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A.K.A. Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section and The Swampers. A group of session musicians who left Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in the late 1960s to build Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Sheffield, Alabama. The founders are Barry Beckett (#4) (keyboards), Roger Hawkins (#3) (drums), jimmy johnson (4) (guitar) and David Hood (#3) (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.

Members

• Barry Beckett (#4) active
• David Hood (#3) active
• Eddie Hinton active
• Jesse Carr active
• Jimmy Johnson (4) (#2) active
• Mickey Buckins (#2) active
• Randy McCormick (#3) active
• Roger Hawkins (#3) active
• Steve Nathan active
• Will McFarlane active