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2009 Tour Dates Announced... |
Check to see if ARS is
coming to a venue near you!
Check out the current
Tour Dates...
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The Atlanta Rhythm Section -
Live at Stabler Arena
ARS Releases First Official Live
Concert DVD/Video
Catch
the "Georgia
Rhythm" at a performance at Stabler
Arena (Bethlehem,
PA), a
6,000 seat high-tech concert arena located on
the campus of Lehigh
University.
Joining ARS and the high spirited
crowd at this seasonal event was a camera
crew and
a mobile digital multitrack audio recording
unit from Rolling
Storm Communications Corporation -
a production company who has collaborated
with
ARS on various projects over the past
couple
of years. The result is the release of ARS's first
official live concert DVD. Learn
More...
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Discs Releases Dog Days and Red Tape on CD
These
two albums were originally released in 1974 and
1976 on the Polydor Record label and now available
for the first time as a 2 on 1 CD.
Due
to the exceptional demand for these two recordings,
Gott Discs has re-released the band's fourth & fifth
albums. Recorded in 1975 and 1976 respectively,
and originally on the Polydor record label, 'Dog
Days'
and 'Red Tape' are now appearing for the first
time as a 2 on 1 CD on Gottdiscs.
From
AMG review: "When they released
'Red Tape' in 1976, the Atlanta Rhythm Section
were
at the brink of success. They achieved it the following
year, when 'A Rock and Roll Alternative' nearly
broke into the Top Ten, but they truly found their
winning sound here. The blend of soul, blues, country
and rock is melodic and appealing - maybe not as
complex as the Allman Brothers, but rivalling the
Marshall Tucker Band in terms of songwriting and
sound. An impressive effort from a band beginning
to find its feet."
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Gott
Discs Releases Third Annual Pipe Dream and Rock
and Roll Alternative on CD
These two albums were originally released in 1974
and 1976 on the Polydor Record label and now available
for the first time as a 2 on 1 CD.
Review of 'A Rock And Roll Alternative'from
AMG: "'A
Rock And Roll Alternative'was the Atlanta Rhythm
Section's breakthrough record. After five albums
and four years of trying, they hadn't gotten higher
than #74 in the LP lists, but this time their mixture
of country and rock finally found its audience, largely
due to the single 'So Into You'(#7 pop, #11 easy
listening), so that the album soared to #11 and went
gold. It was only fair: the ARS had perfected a sound
that was lighter and more accessible than The Allmans/Lynyrd
Skynyrd school of Southern rock, but no less accomplished,
and 'A Rock And Roll Alternative'was the embodiment
of it."
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A
little bit of ARS history has recently been published
in a new book called "Tales
From the Rock 'N' Roll
Highway" by
Marley Brant. Her previous books include "Southern Rockers: The Roots
and Legacy of Southern Rock" and "Freebirds: The Lynyrd Skynyrd
Story."
Her new book is a collection of first hand stories from musicians. ARS
bassist Justin Senker offers a detailed story (and a photo) about one of his
first shows with ARS - and provides some ARS history along the way. |
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