When Alabama performed “My Home’s In Alabama” back in 1980, it wasn’t just a concert — it was a love letter. A love letter to every red clay road, every front porch swing, every small-town sunset burned into memory.
That night, Randy Owen’s voice didn’t just sing — it ached.
He wasn’t just singing for the South.
He was singing for anyone who’s ever longed to go home.
“No matter where I lay my head… my home’s in Alabama.”
That line still hits hard.
And just when the room was wrapped in that stillness — that quiet homesick beauty — Alabama would lift it right back up with “Mountain Music”, a joyous backroad anthem filled with Southern pride, fiddle runs, and the kind of spirit that makes you want to stomp your boots on hardwood floors.
Both songs — one soft and yearning, the other loud and full of life — became more than hits.
They became home for millions.
