Songs of Inspiration, Vol. 2

Performer: Alabama
Engineer: Mark Capps; Mike Bradley; Bart Pursley
Producer: Randy Owen; Randy Owen
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: Alabama: Gary Prim (Hammond b-3 organ); Eddie Bayers (drum); Jeff Cook, Larry Paxton, Mark Casstevens, Randy Owen. Personnel: Randy Owen (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Del McCoury (vocals, acoustic guitar); Jeff Cook (vocals, electric guitar); Ronnie McCoury (vocals, banjo); Theodore Gentry (vocals); Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar, dobro, banjo, harmonica); Randy Kohrs (acoustic guitar, dobro); Larry Paxton (electric guitar, nylon-string guitar, arch guitar, acoustic bass, electric bass); Dan Dugmore (steel guitar); Rob McCoury (banjo); Aubrey Haynie (mandolin, fiddle); Connie Ellisor, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, Carl Gorodetzky, Pamela Sixfin, Alan Umstead, David Angell, Catherine Umstead (violin); Jason Carter (fiddle); Bruce Christensen, Jim Grosjean, Monisa Angell, Gary VanOsdale (viola); Kirsten Cassell, John Catchings, Anthony LaMarchina, Carole Rabinowitz-Neuen (cello); Joey Miskulin (accordion); Jim Horn (saxophone); Gary Prim (piano, synthesizer); Eddie Bayers (drums, percussion); Michael A. Curtis (background vocals). Additional personnel: Dan Dugmore, Jim Horn, Joey Miskulin, Michael A. Curtis, Randy Kohrs, Aubrey Haynie. Audio Mixers: Bart Pursley; Mike Bradley. Liner Note Author: Judy Forde Blair. Recording information: Sound Shop Studios, Nashville, TN; The Tracking Room, Nashville, TN. Arranger: Randy Owen. SONGS OF INSPIRATION II, the follow-up to the best-selling SONGS OF INSPIRATION, adds 12 more traditional gospel tunes to the band's canon, plus a recasting of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Guests include the Del McCoury Band on the bluegrass standard "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" and Western swing stalwarts Riders in the Sky for a harmony-heavy "Love Lifted Me." Other highlights include the Johnny Cash tune "Suppertime" and a folky take on "I Am A Pilgrim."

The most successful country band of the 1980s and '90s, Alabama are notable for the fact that they ARE a band; before their advent in the late '70s, the idea of a self-contained mainstream country group was almost unheard of. Hailing from Ft. Payne, Alabama, the group parlayed its mix of country, pop, and Southern rock into 20 years of chart success, including a record-breaking string of over 40 number-one country hits. Along the way, Alabama blazed a trail followed by subsequent country/pop bands like Restless Heart, Diamond Rio and Lonestar.

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