Houston County District Attorney

The town of Doraville, made famous by the Atlanta Rhythm Section’s song of the same name, is seeking to increase it’s size through Ga. Senate Bill 32, which has passed the Senate. The song is a classic Southern Rock song and it's namesake, Doraville, is the hometown of the Atlanta Rhythm Section, which despite it’s name was not technically from Atlanta. Most folks say they are “from Atlanta” if they lived in the huge metropolitan area, so the band can be forgiven for their name faux paux. Certainly “Atlanta Rhythm Section” sounds better than “Doraville Rhythm Section.”

From Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org), which is a great resource for information:

Atlanta Rhythm Section, sometimes abbreviated ARS, is an American [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_rock ]southern rock band. The band unofficially formed in 1970 as former members of the Candymen and the Classics IV ,became the session band for the newly opened Studio One in Doraville, Georgia, near Atlanta. After playing on other artists' recordings, they decided to become a true band in their own right. The members of the original band were Rodney Justo (singer), Barry Bailey (guitarist), Paul Goddard ([ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassist ]bassist), [ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dean_Daughtry&action=edit ]Dean Daughtry (keyboardist) and [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nix ]Robert Nix ([ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drummer ]drummer). Justo left the band after the first album and was replaced by Ronnie Hammond. Buddy Buie, the band's manager and producer, is listed first on almost all of the [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriting ]songwriting credits of the band's songs.

While ARS would never reach the commercial success of Lynyrd Skynyrd or the Marshall Tucker Band, the group had a strong following in the south and charted a number of hits such as "I'm Not Going to Let it Bother Me Tonight," "Champagne Jam," "So In To You," and a remake of a Classics IV hit, "Spooky."

The band also influenced a number of rock and country artists, notably Travis Tritt, who recorded a cover of the ARS songs, "Back Up Against the Wall" and "Homesick." The group Shudder to Think covered "So Into You."