When the late Mr. Goddard (in the blue Hawaiian shirt with the glasses) was told by the record executives that he should "dress like a rock star", he continued to wear slacks from the likes of JCPenney or Sears and did things on his own terms. The late Mr. Hammond retired from the musical business at 51 and became a talented carpenter and house framer. From those that knew him, he was a quiet and devoted family man. RIP.
@@dsg0006 Reportedly Mr. Goddard once came home late from being on the road and was quite hungry. All that was in the house was a can of cat food for "Ernestine" (later on renamed Ernie once he realized it was a male). Rumor had it that Mr. Goddard split the can of food with the meow box.......
@@enriquegutierrez186 ... the music was so great the year I got my divorce, which was extra special since I wasn't allowed to listen to anything other than his favorite...country music. I hated country music back then. ARS was a fantastic band! 🎶
The years was 1976. I was 19 years old. I danced all I could. I loved all I could. I drank far more than I should. Would I do it again? In a heartbeat if I could...
That’s the late Barry Bailey playing a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Deluxe. He was a big influence on my playing and I own a 1971 Goldtop and until a few years ago never knew that’s what he played. I’ve had people tell me that I’ve got a similar tone and that is a huge compliment ❤
@@russelstrings9978 Those guitars got a bad rap because of the sandwich body and mini humbuckers, a lot of us were routing them out for full sized humbucks, but most of us know the true sound is in the hands and ears of the player. Now days they're a respected guitar, Gibson has even reissued them.
Barry Bailey: just the right number of notes in all the right places, sensational melodies, gorgeous harmonics, and fabulous tone, all while appearing to be napping.
@@Jgeneraledger23 Barry played with Roy Orbinsons group The Candymen. I think ARS drummer Robert Nix also played with the candymen. JR Cobb the Rythum player for ARS played with the Classics 4. Buddy Bouie who produced and wrote songs for ARS also managed the Classics IV. Dean Daughtry of ARS also played with the Classics.
That guy who was laughing at the beginning of this video looked like Tony Joe White, who wrote "Rainy Night In Georgia", and "Polk Salad Annie". He looked a bit sarcastic there. I think The Atlanta Rhythm Section was beyond amazingly talented. The lineup here was the ultimate best! They performed this song 100% live, with NO BACKING TRACK, OR AUTO-TUNE. Ladies and gentlemen.... This is what pure, raw talent is.... ✌🏻😎👍🏻
Totally right!!!, that was taken from a video compilation of BBC'S Old Grey Whistle Test...here's the "setlist": ------- Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama - Old Grey Whistle Test 1975 Delaney & Bonie - Poor Elijah - Tribute To Robert Johnson 1969 Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Keep On Churnin' - Old Grey Whistle Test 1976 Dobie Gray - Drift Away - Old Grey Whistle Test 1974 Edgar Winter Group - Rock N Roll Boogie Woogie - Old Grey Whistle Test 1973 Black Oak Arkansas - Hey Y'All - Old Grey Whistle Test 1978 Dickey Betts - Ramblin' Man - Old Grey Whistle Test 1978 Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie - In Concert 1970 Atlanta Rhythm Section - So Into You - Old Grey Whistle Test 1977 Marshall Tucker Band - Take The Highway - Old Grey Whistle Test 1974 Charlie Daniels Bands - The Devil Went Down To Georgia - Pakinson 1979 Johnny Winter - Rock N Roll - Old Grey Whistle Test 1977 Elvin Bishop - Travellin' Shoes - Old Grey Whistle Test 1975 ZZ Top - Cheap Sunglasses - Old Grey Whistle Test 1980. Thanks for your comment!!👍🏻
R.I.P. to all the band members who have passed. I know there's been a few unfortunately. Keyboard player & original member Dean Daughtry just a couple days ago. I remember hearing & liking alot of Atlanta Rhythm Section songs when I was a kid, "So Into You" my favorite one.
So bad they passed away like one by one, before we fans could think, one of my fav bands ever!, not to mention A ROCK AND ROLL ALTERNATIVE album was a bomb!, every member was so talented, fine and creative!, i always say that Barry Bailey was an underrated, as a drummer loved Robert Nix style!, A.R.S. one of the best and own style Rock Bands ever!🙏🙏
Dean Daughtry's passing this past January means there are now no longer any members in ARS's classic lineup still alive; up until then he was the group's only member to play in all its various lineups. Ronnie Hammond (1950-2011) wasn't a founding member but he did take over from Rodney Justo as lead singer in 1973 before the release of the band's second album, Back Up Against the Wall. OBITUARIES Ronnie Hammond (November 10, 1950 - March 14, 2011) -- lead vocals, harmonica Robert Nix (November 8, 1944 - May 20, 2012) -- drums Paul Goddard (June 23, 1945 - April 29, 2014) -- bass J. R. Cobb (February 5, 1944 - May 4, 2019) -- guitar Barry Bailey (June 12, 1948 - March 12, 2022) -- guitar Dean Daughtry (September 8, 1946 - January 26, 2023) -- keyboards
This was Absolutely my favorite song in the whole world, i loved the music 🎶 🎵 GOD BLESS ARS, wherever u guys r. 🙏🙏🙏🤗🤗🤗🤗💞💞💞💞 still listen to it often 😉
Still here listening this beautiful song from my childhood 70s 🎉great time 🎉60s baby growing up 70s 80s good old days classic masterpiece is 2024 love it 🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉
Bingo!, you're the first that notice about the audio!, i get the original audio from a live cd, and insert it back to the video, to improve sound quality!, and besides formatted to 16:9, can't stand old 4:3 videos on a 16:9 screen...that black spaces to the sides!😖😖😃😃, Thanks for your accurate comment!!✔️👍🏻👍🏻
I was In high school when this hit the charts. These Cats were the real deal top notch musicians. For the time period-The Guitarists were in the same ballpark as Steely Dan’s multiple Guitarists- who also were studio musicians
12 years old I used to listen to this song every day in El Salvador, not knowing what they were saying, now I’m blessed to live in this beautiful country and understand the lyrics. Thank you
Thanks for your comments!, i was 14, when i heard this beatiful song for the first time in 1977...ARS one of my very favs. bands....reading your words i'll recommend you a song from Santana: Life Is Just A Passing Parade!😉👍🏻
Me too !! 😍😍 Always thought Ronnie Hammond was sexy. AWESOME SONG !! 💕 I miss the REAL singers of the past when music was REAL MUSIC. R.I.P to Ronnie and all of the members of ARS who have passed on.
What is this feeling inside my mind, heart, and body as I listen to this music? It's like a dream state and an ache for something I desperately need but can't grasp! Can anyone relate or explain?
For me, it took age for me to appreciate styles like this! Soft rock, now labeled yacht rock is really a great place for smooth, listening! It is difficult to be in touch with everything that you may like, or have loved! But it’s moments like this that help me appreciate the excellence And great playing of bands like this! I don’t know the numbers, but just watching this live video, the guitarist doing the lead reminds me of Skunk Baxter. Which, as we all know what is in a league of his own! this is an amazing live performance to say the least!
Southern rock and disco rock...this reminds me of nights listening to this on a clock radio and it was always night time before school lol or possibly driving around with my older siblings driving
This is on of the first bands I listened to after getting my first smart phone! That was exciting to hear these guys again! Used to hear them on the radio back in the 70s! We had a kick as stereo that was an RCA soilid state 500 watts per channel! My sister and I lived on a farm and when the folks were gone, we'd crank that puppy and oh that was a tewat!!! Caught hell alot for it, but never lost the thrill!!!!😂❤!
I was playing in Top 40 bands around that time in the SF Bay Area , and this tune was usually on the set lists. Fun song to play and a guarantee to get people out on the dance floor. Fun times !
Who else misses this Era of great music ?
Are you kidding? I can't hardly stand any of the shit I hear today. I'm 64 y o.
I miss the ciggys. lol
Me totally!!!✔️💯
@@GregPalermo-f5qI'm 64 too, and man-O-man that music was The BEST!! I miss good music 😢
@GregPalermo-f5q truth be told ..❤🎉😢
When the late Mr. Goddard (in the blue Hawaiian shirt with the glasses) was told by the record executives that he should "dress like a rock star", he continued to wear slacks from the likes of JCPenney or Sears and did things on his own terms. The late Mr. Hammond retired from the musical business at 51 and became a talented carpenter and house framer. From those that knew him, he was a quiet and devoted family man. RIP.
Fuck yeah man
@@dsg0006 Reportedly Mr. Goddard once came home late from being on the road and was quite hungry. All that was in the house was a can of cat food for "Ernestine" (later on renamed Ernie once he realized it was a male). Rumor had it that Mr. Goddard split the can of food with the meow box.......
Me as a true fan at that time and still!, never think about that!, even figured out!!, always captured by that kind of style and talent!!!
That's how killing words can be!, and most coming from an "ejecutive!"!!
The legendary Ronnie Hammond!
Awesome song, still listening in 2023❤
Since 1976 I'm still listening and loving that song!
@@enriquegutierrez186 ... the music was so great the year I got my divorce, which was extra special since I wasn't allowed to listen to anything other than his favorite...country music. I hated country music back then. ARS was a fantastic band! 🎶
The years was 1976.
I was 19 years old.
I danced all I could.
I loved all I could.
I drank far more than I should.
Would I do it again?
In a heartbeat if I could...
Greatest decade ever by far!
And how is it health today
Same here, but I grew up as a teenager in the 80s, the same thing . I'd do it all over again..
That outro guitar solo is one of my favorites ever
Totally agree!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻✔️👌🏻
Yes!!! I’ve thought that since 1976 when I first discovered them at age 14!!!
@@SDAQandA Me tooo at age 12...In Toronto Canada...I was like whoaaaahhh...what is this?
One of my TOP 'Earworm' riffs of the decade where I spend my (semi) Naked teens! 😊
Barry Bailey. Top flight player -actually ALL were top flight in the ARS.
Long live the seventies and the eighties how I miss you so 05-10-23
Yes we had great talented cute jamming music ❤🎉
December 2024 here and I'll be watching this video many times!🤩🤩🤩
Man, those Gibsons sound powerful when the right player is playing one, nothing like em.
That’s the late Barry Bailey playing a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Deluxe. He was a big influence on my playing and I own a 1971 Goldtop and until a few years ago never knew that’s what he played. I’ve had people tell me that I’ve got a similar tone and that is a huge compliment ❤
@@russelstrings9978 Those guitars got a bad rap because of the sandwich body and mini humbuckers, a lot of us were routing them out for full sized humbucks, but most of us know the true sound is in the hands and ears of the player. Now days they're a respected guitar, Gibson has even reissued them.
@@billyboy6028 Amen! I’ve taught lead guitar, but I couldn’t teach feel!
Barry Bailey: just the right number of notes in all the right places, sensational melodies, gorgeous harmonics, and fabulous tone, all while appearing to be napping.
Barry was bad ass. How about those guitar parts in Spooky.
Lol!
Nobody like him. I saw them 3 times with original line-up
@@roberthamlin6638 was Barry the 'common link' to Classics IV? I know there was some overlap
@@Jgeneraledger23 Barry played with Roy Orbinsons group The Candymen. I think ARS drummer Robert Nix also played with the candymen. JR Cobb the Rythum player for ARS played with the Classics 4. Buddy Bouie who produced and wrote songs for ARS also managed the Classics IV. Dean Daughtry of ARS also played with the Classics.
That guy who was laughing at the beginning of this video looked like Tony Joe White, who wrote "Rainy Night In Georgia", and "Polk Salad Annie". He looked a bit sarcastic there.
I think The Atlanta Rhythm Section was beyond amazingly talented. The lineup here was the ultimate best! They performed this song 100% live, with NO BACKING TRACK, OR AUTO-TUNE. Ladies and gentlemen.... This is what pure, raw talent is.... ✌🏻😎👍🏻
Totally right!!!, that was taken from a video compilation of BBC'S Old Grey Whistle Test...here's the "setlist":
-------
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama - Old Grey Whistle Test 1975
Delaney & Bonie - Poor Elijah - Tribute To Robert Johnson 1969
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Keep On Churnin' - Old Grey Whistle Test 1976
Dobie Gray - Drift Away - Old Grey Whistle Test 1974
Edgar Winter Group - Rock N Roll Boogie Woogie - Old Grey Whistle Test 1973
Black Oak Arkansas - Hey Y'All - Old Grey Whistle Test 1978
Dickey Betts - Ramblin' Man - Old Grey Whistle Test 1978
Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie - In Concert 1970
Atlanta Rhythm Section - So Into You - Old Grey Whistle Test 1977
Marshall Tucker Band - Take The Highway - Old Grey Whistle Test 1974
Charlie Daniels Bands - The Devil Went Down To Georgia - Pakinson 1979
Johnny Winter - Rock N Roll - Old Grey Whistle Test 1977
Elvin Bishop - Travellin' Shoes - Old Grey Whistle Test 1975
ZZ Top - Cheap Sunglasses - Old Grey Whistle Test 1980.
Thanks for your comment!!👍🏻
True. An actual LIVE performance, a beautiful job
don't know a lot about the performer, but always loved that song Polk Salad Annie, badass song
The Steely Dan of Southern Rock
THAT is the BEST description I've ever heard anyone come up with! Bravo!
@@impalaman9707 In short, but so accurate comparison!!😃✔️
Ha! What a great comment. They definitely had a similiar "chill" factor.
🫶🏻 💯
Indeed. Fantastic description of them.
This song still kills me.. 2024🔥
This song never gets old ❤
Awesome tune from the 70’s!!!! ❤❤
All talent, no flash. History!
My wife and I were at the 79 champagne jam miss this time. 4 sons and 46 years later still together and still love this music.
That's AWESOME 😊 I love this music too! Happy for you & your wife!🧡💙🧡
Better now than then . Awesome. This jumped into my head this morning after 45 years.
It happened to me this very morning brings back some very intimate times.
Yep! Same HERE! I nicked myself shaving my chin this morning, playing a masterful air guitar with a razor in my hand! 😂🎉
It takes me back to my childhood and AM radio. This still sounds good.
For me 77 is when I started listening to FM radio. Great song!
Time stood still.
I had no idea the singer was that good-looking. I knew that voice had to match the man.
I knew him. He was absolutely gorgeous
lol think of all the action he got... wow
yes the lead singer was good looking
He's GORGEOUS ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@debbiephilbrick2628total fox. Those eyes ❤
Loved and still love ARS after so many years. Grew up in Massachusetts but we all loved our southern rock bands back in the 70s and 80s
A nice breath of fresh air when they hit the scene during the disco era !
yep....a seriously under-rated band...always admired them. Great bass lines from Paul Goddard. rock on.
Where are they rated, please? I would like so see how they are rated.
Loved this band in the 70's, so great, loved all their songs and the lead guitarist is absolutely amazing. Still listening in 2024
It's worth being older now, to have been young then , great era of music then 🎸🎤
@bobwirth9256 I agree brother good old days remember taking my vinyls to the party school days 70s
@@miguelmolina. 🍻🇨🇦
An iconic voice to say the least.
Just so cool without pretending. Such an incredible time period. Miss my parents and friends who have passed on.
How many warm summer nights did they miss out on?
heavenly lead guitar.
R.I.P. to all the band members who have passed. I know there's been a few unfortunately. Keyboard player & original member Dean Daughtry just a couple days ago. I remember hearing & liking alot of Atlanta Rhythm Section songs when I was a kid, "So Into You" my favorite one.
So bad they passed away like one by one, before we fans could think, one of my fav bands ever!, not to mention A ROCK AND ROLL ALTERNATIVE album was a bomb!, every member was so talented, fine and creative!, i always say that Barry Bailey was an underrated, as a drummer loved Robert Nix style!,
A.R.S. one of the best and own style Rock Bands ever!🙏🙏
Dean Daughtry's passing this past January means there are now no longer any members in ARS's classic lineup still alive; up until then he was the group's only member to play in all its various lineups.
Ronnie Hammond (1950-2011) wasn't a founding member but he did take over from Rodney Justo as lead singer in 1973 before the release of the band's second album, Back Up Against the Wall.
OBITUARIES
Ronnie Hammond (November 10, 1950 - March 14, 2011) -- lead vocals, harmonica
Robert Nix (November 8, 1944 - May 20, 2012) -- drums
Paul Goddard (June 23, 1945 - April 29, 2014) -- bass
J. R. Cobb (February 5, 1944 - May 4, 2019) -- guitar
Barry Bailey (June 12, 1948 - March 12, 2022) -- guitar
Dean Daughtry (September 8, 1946 - January 26, 2023) -- keyboards
@@ClassicTVMan1981X wow, NOBODY in the original lineup is still with us? Holy cow
This was Absolutely my favorite song in the whole world, i loved the music 🎶 🎵 GOD BLESS ARS, wherever u guys r. 🙏🙏🙏🤗🤗🤗🤗💞💞💞💞 still listen to it often 😉
Still here listening this beautiful song from my childhood 70s 🎉great time 🎉60s baby growing up 70s 80s good old days classic masterpiece is 2024 love it 🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉
this song remind me when I was a kid,taking trips with parents/siblings.Life was simple back then.I loved it.I missed the 70s.
finally someone uploaded the original OGWT audio. awesome
Bingo!, you're the first that notice about the audio!, i get the original audio from a live cd, and insert it back to the video, to improve sound quality!, and besides formatted to 16:9, can't stand old 4:3 videos on a 16:9 screen...that black spaces to the sides!😖😖😃😃,
Thanks for your accurate comment!!✔️👍🏻👍🏻
Great smooth vibe ... you can visualize the story easy, probably cause we all been in that moment.
I was heading into high school myself and the only music I appreciate is 60's, 70's and some 80's😮😊
@@Erica-vo7vu Same as me!✔️ There was(and still playin') a rock band called =La Tierra S.A.= in my home town in Mexico that used to play that song!
It was great, seeing them do it for real. Mighty nice.
Dancing with friends, or just dancing as I am, playing the soundtrack 🎶
Perfection and grace! They put a smile on my face!
Smooth Jazzy Southern Rock!
Like a glass of Jack Daniel’s or Southern Comfort!
Goes down easy!
That guitar solo, baby, tasty playing and what a perfect Les Paul tone!
Grew up in the ATL back then and still here. Man it has changed I want to go back!
I was In high school when this hit the charts. These Cats were the real deal top notch musicians. For the time period-The Guitarists were in the same ballpark as Steely Dan’s multiple Guitarists- who also were studio musicians
I'm So into This Video and this Singer For Sho🤩❤️🥰❤️🤟🏻❤️🔥🤟🏻
Listening 2024!!! ❤
One of my favorite songs of all time
Incredible tune with an incredible groove. Top notch stuff!
Thank you very much. God bless always Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸 Nostrovia 🙏🏥🌎⚡️
Thanks for listening
12 years old I used to listen to this song every day in El Salvador, not knowing what they were saying, now I’m blessed to live in this beautiful country and understand the lyrics.
Thank you
Thanks for your comments!, i was 14, when i heard this beatiful song for the first time in 1977...ARS one of my very favs. bands....reading your words i'll recommend you a song from Santana: Life Is Just A Passing Parade!😉👍🏻
Amazing!! crushing on this dude
Me too !! 😍😍
Always thought Ronnie Hammond was sexy. AWESOME SONG !! 💕
I miss the REAL singers of the past when music was REAL MUSIC.
R.I.P to Ronnie and all of the members of ARS who have passed on.
God speed Barry Bailey....................
My ALL TIME Anthem.I love LOVE ARS...🔥💅🏽🍷
What is this feeling inside my mind, heart, and body as I listen to this music? It's like a dream state and an ache for something I desperately need but can't grasp! Can anyone relate or explain?
This music just does something to you! I go back to the feelings of that era and stage of my life! 7 years and not a care in the world!
Fabulous band...Heard them growing up..Everyday on the radio..
I just got so into this tune again at 75. Voodoo!
I still love this music.....very tight ,very tight
I’m 20 and a tinknocker, I’m forced to listen to this during work everyday
Friend, most people don't know or care what a tin knocker is. Thank you for all your hard work, keeping us warm and cool. Do you like this music?
Do you work Down South
The bass player y'all, omg..🔥🔥🔥
This is a song I have enjoyed since a boy.Good to actually see them.Thanks.
For me, it took age for me to appreciate styles like this! Soft rock, now labeled yacht rock is really a great place for smooth, listening! It is difficult to be in touch with everything that you may like, or have loved! But it’s moments like this that help me appreciate the excellence And great playing of bands like this! I don’t know the numbers, but just watching this live video, the guitarist doing the lead reminds me of Skunk Baxter. Which, as we all know what is in a league of his own! this is an amazing live performance to say the least!
They was such a great band , one of my favorites.
OMG That intro is one of the greatest ever.
maybe the most talented and complete band ever....
Southern rock and disco rock...this reminds me of nights listening to this on a clock radio and it was always night time before school lol or possibly driving around with my older siblings driving
Great band. Great song. 🎵 🎶 🎵
This is on of the first bands I listened to after getting my first smart phone! That was exciting to hear these guys again! Used to hear them on the radio back in the 70s! We had a kick as stereo that was an RCA soilid state 500 watts per channel! My sister and I lived on a farm and when the folks were gone, we'd crank that puppy and oh that was a tewat!!! Caught hell alot for it, but never lost the thrill!!!!😂❤!
Hard to believe that this band arose from the ashes of the Classics Four.If you don't believe me look it up!
He loves her, and she loves somebody else.
You just can't win.
Love stinks.
Great live version.
Nothing better!
The pride of Doraville GA
One of my favorite bands ever🩷Listening in December 2024
Always loved the way this song was done... "I am...SO...into you" If it was "I am really into you" it wouldn't work
LOVE this song ❤ such sweet memories 😊
Saw it live. Awesome band.😂
@@Frank-st6gd OMG! What a privilege!!!
This whole lp is in my top favorites. LOVE it! ❤
Paul Goddard on bass. Died far too young. What a player he was. I saw them live in '78. Great concert. Great band.
Awesome. Real talent here.
Yeah man, bringing back the best decade.
Since 1980 i think Barry Bailey best gtr ever known.....tasty quick vibrations...end up in harmonic❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
@@Geletemol One of a kind 😀✔️
Great Song, as was the group.....miss'em n sorry most of the group is no longer with us,........but they made their mark for sure!!!
Great song, a classic. 👍🎶🎵🎼🥁
bass player is the fkn winner
@@EightBellsOfficial Indeed!!!
Great song! Takes me back, love it!
I am so into this song
Love it! Want it back 😊
Great band.
Thats good stuff right there lads.
Class, pure class, what a superb legacy OGWT left us with.
I was playing in Top 40 bands around that time in the SF Bay Area , and this tune was usually on the set lists. Fun song to play and a guarantee to get people out on the dance floor. Fun times !
Those guitar riffs and that singing❤❤
And Im70 now and I can't think of nothing else
I remember seeing them in the reisterstown festival I couldn't believe it thought they were a big time rock band
In Baltimore MD
Wish i could have met Ronnie Hammond.
They weren't flashy but they sure could play.
Just had to love Mr Ronnie Hammond! Great singer, such smooth delivery! ❤
Love the close-up at 02.25. So into him.
User name checks out....
Luv this haunting reminds me of my ex loved him too😢❤
Esta si era musica recuerdo q la bailaba en mi escuela ya no hay musica como esta😢!
Totalmente de acuerdo!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻✔️, músicos con talento, no como ahora muchos.
Very talented and Hamsome men.
Smooth groove.❤
Damn this is sooo good
I would have loved to see ARS in concert tonight.❤️