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The Muscles Shoals Rhythm Section (Roger Hawkins, Jimmy Johnson, Barry Beckett, and David Hood, often affectionately called “the Swampers”) is widely thought to be probably one of the most important American recording studio “house bands” emerging in the golden age of rock and soul. The quartet’s people initially began operating …

Being a keyboardist using the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Barry Beckett could be heard on strikes on Stax Information (the Staple Singers’ “I’ll Take You Now there,” number 1 R&B for a month, number one play springtime 1972, and on Paul Simon’s “Kodachrome,” number 2 pop for 14 days in …