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Alabama

Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen (lead vocals, Rhythm Guitar) and his cousin Teddy Gentry (bass guitar, background vocals), soon joined by Jeff Cook (Lead Guitar, fiddle, keyboards). In 1973, after Owen's graduation from Jacksonville State University, they gave 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. The band is often credited with bringing country music groups (as opposed to solo vocalists) into the mainstream, paving the way for the success of today's top country groups. Since i… more »


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The stage is set tonight down in Nashville
It's been a long hard ride into town
And thanks to some cowboys and heroes
My chance to sing has finally come around.

The first song I ever sang was Haggard's
Momma sang to me, ''I Saw the Light''
And I'd turn my radio up louder
To hear Johnny Cash, ''Walk the Line.''

Mmmm
Ol' Waylon sang the songs about ''Texas''
Willie's blue eyes, ''Cryin' in the Rain''
Bocephus sang the songs about ''Dixie''
And Lefty taught us all how to sing.

Chorus:
Hats off to hard ridin' cowboys
Riding somewhere tonight
Hats off to hard ridin' cowboys
Wanted, dead or alive.

Well, Charlie ran the ''Devil Out of Georgia''
Skynyrd sang of ''Sweet Home Alabam'
The Allman Brothers taught us how to ramble
And the Tucker boys showed us how to jam.

Chorus:
Hats off to hard ridin' cowboys
Riding somewhere tonight
Hats off to hard ridin' cowboys
Wanted, dead or alive.

Well, the stage is set tonight up in Heaven
And Reba's band is there with Patsy Cline
And all around there's cowboys and cowgirls
And thanks to them the music's still alive.

Chorus:
Hats off to hard ridin' cowboys
Flyin' somewhere tonight
Hats off to hard flyin' cowboys
Wanted, dead or alive...

--- Instrumental as humming in background to fade ---

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Written by: GREG FOWLER, RANDY OWEN, RONNIE ROGERS, TEDDY GENTRY

Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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