Alabama
About this star
- Category: Recording
- Unveiled: 06 Oct 1998
- Star rank: 2185
- Address:
7058 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing east
- GPS location:
34.101417, -118.343729
Biography
Autographed photo of Alabama
Source: Wikipedia
Alabama was a Grammy Award-winning country music and southern rock band that wrote and performed their own songs. They relied heavily on the power of corporate megalabels and their own songwriting ability to access to media streams. Originated in Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. In the late ’60s, Randy Owen (lead vocals), and his cousin Teddy Gentry (bass guitar, background vocals) found they both enjoyed a common interest in music. Jeff Cook (guitar, fiddle, keyboards) soon joined the duo, and eventually Mark Herndon added his skills on drums. They started playing on a regular basis, and while still working their day jobs they started playing local establishments in the evenings. The group used their spare time to compose, practice, and play their style of harmony and music. In 1973, after Owen’s graduation from Jacksonville State University, members of the group decided to give up their day jobs and weekend gigs. The group, formerly known as “Wildcountry”, left Fort Payne and Lookout Mountain to explore the possibilities of the club scene in surrounding coastal South Carolina.
Fact file
- Also known as: Young Country Wildcountry
- Origin: Fort Payne, Alabama, U.S.
- Genres: Country, Southern rock
- Years active: 1972-2002 2006-2007
- Labels: GRT MDJ RCA
- Associated acts: Cook & Glenn, Juice Newton
- Website: www.thealabamaband.com
Read more about Alabama at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Hollywood Blvd, south side, between Marshfield and Sycamore
Nearby you will also find Siegfried & Roy, Antonio Aguilar, The Four Tops, Juan Gabriel, and many others.