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and were named the riaa s country group of the century but awards are only a part of a legacy that finds its most important home in the hearts of listeners everywhere some of those are superstars in other genres as randy found out not long ago i was part of a benefit concert at the ryman he says and i look over there s jon bon jovi he walked over and said hello and it turns out he likes our music many more of course are everyday country fans a lot of fans will start a conversation with i don t want to bother you says jeff but what they don t understand is that everything that s happened to us every one of those awards happened because we ve been accepted and supported by our fans not long ago teddy was witness to a scene that shows that their legacy of song remains as fresh as it was when that streak in the 80s kicked it all off i was in nashville he says walking by this club full of young people i m talking 18 or 20 the band started playing dixieland delight and everybody in the place started singing and sang all the way through i had to smile at the longevity of the songs maybe some of those kids didn t even know who alabama was but they knew the music and so i think that s a tribute to the fact that we spent a career putting out good songs that stand the test of time with alabama friends all of us who agree get to celebrate that accomplishment and its legacy one more time close close about teddy gentry teddy wayne gentry was born in fort payne alabama on january 22 1952 at an early age teddy moved to nearby lookout mountain with his mother to live with his grandfather paw paw paw paw lived in a wooden frame house on a 60 acre cotton farm after graduating from high school early in his music career teddy worked many other jobs to pay the rent teddy recalls he did just about everything i ran a theatre i laid carpet i bagged groceries and i worked on a farm when not playing with alabama teddy enjoys spending time with his family and directing operations at his bent tree farms after receiving his first check from rca records in 1980 for 61 000 he asked his wife linda what he should do with the money she answered what means the most to you why don t you buy your grandfathers farm where you were raised because i know you love the old place well that s exactly what he did his grandfather agreed to sell the 60 acre cotton farm soon to be named bent tree farms for 1000 an acre where he had lived since the late 1920 s by 1980 teddy s grandfather was no longer able to farm the land and wished for teddy to take over the farm teddy s interest in the cattle business had continued to grow so in 1981 he purchased a neighboring farm that had belonged to his great grandfather owen the purchase of the new 60 acre farm grew the total farm size to around 140 acres where did bent tree farms get it s name teddy explains my son josh was in the second or third grade one night we were going over rhymes we had rhymed several words and suddenly i said our last name gentry to which he replied bent tree i was telling one of the boys working on the farm the next day about my son s saying bent tree he replied you know what a bent tree is i said no he said in oklahoma where i used to live there were bent trees that the indians would bend over when the trees were small and tie them to the ground to point the direction the tribe was moving at the time i contacted a lady at the alabama historical society who told me there were bent trees along the top of lookout mountain and little river canyon where our farm is when we found out this information we decided to change the name of the farm to bent tree farms when it comes to music teddy plays by ear and has written hundreds of songs he has co written many of the alabama hits how do i fall in love why lady why my home s in alabama fallin again give me one more shot sad lookin moon to name a few he s also the founder and president of creative cafe teddy was elected to the country music hall of fame in november 2005 along with his partners in alabama as part of his acceptance speech teddy remarked being put into the country music hall of fame is the greatest achievement of alabama s career i am moved and honored to be in the elite company of my heroes one of teddy s favorite career memories was the night acma presented alabama with the entertainer of the year award that was a dream come true for him and the band teddy enjoys reading fan mail especially from the young fans and wants all their fans to turn other people on to our music when asked if he had any thoughts for the fans teddy says i would like to extend many thanks for your support over the years and i hope that we can always put out a piece of product that will make the fans proud of us website close close about randy owen randy yeuell owen was born at the guest s clinic in fort payne alabama on december 13 1949 randy was raised with his two younger sisters in a frame farmhouse near adamsburg alabama in dekalb county very close by to lookout mountain randy is married with three children after graduating from fort payne high school randy attended jacksonville state university randy s hobbies include watching sports of all kinds writing short stories and composing poetry in the kitchen randy also prefers to eat vegetables home raised meats and home cooking when not playing with alabama randy enjoys listening to the eagles anne murray and ronnie milsap when not touring with alabama randy says he enjoys being alone with immediate family and most importantly away from the telephone while on the job he strums a smooth and steady rhythm guitar and sings most of the solo vocals on the group s hits he has played music since the age of 6 and has been playing with alabama for 28 years randy plays by ear and says that he doesn t know how many songs he has written but jokes that some of them have been recorded on the albums before and during his early music career randy took jobs laying brick painting farming and hanging sheet rock he says his long range goals are to help my family achieve a gentle way of living and to be known as friendly to the fans and have a good reputation with fellow musicians his favorite career memory is winning both the acm and cma entertainers of the year for three years in a row when asked if there was anything he wanted of the fans randy asked i want the fans to enjoy themselves and feel they ve gotten their money s worth from our concerts and records also i want them to understand that they are the most important people in our lives randy said that if he could only tell his fans one thing it would be i love and appreciate all of you website close close about jeff cook born and reared in fort payne alabama at the foot of lookout mountain jeff has been playing lead guitar and keyboards in bands since the age of thirteen securing a broadcast license only three days after his 14th birthday jeff went to work as a disc jockey at a local radio station the broadcast bug had gotten into jeff s blood and later resulted in him owning radio and tv stations after graduating from fort payne high school jeff received a degree in electronic technology from gadsden state community college in gadsden alabama and was named outstanding alumni by the american association of community colleges jeff says that radio combines two of his favorite things music and electronics in 1985 jeff along with albert lee and steve morse were named the top three guitarists by guitar player magazine s reader poll jeff plays electrifying lead guitar and all of those hot licks on the fiddle you hear are jeff too between the guitar and fiddle you would think jeff stays pretty busy well mr energy has been deemed the workhorse of the group and also plays keyboards bass and mandolin in his time off the road and in addition to music jeff enjoys coming to fort payne to work on electronics projects go bass fishing watch tv and work in his recording studio cook sound studios one of jeff s lifelong dreams has come true with the construction of cook sound studios the studio is a way for jeff to help other musicians share their music with others just as alabama has had the opportunity to do in jeff s words this area dekalb county has it s share of talented musicians and now the opportunity is there for each of them to cut demos records etc at an affordable price plus it s nice to share your dreams with others he married former delta flight attendant lisa williams on june 9 1995 they live in the castle their home atop lookout mountain overlooking fort payne the castle was the very first project of jeff s construction company bassbuilders they now spend a lot of time on lake guntersville alabama since the governor of alabama gave jeff a lifetime appointment as alabama state fishing ambassador jeff says with a title like state fishing ambassador i feel like i need to live on a lake they have no children but are quite content with their two shelty dogs booboo and blazer which they refer to as the furry boys the governor also proclaimed august 27th as jeff cook day in the state of alabama one of jeff s favorite cities is myrtle beach south carolina where he with alabama spent seven summers playing their music for various crowds his favorite states outside of alabama of course are florida and parts of california jeff says he has been playing music since three days before dirt since alabama left the road in 2004 jeff did not miss a beat forming the allstar goodtime band agb jeff and this eight piece band have several cd s out which include several number one songs on the independent charts having a horn section has enabled us to widen the scope of our music jeff says jeff s message to the fans is thank you for all of your support of alabama ain t we havin fun now keep your eyes and ears open for alabama and the jeff cook and the allstar goodtime band website close tour may 9 2026 coca cola amphitheater birmingham al info tickets with special guest jamey johnson fan club presale starts wed jan 21 at 10am cst and runs until thurs jan 22 at 10pm cst tickets go on sale to the general public on friday jan 23 at 10cst may 27 2026 the roc jacksonville al info tickets grand opening celebration country music stars descend on the campus of jacksonville state university to celebrate randy owen and the grand opening of the randy owen center for the performing arts roc fan club presale for this show starts tuesday april 14 at 10am cst and runs until thursday april 16 at 10am cst tickets go on sale to the general public on thursday april 16 at 10am cst jun 4 2026 river spirit casino tulsa ok info tickets fan club presale for this show starts tues march 31 at 10am ct and runs until thurs april 2 at 10pm ct tickets go on sale to the general public on fri april 3 at 10am ct jun 6 2026 whitewater amphitheater new braunfels tx info tickets fan club presale for this show starts wed dec 10 at 10am cst and runs until thurs dec 11 at 10pm cst tickets go on sale to the general public on fri dec 12 at 10am cst jun 11 2026 f m bank arena clarksville tn info tickets with special guest the gatlin brothers fan club presale for this show starts wednesday april 22 at 10am cdt and runs until thursday april 23 at 11 59pm cdt tickets go on sale to the general public on friday april 24 at 10am cdt jun 13 2026 live at the garden radians amphitheater memphis tn info tickets fan club for this show will start thursday april 23 at 10am cdt tickets go on sale to the general public on monday april 27 at 10am cdt jul 10 2026 country concert 26 fort loramie oh info tickets fan club presale for this show starts nov 18 at 9am est and runs until nov 20 at 11 59pm est tickets go on sale to the general public on nov 24 at 10am est jul 12 2026 the pavilion at montage mountain scranton pa info tickets with special guest terri clark and titus thornton fan club presale for this show starts wed apr 8 at 10am local and runs until thurs apr 9 at 10pm local tickets go on sale to the general public on fri apr 10 at 10am local aug 21 2026 iowa state fair des moines ia info tickets with special guest exile tickets go on sale to the general public on friday april 24 at 10am cdt aug 28 2026 ravinia highland park il tickets aug 30 2026 borgata event center atlantic city nj info tickets fan club presale for this show starts thurs april 16 at 10am edt and runs until 10pm edt tickets go on sale to the general public on fri april 17 at 10am edt oct 17 2026 the st augustine amphitheatre st augustine fl info tickets fan club presale for this show starts wed march 4 at 10am est and runs until thurs march 5 at 11 59pm est tickets go on sale to the general public on fri march 6 at 10am est view all dates awards 1980 s close 1980 cash box new vocal group of the year singles cash box new vocal group of the year albums 1981 country music association vocal group of the year country music association instrumental group of the year academy of country music vocal group of the year billboard new group of the year radio records group of the year radio records album of the year feels so right cashbox top vocal group of the year singles cashbox top vocal group of the year albums cashbox top group singles national association of record merchandisers gift of music award best selling country album by group feels so right 1982 country music association entertainer of the year country music association vocal group of the year country music association instrumental group of the year academy of country music entertainer of the year academy of country music group of the year academy of country music album of the year feels so right us magazine award favorite country group billboard breakthrough award country to pop billboard top album feels so right billboard top singles group billboard top album artist billboard top group of the year album and singles billboard top artists of the year album and singles radio records performers of the year radio records group of the year radio records album of the year mountain music cashbox programmers choice awards vocal group of the y ear cashbox programmers choice awards album of the year cashbox top group of the year albums cashbox top group of the year singles 192 cashbox male entertainer of the year national association of record merchandisers gift of music winner best selling country album by group mountain music amusement music operators of america most popular artist of the year music city news band of the year music city news album of the year 1983 grammy award mountain music country music association entertainer of the year country music association vocal group of the year country music association album of the year the closer you get academy of country music entertainer of the year academy of country music vocal group of the year american music award favorite country group billboard overall top artist billboard overall top group billboard top album artist billboard top album group billboard top 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