Stan Kesler
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Southern producer Stan Kessler is best known for forming two of the industry's most renowned studio groups -- the American Studios Rhythm Section (otherwise known as the 827 Thomas Street Band) and The Dixie Flyers -- only to have both groups stolen away.
Starting out as an engineer for Sam Phillips at Sun, Kessler engineered many of the mid-'60s Sun sessions, including Sam the Sham's big hit "Wooly Bully." Kessler also engineered sessions for the Goldwax label, and it was there that he put together a fixed group of studio musicians to back Goldwax stars like James Carr. The group, consisting of guitarist Reggie Young, drummer Gene Chrisman, keyboardist Bobby Emmons and bassist Tommy Cogbill, grew into a crack recording unit and played on several Goldwax sessions before being lured away by a former engineer at the label, Chips Moman, who had left to open his own studio, American. At American the group went on to unheralded success, playing on 120 hit records in a three year period.
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Starting out as an engineer for Sam Phillips at Sun, Kessler engineered many of the mid-'60s Sun sessions, including Sam the Sham's big hit "Wooly Bully." Kessler also engineered sessions for the Goldwax label, and it was there that he put together a fixed group of studio musicians to back Goldwax stars like James Carr. The group, consisting of guitarist Reggie Young, drummer Gene Chrisman, keyboardist Bobby Emmons and bassist Tommy Cogbill, grew into a crack recording unit and played on several Goldwax sessions before being lured away by a former engineer at the label, Chips Moman, who had left to open his own studio, American. At American the group went on to unheralded success, playing on 120 hit records in a three year period.
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