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Rating: For the pastime of myself and that small band of followers who are interested in my musings, I will devote part of this summer to filling the significant gap on this site regarding the discography of the Atlanta Rhythm Section, a great Southern rock band active from 1972 to the present day, even though they haven't produced new music in over a quarter of a century.
But why such a subjective obsession? The historical and mass media ranking of groups of the so-called Southern Rock more or less reads, for the top three positions:
- Allman Brothers
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- ZZ Top
My personal one is quite different:
- Atlanta Rhythm Section
- Blackberry Smoke
- 38 Special
Therefore, my initiative is due to a sincere and eternal love, mixed with gratitude and admiration for this musical entity, semi-unknown in our parts despite being endowed with far superior class and musical consistency compared to their Southern peers.
Their first work is from 1972, the Atlanta Rhythm Section here stops playing on others' records and goes solo, hiring a decent singer named Rodney Justo who would last only the span of this debut, only to be brought back in the 2000s to reiterate the band's extensive catalog on America's stages.
The album is pleasant but still not very incisive, ultimately the least interesting of their career. I only point out the excellent "Another Man's Woman (It's So Hard)", later revisited in the fifth album and extended on stage, with its instrumental coda delivered to perfection. Also notable is the fact that, for now, there is only one guitarist in the lineup (an excellent one, indeed... a maestro!), an unusual occurrence in Southern rock.
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