Alabama

The BayCare Sound at Coachman Park presents Alabama on Friday, April 5, at 7 p.m.

It’s the kind of story you read about in books and watch on the big screen at the movies. For the band Alabama, it’s not just a story; it’s their life. It is a classic American tale of rags to riches. From humble beginnings picking cotton in the fields to international stars that went on to sell 73 million albums while changing the face and sound of country music. It's been over 40 years since Randy, Jeff and Teddy, left the cotton farms of Fort Payne, Alabama, to spend the summer playing in a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina bar called The Bowery.

Enduring six years of hard work, they finally earned a major label deal in 1980. Alabama brought country music to the mainstream, with over 80 million albums sold, 43 #1 singles, and over 178 CMA Awards, GRAMMY® Awards, ACM Awards and counting. They’ve earned 21 Gold ®, Platinum ® and Multi-Platinum ® albums and were named the RIAA's Country Group of the Century. They are members of the Country Music Hall of Fame and have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2015, they received the ACM Career Achievement Award and "Album Of The Year" at the Dove Awards for Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites.