How did Alabama become the best country band and how did they get recognized?
Why did they give their group the name "Alabama"? Alabama is a American country band. The founder of the band is randy Owen and his cousin teddy Gentry. The band was formed in fort Payne, Alabama. You know, Alabama is the state of the America. The band of Alabama was named from them, because of there birth state. And also Alabama state is an area with strong country music roots. First of all the band name is not Alabama. There first name was wild country. They changed there name as a Alabama after they make there original songs. Two years later, Cook, Gentry, and Owen hired rock & roll drummer Herndon on a permanent basis. Before the 1970s they were play only covers, they didn’t wrote any of original songs . They began write the original songs after the group toured the Southeast bar circuit in the early 1970s. In 1973 the band relocated from Fort Payne, Alabama to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to become the house band for a club called The Bowery. Working for tips, they p...