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He is a guitarist and singer-songwriter born in Fort Payne, Alabama and lived on
a farm near Adamsburg. While still at high school he teamed
up with his cousins Teddy Gentry and Jeff Cook and they sang around Myrtle
Beach, South
Carolina. In between the singing he also
worked at jobs that included brick-laying and farming. They became the successful group Alabama,
and got their first recording contract in 1977 and first Top 40 hit in 1979
with "I Wanna Come Over". He has co-written many of the
band's songs and is a Grammy Award and Country Music Association
Award winner with the other members of the group.
Songs
I'm Stoned (Randy Owen/Teddy Gentry)
Old Flame (Donny R Lowery/Mac McAnally)
Source:
1.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_%28band%29
2.
www.thealabamaband.com
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