Alabama is an American country and Southern rock 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 guitar, background vocals). They were soon joined by their other cousin, Jeff Cook (lead guitar, fiddle, and keyboards). First operating under the name Wildcountry, the group toured the Southeast bar circuit in the early 1970s and began writing original songs. […]
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Somewhere in a little corner of the internet, a friend raised the question. “How do you view your own morality?” A loaded question for a sure. Especially considering her target audience. A bunch of middle age vagabonds that at this point in their lives have more regrets then they have dreams. My initial thought was […]
To say Bob Seger is one my favorite artists would be a vast understatement. For me he has so many great songs it’s really hard for me to pick just one. However, since I had to choose I decided to go with one I have always really liked. Surprisingly it was also his second biggest […]
Linda Ronstadt began performing “You’re No Good” to close her live shows in early 1973 after her band member Kenny Edwards suggested it to her. She first included it in her setlist while opening for Neil Young. Ronstadt gave an early televised performance of “You’re No Good” on an episode of The Midnight Special which was broadcast December 21, 1973. Ronstadt […]
Ronnie Lee Milsap (born January 16, 1943) is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country music’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s. He became one of the most successful and versatile country “crossover” singers of his time, appealing to both country and pop music markets with hit songs that incorporated […]
“Rocky Mountain High” is a folk-rock song written by John Denver and Mike Taylor about Colorado and is one of the two official state songs of Colorado.[1] Recorded by Denver in 1972, it went to #9 on the US Hot 100 in 1973. (The song also made #3 on the Easy Listening chart and was played by some country music stations.) Denver told concert audiences […]
“In the Air Tonight” is the debut solo single by the English singer-songwriter and drummer Phil Collins. It was released as the lead single from Collins’ debut solo album, Face Value, in January 1981. Collins co-produced the single with Hugh Padgham, who became a frequent collaborator in the following years. The song was an instant hit, quickly climbing […]
Kathleen Alice Mattea (born June 21, 1959) is an American country music and bluegrass performer who often brings folk, Celtic, and traditional country sounds to her music. Active since 1984 as a recording artist, she has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including four that reached No. 1: “Goin’ Gone“, “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses“, “Come from the […]
Joe Satriani is about to release his latest Album on January 12th Satriani consciously went in a more simplistic direction than on his previous album, Shockwave Supernova – as opposed to an alien alter ego, this time he wrote songs “about a human being, two feet on the ground, heart pumping, with emotions, dreams, and hopes. That […]