I’m Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonite… but Dean Daughtry Is
Jan 28, 2023 0:22:55 GMT 10
Post by John Titor on Jan 28, 2023 0:22:55 GMT 10
Legendary southern keyboardist Dean Daughtry, founding and long term member of The Atlanta Rhythm Section as well as the aptly-named Classics IV, has left the stage at 76. :\'(
www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/01/26/dean-daughtry-dies-atlanta-rhythm-section-keyboardist-co-founder/11128468002/
Back in their day, ARS was all over the charts with their smoooth southern sound, scoring big with tunes such as So Into You, Champagne Jam, the double entendre-laden Imaginary Lover
, Do it or Die, and I’m Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonite just to name a few. They also scored a big hit covering the old Classics IV tune, Spooky.
But the band has had just terrible luck.
R.J. Vealey died on November 13, 1999, of a heart attack at 37
Ronnie Hammond (born Ronald William Hammond on November 10, 1950) died on March 14, 2011, in Forsyth, Georgia, at age 60 of heart failure.
Robert Nix (born Robert Lafayette Nix on November 8, 1944, in Blakely, Georgia) died on May 20, 2012.
Paul Goddard died from cancer on April 29, 2014.
Buddy Buie, the band's manager and producer who received songwriting credits on all their albums, died on July 18, 2015.
J. R. Cobb died of a heart attack on May 4, 2019.
Barry Bailey died after a long battle with multiple sclerosis, on March 12, 2022.
…and now Dean is gone :\'(
Here’s a YouTube of their first big hit… 8)
www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/01/26/dean-daughtry-dies-atlanta-rhythm-section-keyboardist-co-founder/11128468002/
Back in their day, ARS was all over the charts with their smoooth southern sound, scoring big with tunes such as So Into You, Champagne Jam, the double entendre-laden Imaginary Lover
, Do it or Die, and I’m Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonite just to name a few. They also scored a big hit covering the old Classics IV tune, Spooky.But the band has had just terrible luck.
R.J. Vealey died on November 13, 1999, of a heart attack at 37
Ronnie Hammond (born Ronald William Hammond on November 10, 1950) died on March 14, 2011, in Forsyth, Georgia, at age 60 of heart failure.
Robert Nix (born Robert Lafayette Nix on November 8, 1944, in Blakely, Georgia) died on May 20, 2012.
Paul Goddard died from cancer on April 29, 2014.
Buddy Buie, the band's manager and producer who received songwriting credits on all their albums, died on July 18, 2015.
J. R. Cobb died of a heart attack on May 4, 2019.
Barry Bailey died after a long battle with multiple sclerosis, on March 12, 2022.
…and now Dean is gone :\'(
Here’s a YouTube of their first big hit… 8)