Atlanta Rhythm Section (1976) Dog Days

 The former session men excelled at a lush mix of smooth keyboards and southern fried blues like an Allman Brothers for the 80s. But Dog Days is the title track of their 1976 breakthrough, it features sharper stabs of strings and horns with Live and Let Die James Bond theme vibe. It's a thick intoxicating ode to Dog Days capturing the draining heat of long summer afternoons in the lead vocals of  Ronnie Hammond and ponderous jazz piano.