THE FIRST SONG THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING: On January 17, 1969, at a Fair in Alabama, 2,217 people fell silent as unknown young men named Alabama sang “My Home’s in Alabama”—etching an unknown band into the hearts of an entire region, and the history of country music began to take a new turn.
On January 17, 1969, at a fairground in Alabama, something quietly irreversible happened. The crowd…
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