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| Paul Goddard |
Paul Goddard, the bass player and a founding member of the
stylish Southern rock band the Atlanta Rhythm Section, died Tuesday of cancer
in Atlanta, according to the group's manager, Len Fico.
He was 68, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Goddard performed on such ARS hits as “So Into You,”
“Imaginary Lover,” “I’m Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight,” “Do It or Die” and
the remake of the Classics IV’s “Spooky.”
The bespectacled Goddard, who favored Rickenbacker 4001 and
Fender P bass guitars, had retired from touring in the mid-1980s but returned
to the band in 2011 with singer Rodney Justo, another founding member.
“I knew Paul when he was a guitarist, and maybe that’s why his bass playing was so musical,” said Justo, who exited the band in 1972 to be replaced by the late singer Ronnie Hammond. “And to go with that musicality was a unique sound that made him so identifiable to fans and other musicians as well. Yes, at one time he was ‘that big fat guy that played bass,’ but once he started playing, he wasn’t fat. He was a giant.”
Guitarist Barry Bailey, keyboardist Dean Daughtry and
drummer Robert Nix were the other original members of ARS, which came out of
the small town of Doraville, Ga.
Buddy Buie, a songwriter and guitarist for Classics IV, put
the band together and produced, managed and wrote songs for ARS.
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