“FROM A TINY GARAGE IN FORT PAYNE… TO 42 NO.1 HITS ON THE CHARTS.” Randy Owen and Jeff Cook grew up just a few streets apart, but somehow they carried the same loud dream in their quiet Alabama hearts. They didn’t have money, or fancy equipment — just two worn-out guitars, a dusty garage that felt hotter than July, and a belief that music might carry them somewhere bigger than Fort Payne. Then Teddy Gentry walked in, steady and soft-spoken, but with a rhythm that fit them like a missing puzzle piece. The three of them didn’t talk much that first afternoon. They didn’t need to. They plugged in their old amps, hit a few rough chords, and something in the air shifted — small, almost invisible, but real. Nobody knew it yet, but that was the moment a local garage band took its first breath… and the legend of Alabama quietly began. 💛
“FROM A TINY GARAGE IN FORT PAYNE… TO 42 NO.1 HITS ON THE CHARTS.” Some stories begin with fireworks.Alabama’s began…