Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section

A.K.A. Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section and The Swampers. A group of session musicians who left [l=Fame Recording Studios], Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in the late 1960s to build [l=Muscle Shoals Sound Studios] in Sheffield, Alabama. The founders are [a=Barry Beckett] (keyboards), [a=Roger Hawkins] (drums), [a=Jimmy Johnson (4)] (guitar) and [a=David Hood] (bass). They became known as The Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section and were the first rhythm section to own a studio and eventually run their own publishing and production companies. They appeared on more than 500 recordings and more than 75 gold and platinum hits.