The Fame Gang were an American rhythm & blues session group. Rick Hall hired the Fame Gang as the new studio band. This group backed up singers such as Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Clarence Carter, Bobbie Gentry, Etta James, and Candi Staton during recording sessions at FAME Studios. The Fame Gang, also called the Third FAME Rhythm Section, consisted of eight musicians plus arranger-producer Mickey Buckins. The session musicians who worked first at the the Fame studio became known as the Muscle Shoals Horns and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (or the Swampers). In 1969, ju…
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