BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Alabama BEGIN:VEVENT UID:240362024-08-08 DTSTART:20240808T230000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240808T040000Z LOCATION:31806 Lake View Drive\nSelbyville DE 19975 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=31806 Lake View Drive\nSelb yville DE 19975;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=31806 Lake View Drive:geo:38.466 017,-75.112054 GEO:38.466017;-75.112054 SUMMARY:Alabama CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Tickets start at $79+fees It’s the kind of story you read abo ut in\nbooks and watch on the big screen at the movies. For the band ALABA MA\,\nit’s not just a story\; it’s their life. It is a classic America n\ntale of rags to riches. From humble beginnings picking cotton in the\nf ields to international stars that went on to sell 73 million albums\nwhile changing the face and sound of country music. It's been over 40\nyears si nce Randy\, Jeff and Teddy\, left the cotton farms of Fort\nPayne\, Alabam a\, to spend the summer playing in a Myrtle Beach\, South\nCarolina bar ca lled The Bowery. Having grown up working in the fields\,\nthe cousins were no strangers to hard work. They didn’t flinch when\nit took six long ye ars of working for tips and living hand to mouth\nplaying in the bar. Of t he early days and their humble beginnings\,\nJeff says\, \"I don't think w e thought too far ahead. We were more\nconcerned with paying our bills at the end of the week and playing\nmusic.\" Finally\, word of mouth earned t he major label deal they'd been\ndreaming of. In 1980 the band broke throu gh with their first Top 20\nhit “My Home’s In Alabama.” ALABAMA is t he band that changed\neverything. They brought country music to the mainst ream and from side\nstage to the main stage. ALABAMA introduced rock style guitars\,\nlights\, pyrotechnics and sounds to the country audience. \"We were\nrenegades in sneakers and T-shirts\,\" says Teddy. \"We had long ha ir and\nplayed loud and some of the country folks resisted us for a while. But\nthen of course they did accept us and then after that\, our success\ nmade it lots easier for other bands to try it in country music\,\"\nconcl uded Gentry. Bands benefitting from that breakthrough include Zac\nBrown B and\, Florida Georgia Line and Eli Young Band. They have also\ninspired ma ny of today’s brightest country stars including Kenny\nChesney\, Jason A ldean and Luke Bryan as well as pop and rock stars\nfrom Ed Sheeran to Jon Bon Jovi. \"I was part of a benefit concert at\nthe Ryman\,\" he says\, \ "and I look over there's Jon Bon Jovi. He walked\nover and said hello and it turns out he’s a fan of our music.\"\nALABAMA’s reach goes far beyo nd their impact on other artists\; their\nmusic is timeless and can be hea rd today as a part of every cover\nband’s set list in nearly every colle ge town in America. Not long\nago\, Teddy was witness to a scene that remi nds us that their legacy of\nsong remains as fresh as it ever was. \"I was in Nashville\,\" he says\,\n\"walking by this club full of young people-- I'm talking 18 or 20. The\nband started playing 'Dixieland Delight' and ev erybody in the place\nstarted singing and sang all the way through. I had to smile at the\nlongevity of the songs. Half the crowd at our shows is yo ung people\,\nunder 25 years old. So I think that's a tribute to the fact that we\nspent a career putting out good songs that stand the test of time .\"\nWhile their music continues to stand the test of time\, their numbers \nand stats are beyond compare. The and has sold over 80 million albums.\n They have charted 43 #1 singles including 21 #1 singles in a row\, a\nreco rd that will likely never be surpassed in any genre. They have won\nover 1 78 CMA Awards\, Grammy Awards\, ACM Awards and counting. They’ve\nearned 21 Gold ®\, Platinum ® and Multi-Platinum ® albums and were\nnamed the RIAA's Country Group of the Century. They are members of the\nCountry Mus ic Hall of Fame and have a start on the Hollywood Walk of\nFame. They are also world-class philanthropists who have raised over\n250 Million dollars for charity. The band continues to perform to\nlegions of loyal fans\, se lling out venues night after night. They were\nhonored with the ACM Career Achievement Award at the Ryman Auditorium\nin the Fall of 2015 and were n amed “Album Of The Year” at the 2015\nDove Awards for ANGELS AMONG US ” HYMNS & GOSPEL FAVORITES. ALABAMA\nis and always will be the greatest country band in American history.\nVenue: Freeman Arts Pavilion. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Tickets start at $79+fees It’s the kind of s tory you read about in books and watch on the big screen at the movies. Fo r the band ALABAMA\, it’s not just a story\; it’s their life. It is a classic American tale of rags to riches. From humble beginnings picking co tton in the fields to international stars that went on to sell 73 million albums while changing the face and sound of country music. It's been over 40 years since Randy\, Jeff and Teddy\, left the cotton farms of Fort Payn e\, Alabama\, to spend the summer playing in a Myrtle Beach\, South Caroli na bar called The Bowery. Having grown up working in the fields\, the cous ins were no strangers to hard work. They didn’t flinch when it took six long years of working for tips and living hand to mouth playing in the bar . Of the early days and their humble beginnings\, Jeff says\, \"I don't th ink we thought too far ahead. We were more concerned with paying our bills at the end of the week and playing music.\" Finally\, word of mouth earne d the major label deal they'd been dreaming of. In 1980 the band broke thr ough with their first Top 20 hit “My Home’s In Alabama.” ALABAMA is the band that changed everything. They brought country music to the mainst ream and from side stage to the main stage. ALABAMA introduced rock style guitars\, lights\, pyrotechnics and sounds to the country audience. \"We w ere renegades in sneakers and T-shirts\,\" says Teddy. \"We had long hair and played loud and some of the country folks resisted us for a while. But then of course they did accept us and then after that\, our success made it lots easier for other bands to try it in country music\,\" concluded Ge ntry. Bands benefitting from that breakthrough include Zac Brown Band\, Fl orida Georgia Line and Eli Young Band. They have also inspired many of tod ay’s brightest country stars including Kenny Chesney\, Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan as well as pop and rock stars from Ed Sheeran to Jon Bon Jovi. \"I was part of a benefit concert at the Ryman\,\" he says\, \"and I look over there's Jon Bon Jovi. He walked over and said hello and it turns out he’s a fan of our music.\" ALABAMA’s reach goes far beyond their impac t on other artists\; their music is timeless and can be heard today as a p art of every cover band’s set list in nearly every college town in Ameri ca. Not long ago\, Teddy was witness to a scene that reminds us that their legacy of song remains as fresh as it ever was. \"I was in Nashville\,\" he says\, \"walking by this club full of young people--I'm talking 18 or 2 0. The band started playing 'Dixieland Delight' and everybody in the place started singing and sang all the way through. I had to smile at the longe vity of the songs. Half the crowd at our shows is young people\, under 25 years old. So I think that's a tribute to the fact that we spent a career putting out good songs that stand the test of time.\" While their music co ntinues to stand the test of time\, their numbers and stats are beyond com pare. The and has sold over 80 million albums. They have charted 43 #1 sin gles including 21 #1 singles in a row\, a record that will likely never be surpassed in any genre. They have won over 178 CMA Awards\, Grammy Awards \, ACM Awards and counting. They’ve earned 21 Gold ®\, Platinum ® and Multi-Platinum ® albums and were named the RIAA's Country Group of the Ce ntury. They are members of the Country Music Hall of Fame and have a start on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. They are also world-class philanthropists who have raised over 250 Million dollars for charity. The band continues t o perform to legions of loyal fans\, selling out venues night after night. They were honored with the ACM Career Achievement Award at the Ryman Audi torium in the Fall of 2015 and were named “Album Of The Year” at the 2 015 Dove Awards for ANGELS AMONG US” HYMNS & GOSPEL FAVORITES. ALABAMA i s and always will be the greatest country band in American history. Venue: Freeman Arts Pavilion. DTSTAMP:20261028T111211Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR