Seventy-seven years ago today, the guitarist who co-founded the best-selling band in country music history was born in Alabama.

Alabama Shakes aren’t phoning in their reunion with just big touring paydays and couple new tracks. Today, the Athens, Alabama founded rock and soul band announced their first new album since 2015.

The music was hot. Dudes in the crowd could rock to it, and the girls could dance to it. And because of that, in the early/mid ’90s Blues Old Stand became one of the Southeast’s greatest “almost ...

Alabama – The Band will perform at Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia, on Oct. 15, 2026. The concert is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., bringing one of country music’s most successful groups to the ...