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    Mountain Music


    The country-rock tradition that originated with the Eagles and Poco has been kept alive recently by such groups as the Larry Gathn Band, the Oak Ridge Boys and Alabama. All of these outfits are more adept at country than rock, and of the three, Alabama is currently the most successful – and the...

    1982 RS: 2of 5 Stars


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The biggest-selling country group of the '80s, Alabama began in 1969 as a trio of cousins: Jeff Cook, Randy Owen, and Teddy Gentry. Then known as Young Country, the band performed on weekends at a local amusement park, Canyonland. In 1973, after moving to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the group (with drummer Rich Scott), began playing its own songs in clubs, renaming itself Alabama.

After a few...

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