And even though it was clearly hard for keyboard player Dean Daughtry to get around, it was obvious that he's still doing this. I loved the way they played off each other. He would have to say the Justo Gusto made the show everything it was.Īnd that's not taking anything away from the rest of the band. And the song he sang after talking about being married to the same woman for 59 years was just beautiful.

but left the band before they started having hits.) He did a great job as far as I was concerned. (Well, I guess technically he WAS the original singer. I didn't realize that Rodney Justo wasn't the original singer on all these records. (In fact, I dug a couple of them out on Sunday after seeing the show.) I knew they had a lot of hits but they played some I had forgotten all about. I remember buying their albums when they came out. Thank you (and Ron!) again for the tickets to see The Atlanta Rhythm Section Saturday Night.

Well, I found out that Rodney Justo sang on the 1st album (no hits) and Ronnie Hammond sang all of their hits.