Alabama
Groupe US de Country Rock, Alabama fut fondé en 1969 par Randy Owen, Jeff Cook et Teddy Gentry. Professionnels depuis 1973, les Wild Country (leur nom initial) se produisent d'abord en lever de rideau d'artistes Country. Après l'arrivée de Mark Herndon, le groupe devient Alabama et enregistre son premier disque en 1977 pour le label GTR. Depuis, Alabama a enregistré pour RCA et a figuré régulièrement dans les charts Country. Ils se sont séparés en 2003.
Before Alabama, bands were usually relegated to a supporting role in country music. In the first part of the century, bands were popular with audiences across the country, but as recordings became available, nearly every popular recording artist was a vocalist, not a group. Alabama was the group that made country bands popular again. Emerging in the late '70s, the band had roots in both country and rock; in fact, many of Alabama's musical concepts, particularly the idea of a performing band, owed more to rock and pop than hardcore country. However, there is no denying that Alabama is a country band — the bandmembers' pop instincts may come from rock, but their harmonies, songwriting, and approach are indebted to country, particularly the Bakersfield sound of Merle Haggard, bluegrass, and the sound of Nashville pop. A sleek, country-rock sound made the group the most popular country group in history, selling more records than any other artist of the '80s and earning stacks of awards.
First cousins Randy Owen (born December 14, 1949; lead vocal, rhythm guitar) and Teddy Gentry (born January 22, 1952; vocals, bass) form the core of Alabama. Owen and Gentry grew up on separate cotton farms on Lookout Mountain in Alabama, but the pair learned how to play guitar together; the duo also had sung in church together before they were six years old. On their own, Gentry and Owen played in a number of different bands during the '60s, playing country, bluegrass, and pop on different occasions. During high school, the duo teamed with another cousin, Jeff Cook (born August 27, 1949; lead guitar, vocals, keyboards, fiddle), to form Young Country in 1969. Before joining his cousins, Cook had played in a number of bands and was a rock & roll DJ. Young Country's first gig was at a high-school talent contest; performing a Merle Haggard song, the band won first prize — a trip to the Grand Ole Opry. However, the group was fairly inactive as Owen and Cook went to college.
After Owen and Cook graduated from college, they moved with Gentry to Anniston, AL, with the intention of keeping the band together. Sharing an apartment, the band practiced at night and performed manual labor during the day. They changed their name to Wildcountry in 1972, adding drummer Bennet Vartanian to the lineup. The following year, they made the decision to become professional musicians, quitting their jobs and playing a number of bars in the Southeast. During this time, they began writing their own songs, including "My Home's in Alabama." Vartanian left soon after the band turned professional; after losing four more drummers, Rick Scott was added to the lineup in 1974.
Wildcountry changed its name to Alabama in 1977, the same year the band signed a one-record contract with GRT. The resulting single, "I Wanna Be With You Tonight," was a minor success, peaking in the Top 80. Nevertheless, the single's performance was an indication that Alabama was one of the most popular bands in the Southeast; at the end of the decade, the band was playing over 300 shows a year. After "I Wanna Be With You Tonight," the group borrowed $4,000 from a Fort Payne bank, using the money to record and release its own records, which were sold at shows. When GRT declared bankruptcy a year after the release of "I Wanna Be With You Tonight," the bandmembers discovered that they were forbidden from recording with another label because of a hidden clause in their contract. For two years, Alabama raised money to buy out its contract. In 1979, the group was finally able to begin recording again. That same year, Scott left the band. Scott was replaced by Mark Herndon, a former rock drummer who helped give Alabama its signature sound.
Later in 1979, Alabama self-recorded and released an album, hiring an independent record promoter to help get radio play for the single "I Wanna Come Over." The band also sent hundreds of hand-written letters to program directors and DJs across the country. "I Wanna Come Over" gained the attention of MDJ Records, a small label based in Dallas. MDJ released the single, and it reached number 33 on the charts. In 1980, MDJ released "My Home's in Alabama," which made it into the Top 20. Based on the single's success, Alabama performed at the Country Music New Faces show, where the band was spotted by an RCA Records talent scout, who signed the group after the show.
Alabama released its first RCA single, "Tennessee River," late in 1980. Produced by Harold Shedd, the song began a remarkable streak of 21 number one hits (interrupted by the 1982 holiday single "Christmas in Dixie"), which ran until 1987; after one number seven hit, the streak resumed for another six singles, resulting in a total of 27 number one singles during the decade. Taken alone, the amount of chart-topping singles is proof of Alabama's popularity, but the band also won numerous awards, had seven multi-platinum albums, and crossed over to the pop charts nine times during the '80s.
In the '90s, their popularity declined somewhat, yet they were still having hit singles and gold and platinum albums with regularity. Even after their dissolution in 2003, it's unlikely that any other country group will be able to surpass the success of Alabama.http://www.thealabamaband.com/
Talents: Randy : lead vocals, rhythm guitar - Jeff : vocals, lead guitar, keyboards, fiddle, bass guitar- Teddy : vocals, bass guitar - Mark : drums, percussion
Style musical : Contemporary Country, Urban Cowboy, Country Pop, Country Rock
BORN COUNTRY
August 28, 2009
Alabama
Hasil Adkins
Hasil Adkins
Talents : Singer, Guitar
Style musical : Rockabilly, Rock 'n' Roll, Honky-Tonk
HA HA CAT WALK BABY
Jerry Lee Lewis - Lonely Weekends
Jerry Lee Lewis - vocal/pianoJerry Lee Lewis - Lonely Weekends
Jerry Kennedy - lead guitar
Ray Edenton, Chip Young - rh.guitar
Harold Bradley - bass guitar
Pete Drake - steel
Bob Moore - bass
Buddy Harman - drums
Kenneth Lovelace - fiddle
Hargus Pig Robbins - piano
Bill Strom - organ
Charlie McCoy - marimba
Vocal accompaniment by
Joe Babcock, Mildred Kirkham, Dolores Edgin, June Page, Hurshel Wigginton, Patrica Williams
Recorded: 1972, Mercury Custom Recording Studio, Nashville
LONELY WEEKENDS
(Charlie Rich)
« © '60 Charles Rich Music »
Well I'm makin' alright from Monday morning to Friday night
Oh those lonely weekends
Since you left me I'm as lonely as I can be
Oh those lonely weekends
Said you'd be so good to Jerry Lee you said our love would never die
You said you'd be so good to me but baby you didn't even try
Well I'm makin' alright from Monday morning to Friday night
But oh those lonely weekends yeah
You said you'd be...
I said oh those lonely weekends I said oh those lonely weekends
Jerry Lee Lewis - What's Made Milwaukee Famous
Jerry Lee Lewis - vocal/pianoJerry Lee Lewis - What's Made Milwaukee Famous
Jerry Kennedy - lead guitar
Ray Edenton, Chip Young - rh.guitar
Harold Bradley - bass guitar
Lloyd Green - steel
Bob Moore - bass
Buddy Harman - drums
Kenneth Lovelace - fiddle
Hargus Pig Robbins - piano
Charlie McCoy - harmonica
Vocals:
Dorothy Ann Dillard, Mildred Kirkham, Louis Nunley, William Wright,
Joe Babcock, Dolores Edgin, June Page, Hurshel Wigginton
Recorded: 1968, Monument Studio, Nashville
WHAT'S MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS
(Glenn Sutton)
« © '68 Al Gallico Music »
It's late and she's waiting and I know I should go home
But every time I start to leave they play another song
And someone buys another round then whenever drinks are free
What's made Milwaukee famous has made a fool out of me
Baby's begged me not to go so many times before
She says love and happiness can't live behind those swinging doors
Now she's gone and I'm to blame too late I finally see
What's made Milwaukee famous has made a loser out of me
Baby's begged me not to go...
What's made Milwaukee famous has made a loser out of me
RTL-Video Admits 'Michael Jackson Alive' über-hoax (Read Retraction)
RTL-Video Admits 'Michael Jackson Alive' über-hoax (Read Retraction)
RT @mrjyn - http://bit.ly/1jo1Ok - #MichaelJackson #Alive #über #hoax #youtube #Video VIA @mrjyn AND FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE TO Nichopoulouzo http://www.youtube.com/nichopoulouzo YouTube Channel @mrjyn http://www.twitter.com/mrjyn FOR MORE LIKE...RTL-Video Admits 'Michael Jackson Alive' über-hoax
http://www.youtube.com/LosAngelesCot24 (THE ORIGINAL YOUTUBE UPLOADER HAS RECEIVED ALMOST A MILLION VIEWS SINCE YESTERDAY...READ HIS DESCRIPTION (BELOW) AND LET HIM KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT INSULTING YOUR INTELLIGENCE:
"Michael Jackson still alive after helicopter transport to coroner--This video shows that Michael was still alive after his dead body was transported to the Los Angeles Dept. of Coroner. (HE EVEN LIES TO MAKE IT BELIEVABLE) I checked the license plate number and it looks like the King of Pop is jumping out of the same van, his dead body has been in. I got the original video tape from a trustworthy source. I know him for years. And I am sure it´s real and Michael is alive." -- http://www.youtube.com/LosAngelesCot24
GERMAN RETRACTION (TRANSLATED)
RTL "Michael Jackson is still alive"
26.08.2009 19:05
The RTL-Magazin "explosive" wanted to test the readiness of conspiracy theorists in relation to the death of pop king Michael Jackson and this has apparently made a self-produced short films on the web.//Das RTL-Magazin "explosiv" wollte die Bereitschaft von Verschwörungstheoretikern in Bezug auf den Tod von Pop-König Michael Jackson testen und hat hierfür scheinbar einen selbstproduzierten Kurzfilm ins Web gestellt.
Mit bombastischen Erfolg: With bombastic success:
Der Film eroberte in 28 Stunden weltweit die Medien.//The film captured the world in 28 hours the media.// In dem Video (siehe unten) wurden Szenen nachgestellt, auf denen ein Mann aus dem Wagen eines Rechtsmediziners steigt. In the video were reconstructed scenes in which a man rises from the car of a legal health-care professional.// "explosiv" zeigt heute am Donnerstag, den 27.8.um 18.00 Uhr, wie sich das Video danach in Windeseile im World Wide Web verbreitete.// 'Explosive' now showing on Thursday, 27.8.um 18.00 clock, like the video then spread like wildfire on the World Wide Web.//
Das Video wurde am 25.// The video was on 25 August laut bild.de ins Internet gestellt von einer "anonymen" Quelle. August bild.de made according to the Internet - from an "anonymous" source. Keine 24 Stunden später wurde das Filmchen bereits mehr als 140.000-mal aufgerufen.// Less than 24 hours later, the movies have already been called up more than 140,000 times.
MICHAEL JACKSON - ALIVE - Google News" http://bit.ly/uQ3nx
"Michael Jackson lebt noch" "Michael Jackson is still alive"
"Michael Jackson lebt noch"
"Michael Jackson is still alive"
Falsches RTL-Video über Michael Jackson Incorrect RTL video about Michael Jackson
26.08.2009 19:05 Uhr 26.08.2009 19:05 Clock
Das RTL-Magazin "explosiv" wollte die Bereitschaft von Verschwörungstheoretikern in Bezug auf den Tod von Pop-König Michael Jackson testen und hat hierfür scheinbar einen selbstproduzierten Kurzfilm ins Web gestellt. The RTL-Magazin "explosive" wanted to test the readiness of conspiracy theorists in relation to the death of pop king Michael Jackson and this has apparently made a self-produced short films on the web. Mit bombastischen Erfolg: With bombastic success:
Der Film eroberte in 28 Stunden weltweit die Medien. The film captured the world in 28 hours the media. In dem Video (siehe unten) wurden Szenen nachgestellt, auf denen ein Mann aus dem Wagen eines Rechtsmediziners steigt. In the video (see below) were reconstructed scenes in which a man rises from the car of a legal health-care professional. "explosiv" zeigt heute am Donnerstag, den 27.8.um 18.00 Uhr, wie sich das Video danach in Windeseile im World Wide Web verbreitete. 'Explosive' now showing on Thursday, 27.8.um 18.00 clock, like the video then spread like wildfire on the World Wide Web.
Das Video wurde am 25. The video was on 25 August laut bild.de ins Internet gestellt – von einer "anonymen" Quelle. August bild.de made according to the Internet - from an "anonymous" source. Keine 24 Stunden später wurde das Filmchen bereits mehr als 140.000-mal aufgerufen. Less than 24 hours later, the movies have already been called up more than 140,000 times.
Hier das RTL-Video: Here, the RTL-Video:
Is Michael Jackson still alive? Take my poll
City Brights: Zennie Abraham : Is Michael Jackson still alive? Take my pollOn YouTube.com
UPDATE: Internet chatter points to German TV's RTL as maker of "fake" video. No statement from RTL as of this writing.
This has been a hard day to say the least with the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy, but harder still is the idea that the King of Pop, Michael Jackson may still be alive.
You read that correctly.
There's a video flying around the Internet that strongly claims to show Michael Jackson being assisted from the back of what looks like and apparently is a Los Angeles County Coroner's Office ambulance. The vehicle is captures on camera driving in a dark tunnel of sorts. A chain fence door closes as the camera approaches, keeping it from getting any closer to the ambulance.
The camera person has the presence of mind to zoom in and as the person did, a person walked around from the right and opened the door, assisting a small person dressed in a white shirt and black pants and what appears to be a kind of black shall covering their head. If it wasn't Jackson, the person was built like Jackson looks.
The person who put up the video at the YouTube channel LosAngelesCot24 wrote:
This video shows that Michael was still alive after his dead body was transported to the Los Angeles Dept. of Coroner I checked the license plate number and it looks like the King of Pop is jumping out of the same van, his dead body has been in. I got the original video tape from a trustworthy source. I know him for years. And I am sure it´s real and Michael is alive.
It's also the only video on that person's YouTube channel, below are other videos that report to show the bodybag Jackson was in moving. Frankly, it's hard to tell anything from those videos, but the LA Coroner video's another story.
Look at this photo:
Photo courtesy of IrishTimes.com This is a real picture of the LA County Coronor's staffers placing what's supposed to be the body of Jackon in the van. Look closely at the van itself. Notice the doors and how the blue stripe comes to a pointed end at the nearside door on the car's left. Also, take note of the top light over the doors. And the same license plate on that side.
Now, look at this still from the video claiming to show Jackson's alive:
It has the same license plate in the same area, same painting scheme. Basically it looks like the same vehicle. I can't read the numbers on the license plate, so it's hard to tell if it really is the car, but someone should have these videos and photos analyzed. Also, the L.A. County Coroner's Office should issue some kind of statement.
I really don't know what all of this means except that this is something that should be looked into if only to debunk it. It's all over the news, from the Chicago Tribune to the website Associated Content and TMZ.com. Those outlets are trusted sources such that they do appears to believe this should be looked into.
In the end, for some reason the words "Maybe now they will leave you alone" keep ringing in my head.
What do you think?
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/abraham/detail?blogid=95&entry_id=46328#ixzz0PW19WsDH
City Brights: Zennie Abraham : Did RTL make fake "Michael Jackson alive video" as ad sales fell?
City Brights: Zennie Abraham : Did RTL make fake "Michael Jackson alive video" as ad sales fell?Did RTL make fake "Michael Jackson alive video" as ad sales fell?
Two days ago a video surfaced that claimed to show Michael Jackson being escorted out of an LA County Coroner's ambulance in a dark tunnel. Given that few had the actual footage of the vehicle entering the hospital, and the design of the one in the video, it was hard to tell if it was real or fake.
The video made the rounds to many outlets around the World, and was the basis for my blog poll and video here.
I was waiting for a statement by the LA County Coroner's Office to officially debunk the matter, but now we have the forum-based news being propagated that German TV organization RTL created the fake video. I note it in this way because RTL has not as of this writing issued an official statement or press release; it's internet chatter. But given RTL's economic woes, it's logical they would do this.
UPDATE: Press release by RTL (in German)
What's RTL?
RTL Group is Europe's largest broadcast company, and RTL Television is a division in it. I discovered that Berlin-based RTL's facing a massive ad sales crisis, which undoubtedly led to the creation of this elaborate hoax. Over the last six months, RTL has lost $150 million. Gaining eyeballs around the World is RTL's desire and this "fake" project would be the perfect way to do it. But now RTL needs to make an official statement and post it under the keywords "rtl michael jackson" before this gets even more out of hand.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/abraham/detail?blogid=95&entry_id=46336#ixzz0PW0TWfFk