Atlanta Rhythm Section Musicians--Georgia Rock musicians--Georgia Bands (Music)--Georgia Rock groups--Georgia Atlanta Rhythm Section (Musical group) Senker, Justin Bailey, Barry Vealey, R. J. Hammond, Ronnie, musician Daughtry, Dean Stone, Steve, guitarist Photograph of the band Atlanta Rhythm Section in 1997. The members shown are bassist Justin Senker, guitarist Barry Bailey, percussionist R. J. Vealey, vocalist Ronnie Hammond, keyboardist Dean Daughtry, and guitarist Steve Stone. They are seated on crates. In 1972 a group of Atlanta, Georgia-area studio musicians formed the Atlanta Rhythm Section. The band provided a different twist to the growing phenomenon of southern rock. The brainchild of songwriter-producer Buddy Buie--a former member of Roy Orbison's Candymen and the pop band Classics IV--the Atlanta Rhythm Section was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1996. Atlanta Rhythm Section went through several band members over the years. New Georgia Encyclopedia Black-and-white photographs http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-1894 http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-895 Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia 1997 Atlanta (Ga.) Fulton County (Ga.)