Melodic southern rock specialists Atlanta Rhythm Part didn’t essentially get described as a supergroup, however after they got here collectively within the early Nineteen Seventies, they however boasted huge expertise. Two of them (J.R. Cobb and Dean Daughtry, plus the band’s manager-producer Buddy Buie), got here from 1968 “Spooky” hitmakers Classics IV; two extra, Dean Daughtry and Robert Nix, had been members of Roy Orbison’s band, the Candymen.
ARS debuted in 1972 with a self-titled album that bubbled underneath the Prime 200 Billboard chart. Their second album, Again Up In opposition to The Wall, missed the survey, earlier than a change of labels, from Decca to Polydor, introduced higher luck. Their official debut on that countdown got here on September 14, 1974, when Third Annual Pipe Dream, produced as regular by Buie, entered at No.166.
In a 12-week keep on the chart, the album reached No.74, and there was one other breakthrough when its opening monitor “Doraville” entered the Scorching 100, on its approach to a No.35 peak. The monitor was named after the city simply outdoors Atlanta the place many of the band lived.
Written by Buie, Nix and guitarist Buddy Bailey, the tune typified the band’s subtly southern and intelligently industrial guitar-rock sound, as did the follow-up single from the LP, the beautiful “Angel (What In The World’s Come Over Us),” which reached No.79 in early 1975.
‘Excellent bright-boogie work’
Third Annual Pipe Dream was launched by reside dates that included a week-long engagement near residence for ARS, on the New Electrical Ballroom in Atlanta in July, adopted by additional dates within the south. Billboard’s evaluation of 1 evening within the Atlanta run remarked that the album, “an excellent bright-boogie work with just the right soft touches,” was promoting furiously in Atlanta and getting heavy AM airplay the week of the Ballroom engagement.
The band’s good friend Joe South was in attendance for among the exhibits, watching a set that included songs from all three ARS albums in addition to some shocking covers. They included Steely Dan’s then-new “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number,” Procol Harum’s “A Salty Dog,” and even Wings’ “Live and Let Die.”
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