![]() ![]() They're doing a tribute album of all Bill Gaither songs, and we did a song called 'Somewhere Between Jesus and John Wayne.'” We're planning to put a couple brand-new songs in there for the fans. “We have a really good live album in the can that we're fixing to release over the next six months. The band also has plans to release more music. It's bringing one to mine, just thinking about it.” Alabama planning for new releases "I still love songwriting, and in fact, I wrote a song for my wife called 'Thanks.' It's a simple little song, but everybody who's heard it, it's brought a tear to their eye. I was honing my craft, learning how to write a better song, how to write a simpler song. I used to 'force write,' make myself write. If the fish aren't biting, or if you don't get a song, you still have a good day together. I enjoy fishing by myself, but it's a little bit more fun if you have somebody else to fish with. He writes sometimes by himself, and sometimes with others. “We're not in a 'have to' write stage, it's more of a 'want to' stage, or maybe a 'need to.' Once a writer, always a writer, I guess,” he said. ![]() Songwriting has continued for Gentry, who has co-written many of the band's hits, during the time off from touring during the pandemic. That helps keep us on our toes,” Gentry said.Ĭolumbus Commons events: Columbus Commons to host summer concerts with The Beach Boys, Sheryl Crow and more Most of the time, we'll change at least a couple songs per show. It's a great problem to have, when you have more hits than you can put into your set. “We're doing some stuff we haven't done for a while - 'Give Me One More Shot,' 'Sad Lookin' Moon' - some of the songs that we wrote in the later years rather than the real early years. With a deep catalog of hits, Alabama has a lot of songs to choose from, and audiences should expect some surprises along with the songs they might have come to expect. ![]() When you get out and get on that bus, four or five hundred miles a night is not fun anymore.” Alabama has 50 years of music from which to choose We want to keep it fun, for us and for the audience. “It's a long show and we try to not overwork ourselves. “After years of doing it, I just turned 70 and Randy's 72, we like to try to put on a good show, surround ourselves with good musicians, honor the music and the songs,” Gentry said, speaking by phone from his home in Lookout Mountain, Alabama. Luckily for fans in Greater Columbus, a stop at Value City Arena on April 28 is part of their limited engagements this year.Īlabama got its start in the late '60s and early '70s, when cousins Teddy Gentry, Randy Owen and Jeff Cook got together and started playing first for fun and then professionally, with Gentry on bass, Owen on rhythm guitar, and Cook on lead guitar.Īt this point, Gentry and Owen form the core of the band, with Cook having largely stepped back because of his battle with Parkinson's Disease.Įlton John review: Elton John proves 'I'm Still Standing' during emotional 2-hour show After 50 years, country-rock band Alabama has earned the right to slow down its schedule from what used to be a different-city-every-night kind of tour. ![]()
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