https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obJcAetVU6Y
In July 2017, broadcaster, author and founder of Stony Plain Records, Holger Petersen was invited to the WC Handy festival in Florence, Alabama to do a book

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzzsgwEdiu8
Interview with Swamper, David Hood. David is still playing Bass after nearly 50 years. He talks about "Muscle Shoals" the award winning documentary about the

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUXdC3rPa1E
In July 2017, broadcaster, author and founder of Stony Plain Records, Holger Petersen was invited to the WC Handy festival in Florence, Alabama to do a book

https://www.al.com/life/2019/09/a-swamper-a-brother-david-hood-talks-jimmy-johnson.html
David Hood and Jimmy Johnson - founding members of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section a.k.a. the Swampers at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Ala. (Bob Gathany/File) AL.com. By. Matt

https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2014/02/20/ill-take-you-there-an-interview-with-david-hood/
That place is Muscle Shoals and that bass player is David Hood. If you haven't heard about the new documentary, simply entitled Muscle Shoals, then you have now. The film references some of the great artists who have recorded there (Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, The Staple Singers, Traffic, Paul Simon), and, like any good music documentary

https://knowyourbassplayer.com/2016/05/26/2016-5-26-david-hood/
David Hood (Muscle Shoals) ... "Tell Mama" …"Rock Me On the Water"… He anchored "The Swampers" aka the iconic Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section of Jimmie Johnson, Roger Hawkins and Barry Beckett on hundreds of recordings which shaped popular music in the 20th Century, and whose influence continues to resonate in the grooves of hip

https://www.al.com/entertainment/2016/12/muscle_shoals_has_got_the_swam.html
Thanks to the sterling 2013 documentary film "Muscle Shoals" many more music fans know these men, bassist David Hood and guitarist Jimmy Johnson, are two of the most prolific and tasteful session

https://www.al.com/entertainment/2014/09/post_266.html
On Sept. 18, Hood and fellow Swamper guitarist Jimmy Johnson will attend a special screening of the 2013 documentary film "Muscle Shoals" during the 7 p.m. at Fort Payne's DeKalb Theatre (306

https://www.alamhof.org/david-hood
A native of the Muscle Shoals area, David Hood "fell into the music business unintentionally" when he found he was making more "playing for fun" than working for his father. ... In 1969, Hood along with partners Jimmy Johnson, Roger Hawkins and Barry Beckett, left Fame and went into business for themselves, purchasing a small studio and

https://www.grunge.com/417271/the-untold-truth-of-the-muscle-shoals-rhythm-section/
The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, also known as The Swampers, consisted of four men you've definitely heard — but likely never heard of. Session musicians David Hood on bass, Barry Beckett on keyboards, Jimmy Johnson on rhythm guitar, and Roger Hawkins on drums played on scores of hit records in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s and helped arrange songs for huge acts like the Rolling Stones, Aretha

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hood
September 21, 1943 (age 80) Sheffield, Alabama U.S. Genres. Rock, R&B. Occupation (s) Session musician. Instrument (s) Bass guitar, trombone. David Hood (born September 21, 1943) is an American musician, hailing from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, He is known for playing the bass guitar and trombone, and is a member of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_Shoals_Rhythm_Section
David Hood. Jimmy Johnson. The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section is a group of American session musicians based in the northern Alabama town of Muscle Shoals. One of the most prominent American studio house bands from the 1960s to the 1980s, these musicians, individually or as a group, have been associated with more than 500 recordings, including 75

https://musictrail.una.edu/?page_id=900
DAVID HOOD. David Hood was born and grew up in Sheffield, Alabama. He started playing trombone in the high school band and by age 17 he was playing guitar and bass. While attending the University of North Alabama, David and three former classmates formed The Mystics to play the fraternity circuit in Alabama and Mississippi. David also started

https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/jimmy-johnson
Jimmy Johnson was a co-founder of the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama along with fellow studio musicians Roger Hawkins, Barry Beckett and David Hood. The four musicians, known as the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, started playing together in and around Jimmy's hometown of Sheffield, Alabama, not too far from where his studio would later stand. He began recording with Frame Studios

https://www.facebook.com/SESSIONMEN1/videos/muscle-shoals-rhythm-section/1175693019132157/
230,000+ views. Director Gil Baker: "This offline edit preview with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm features Roger Hawkins, David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, Pete Carr and Clayton Ivey with comments from Fame Studios founder-producer Rick Hall and the great Johnny Rivers."

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With the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, aka The Swampers, he built one of drumming's towering discographies. ... including bassist David Hood, guitarist Jimmy Johnson and keyboardists Barry Beckett and Spooner Oldham. Hawkins said in our 2019 interview, "I was a better listener than I was a player and I think the other guys were too

https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/david-hood
David Hood is the co-founder of Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Alabama. The studio was formed in 1969 when four session musicians left Frame Studios to create their own recording studio. The four, Jimmy Johnson, Roger Hawkins, Barry Beckett and David, were first a well-known rhythm section that backed the likes of Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett. David's bass playing can be heard on

https://www.guitarworld.com/news/muscle-shoals-guitarist-jimmy-johnson-dead-at-76
The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section at FAME Studios in 1968: (l-r) David Hood, Jimmy Johnson and Junior Lowe (Image credit: House Of Fame LLC/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Jimmy Johnson, a guitarist for the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section who played on songs by everyone from Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones and Lynyrd

https://www.mixonline.com/recording/jimmy-johnson-engineer-producer-and-swamper-dead-at-76
Sheffield, AL (September 6, 2019)—Guitarist, engineer and producer Jimmy Johnson, co-founder of Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, died on September 5 after a long illness; he was 76. "The mighty Jimmy Johnson has passed," wrote Jason Isbell on Twitter. Isbell grew up in the Muscle Shoals area and was signed to his first publishing deal by FAME

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Aug 11, 2018 - In July 2017, broadcaster, author and founder of Stony Plain Records, Holger Petersen was invited to the WC Handy festival in Florence, Alabama to do a book

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jimmy-johnson-obituary-880678/
Jimmy Johnson (center), the Muscle Shoals guitarist who backed Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon and Wilson Pickett, has died at the age of 76. House Of Fame LLC/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/muscle-shoals-sound-studios-founder-002051490.html
Jimmy Johnson, a founder of the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios and guitarist with the famed studio musicians "The Swampers," has died. As a studio musician, recording engineer and record producer

https://whnt.com/news/shoals/jimmy-johnson-founding-member-of-the-swampers-has-died/
One of the pioneers of the Muscle Shoals music industry and co-founder of Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Jimmy Johnson, passed away today, Sept. 5, 2019. Johnson was 76.