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The Alabama Band #3 My Home's in Alabama: 1979 1980 [16] "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" † Bob Corbin 40-Hour Week: 1985 [10] "Can't You See" Toy Caldwell: Alabama Live: 1988 "A Candle in the Window" Susan Longacre Walt Aldridge Gary Baker: Alabama Christmas: 1985 [17] "Carolina Mountain Dewe" Randy Owen Roll On: 1984 [14] "Changes Comin' On ...
The song also paved the way for the bigger success of the follow-up single, "My Home's in Alabama" (which provided fans with the country rock-influenced side of the band's sound), the group earning an invitation to the "New Faces" show at the annual Country Radio Seminar in Nashville, Tennessee, and an eventual contract with RCA Records.
Alabama is the most awarded band in the history of country music, with over 200 awards from a variety of organizations. [13] In 1981, Alabama won both the Vocal Group of the Year and Instrumental Group of the Year honors from the CMAs. It also won the ACM's Vocal Group of the Year award, and Billboard 's New Group of the Year honors.
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."
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. The title track pays homage to Alabama's southern rock roots.
The song was officially Alabama's first single release by RCA Nashville after they had signed with the label in March 1980. The song is part of the band's first RCA album, My Home's in Alabama, which also includes two earlier singles: "I Wanna Come Over" and the title track; the earlier songs had originally been released by the small MDJ Records, even though there were later RCA pressings of ...
Southern Drawl is the twenty-third studio album by American country music group Alabama, and their first new studio album of original materials since When It All Goes South in 2001. The album was released on September 18, 2015, with lead single "Wasn't Through Lovin' You Yet" released the same month. [ 3 ]
The song was recorded in 1966 by the rock group the Doors, listed as "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)".According to drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger, the song was presented by keyboardist Ray Manzarek to the group during their early years, and due to their dissatisfaction with the melody, they radically changed it.