Champagne Jam is an album by southern rock

Southern rock

Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music, and genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitar and vocals...

 band Atlanta Rhythm Section

Atlanta Rhythm Section

The Atlanta Rhythm Section, sometimes abbreviated ARS, is an American southern rock band. In 1970 former members of the Candymen and the Classics IV joined together and became the session band for the newly opened Studio One in Doraville, Georgia....

, released in 1978. (See 1978 in music

1978 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1978.-January–April:*January 14 – The Sex Pistols play their final show at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom....

). The single "Imaginary Lover" was the band's second Top 10 hit, peaking at #7 in the U.S. and #9 in Canada.

Track listing

1. "Large Time" (Bailey, Buie, Nix) – 2:55
2. "I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight" (Buie, Daughtry, Nix) – 4:06
3. "Normal Love" (Buie, Cobb, Daughtry, Nix) – 3:22
4. "Champagne Jam" (Buie, Cobb, Nix) – 4:31
5. "Imaginary Lover" (Buie, Daughtry, Nix) – 5:05
6. "The Ballad of Lois Malone" (Bailey, Buie, Daughtry, Nix) – 4:30
7. "The Great Escape" (Bailey, Buie, Nix) – 4:47
8. "Evileen" (Buie, Daughtry, Nix) – 3:32

Personnel

• Barry Bailey - electric guitar
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• Jo Jo Billingsley - vocals
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• Buddy Buie - vocals
• J.R. Cobb - guitar
  Guitar
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  , electric guitar, vocals
• Dean Daughtry - keyboards
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• Paul Davis - vocals
• Paul Goddard - bass
  Bass guitar
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• Ronnie Hammond - vocals, background vocals
• Robert Nix - drums
  Drum kit
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  , background vocals
• Artimus Pyle
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   - percussion
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Production

• Producers: Buddy Buie, Robert Nix
• Engineer: Rodney Mills
• Mixing: Rodney Mills
• Digital Remastering: Suha Gur
• Art Direction: Mike McCarty
• Design: Mike McCarty
• Photography: Rick Diamond

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Pop Albums	7

Trivia

Ronnie Dobbs, a fictional character portrayed by comedian David Cross

David Cross

David Cross is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian perhaps best known for his work on HBO's sketch comedy series Mr...

, is fond of saying, "Let's have us a champagne jam!", a reference to the song Champagne Jam.