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Alabama is an American country music band formed in Fort Payne, Alabama, in 1969.The band was founded by Randy Owen (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) and his cousin Teddy Gentry (bass, backing vocals).
Randy Yeuell Owen (born December 13, 1949) is an American country musician. He is best known for his role as the lead singer of Alabama, a country rock band that saw tremendous mainstream success throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
Cook co-founded the band Wildcountry, along with his cousins Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry, in 1972 (the name was changed to Alabama in 1977). He contributed lead as well as backing vocals, lead guitar, keyboard, and fiddle to the group's productions. [ 2 ]
Alabama lead singer Randy Owen, left, gives a heartfelt acceptance speech for the group's second straight Entertainer of the Year award as members Jeff Cook, Mark Herndon and Teddy Gentry look on ...
My Home's in Alabama is the fourth studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in May 1980 on RCA Nashville.It was the band's major label debut and breakthrough album, peaking at No. 3 on the Country album charts and no. 71 on Billboard 200.
Bass player Teddy Gentry, a founding member of the Grammy-winning country band Alabama, was arrested on Monday and charged with a misdemeanor drug offense, jail records show.
Two months after Troy Gentry tragically died in a helicopter accident, Angie Gentry accompanied their daughter, Kaylee, to the 2017 CMA Awards.
The song, a biographical look at Alabama's early career, hopes and dreams, also pays homage to the roots of band members Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry and Jeff Cook.The lyrics state that, while bigger and better things lay ahead, their home would always be in Alabama, "no matter where I lay my head" and that they were "southern-born and southern-bred."