Alabama Comes To The Family Arena
WHAT:
It's been 40 years since a
trio of young cousins left Fort Payne, Alabama, to spend the summer
playing in a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, bar called The Bowery. It
took Randy
Owen, Teddy Gentry and Jeff Cook six long years of tip jars and word of
mouth to earn the major label deal they'd been dreaming of, but then
seemingly no time at all to change the face of country music.
ALABAMA is the band that changed everything. They reeled off 21
straight #1 singles, a record that will probably
never be equaled in any genre. They brought youthful energy, sex appeal
and a rocking edge that broadened country's audience and opened the
door to self-contained bands from then on, and they undertook a journey
that led, 73 million albums later, to the Country
Music Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The
fact that some of the heirs of that legacy--Eli Young Band, Rascal
Flatts and Florida Georgia Line--are among the stars paying tribute on
“Alabama & Friends”
is part of their legacy as surely as the awards and plaudits they've
earned through the years. And those, of course, have been legion. They
include more than 150 major industry nods, including two Grammys, the
Minnie Pearl Humanitarian award, Entertainer of
the Year awards three times from the CMA and five times from the ACM,
as well as the latter's Artist of the Decade award. They earned 21 Gold
®, Platinum ® and Multi-Platinum ® albums and were named the RIAA's
Country Group of the Century.
WHEN:
Saturday, January 20, 2017 @ 7:30pm
WHERE:
The Family Arena -
2002 Arena Parkway * St. Charles, MO 63303
Tickets can be purchased at the
Family Arena Ticket Office or online at www.metrotix.com.
To charge by phone call MetroTix at 314-534-1111. For help purchasing accessible seating, please call The Family Arena ADA Hotline at 636-896-4234.
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