wound. Sid is arrested and charged with her murder
October 24 – Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards pleads guilty to the charge of possessing heroin in Toronto in 1977
October 29 – Michael Schenker plays his final show with UFO in Stanford, California before leaving the group to rejoin Scorpions
November – A now sober Alice Cooper releases the album From the Inside, which tells of his stay in rehab for alcoholism
November 25 – Aerosmith cuts a concert short after Steven Tyler suffers cuts to his face from a bottle that shatters upon hitting a stage monitor
November 27 – Def Leppard’s permanent drummer Rick Allen joins the band at the age of 15
December – Matthias Jabs joins Scorpions, replacing Uli Jon Roth.
December 31 – The seventh annual New Year’s Rockin’ Eve special airs on ABC, with performances by Barry Manilow, Village People, Chuck Mangione, Tanya Tucker and Rick James
CBS airs New Year’s Eve with Guy Lombardo for the final time, nearly two years after the band leader’s death and ending a 22 year run that began in 1956
Kenny Rogers continues his highly successful solo career with the single (and album) “The Gambler” and will go on to star in no less than 5 movies based around the song.
In the UK, singles sales are at their all-time high this year, boosted by the simultaneous peak of the disco and punk phenomena and the success of singles from the movie Grease.
Mozambique holds its first National Dance Festival, involving half a million people.