It was 1982, and I was three years old. My dad owned a car repair shop in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, near where I grew up in Sevierville. My first life memory is listening to Alabama’s “Mountain Music” ...

Some country music history went down Saturday night at Alabama’s sold-out concert at Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville. On Alabama’s last song of the night, “Mountain Music,” singer/guitarist Randy ...

Alabama’s Randy Owen didn’t want to cry Tuesday night. But he did. A couple of hours before BMI honored him with its prestigious Icon Award at its BMI Country Awards on Music Row, Alabama’s lead ...

A chorus lyric from Alabama’s classic hit “Mountain Music” -- “like grandma and grandpa used to play” -- has come true. In our 2024 interview, Alabama frontman Randy Owen spoke fondly about the mix of ...

A 1982 country classic nearly missed radio play over one element that was considered too controversial for the genre at the time. Alabama reached the top of the Billboard Country Music charts in 1982 ...