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David Hood
David Hood
American bass player, Muscle Shoals session player
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Roger Hawkins
Roger Hawkins
American drummer
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David Hungate
David Hungate
American musician
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Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper
American guitarist, songwriter and record producer
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Jimmy Johnson
Jimmy Johnson
American musician (1943-2019)
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Jim Keltner
Jim Keltner
American session drummer
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Fred Tackett
Fred Tackett
American musician
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Louis Shelton
Louis Shelton
musician
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Donald Dunn
Donald Dunn
American bass guitarist (1941-2012)
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Jerry Wexler
Jerry Wexler
American music journalist and producer
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Tom Scott
Tom Scott
American jazz musician
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Victor Feldman
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
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Don Menza
Don Menza
American saxophonist
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James Gadson
James Gadson
American musician
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Jerry Hey
Jerry Hey
American musician
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Boz Scaggs
Boz Scaggs
American musician
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Buzz Feiten
Buzz Feiten
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, session musician, and luthier
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Rick Marotta
Rick Marotta
American musician
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Andrew Love
Andrew Love
American musician
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Ernie Watts
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
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Eric Gale
Eric Gale
American musician
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Paul Jackson, Jr.
Paul Jackson, Jr.
American musician
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Tom Malone
Tom Malone
American musician
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Wayne Jackson
Wayne Jackson
American musician
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Plas Johnson
Plas Johnson
American musician
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Cornell Dupree
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
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Dennis Budimir
Dennis Budimir
American musician
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Chuck Rainey
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
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Donna Jean Godchaux
Donna Jean Godchaux
musician
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Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
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Chuck Domanico
Chuck Domanico
American musician
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Joe Sample
Joe Sample
American pianist
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Mike Melvoin
Mike Melvoin
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger (1937-2012)
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David T. Walker
David T. Walker
American musician
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Luis Conte
Luis Conte
Cuban jazz musician
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Frank Ricotti
Frank Ricotti
British musician
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Spooner Oldham
Spooner Oldham
American songwriter and session musician
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Don Alias
Don Alias
American jazz percussionist
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John Guerin
John Guerin
American drummer
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Eddie Hinton
Eddie Hinton
American songwriter and session musician
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Phil Upchurch
Phil Upchurch
American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist
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Larry Carlton
Larry Carlton
American musician
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Jim Dickinson
Jim Dickinson
American musician
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Emil Richards
Emil Richards
American musician
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Larry Bunker
Larry Bunker
American musician
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Sweet Inspirations
Sweet Inspirations
American R&B vocal group
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Oscar Brashear
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
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Steve Jordan
Steve Jordan
American composer, musical director and artist
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Phillip Mitchell
Phillip Mitchell
singer and songwriter
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Fred Jackson, Jr.
Fred Jackson, Jr.
American flautist
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Rob Mounsey
Rob Mounsey
American musician, composer, and arranger
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Ben Sidran
Ben Sidran
American pianist and vocalist
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Chris Parker
Chris Parker
American drummer
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Larry Knechtel
Larry Knechtel
American session musician
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Delaney & Bonnie
Delaney & Bonnie
American husband and wife music duo
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Paul Griffin
Paul Griffin
American session musician and pianist
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Jay Migliori
Jay Migliori
American saxophonist
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Max Bennett
Max Bennett
Jazz bassist
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Joe Zawinul
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
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Howard Johnson
Howard Johnson
American musician
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Floyd Newman
Floyd Newman
American musician
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Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
American musical group; R& B/funk band
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Dave Bargeron
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
Barry Beckett
American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder

Barry Beckett

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American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder
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Barry Edward Beckett (February 4, 1943 – June 10, 2009) was an American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder. He is best known for his work with David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, and Roger Hawkins, his bandmates in the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which performed with numerous notable artists on their studio albums and helped define the "Muscle Shoals sound".

Among the artists Beckett recorded with were Bob Dylan, Boz Scaggs, Paul Simon, Rod Stewart, Duane Allman, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Dire Straits, The Proclaimers and Phish. He was also briefly a member of the band Traffic.