Alabama & Friends

Alabama & Friends is a tribute album to American country rock group Alabama. It was released on August 27, 2013 via Show Dog-Universal Music. The album includes two new tracks, "That's How I Was Raised" and "All American", performed by Alabama.

The album debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the Top Country Albums, selling 32,000 copies in the United States in the first week.

The artists on the album also later performed a tribute concert in Nashville, Tennessee at the historic Ryman Auditorium. The show was filmed, and the film was released on 2-disc DVD, titled "Alabama & Friends – At The Ryman", on September 30, 2014 via Eagle Rock Entertainment.

Personnel

 * Alabama
 * Jeff Cook – electric guitar, background vocals, producer
 * Teddy Gentry – bass guitar, background vocals, producer
 * Randy Owen – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals, producer


 * Additional Musicians


 * Tim Akers – Hammond B-3 organ, piano
 * Jason Aldean – lead vocals on "Tennessee River"
 * Kurt Allison – electric guitar
 * David Angell – violin
 * Richard Bennett – electric guitar
 * Luke Bryan – lead vocals on "Love in the First Degree"
 * Pat Buchanan – electric guitar
 * Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
 * John Catchings – cello
 * Kenny Chesney – lead vocals on "Lady Down on Love"
 * Jason Cope – electric guitar
 * J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar
 * Mark Crum – bass guitar
 * Eric Darken – percussion
 * David Davidson – violin
 * Jay DeMarcus – bass guitar and background vocals on "Old Flame"
 * Mike Eli – acoustic guitar and lead vocals on "The Closer You Get"
 * Shawn Fichter – drums
 * Johnny Garcia – electric guitar
 * Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
 * Tony Harrell – keyboards
 * Chris Hennessee – harmonica
 * Wes Hightower – background vocals
 * Tyler Hubbard – lead vocals on "I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)
 * Jamey Johnson – acoustic guitar and lead vocals on "My Home's in Alabama"
 * Jon Jones – bass guitar and background vocals on "The Closer You Get"
 * Charlie Judge – Hammond B-3 organ, piano, synthesizer
 * Toby Keith – lead vocals on "She and I"
 * Brian Kelley – background vocals on "I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)"
 * Tully Kennedy – bass guitar
 * Anthony LaMarchina – cello
 * Gary LeVox – lead vocals on "Old Flame"
 * Joey Moi – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 * Greg Morrow – drums, percussion
 * Steve Nathan – keyboards
 * Mary Kathryn Van Osdale – violin
 * Larry Paxton – bass guitar
 * Ethan Pilzer – bass guitar
 * Chris Powell – drums
 * Gary Prim – synthesizer
 * Danny Rader – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 * Rich Redmond – drums, percussion
 * Mike Reid – piano
 * Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
 * Jim Riley – drums
 * Mike Rojas – Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano
 * Joe Don Rooney – electric guitar and background vocals on "Old Flame"
 * John Scott – piano, synthesizer strings
 * Steve Sheehan – acoustic guitar
 * Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar
 * Pam Sixfin – violin
 * Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
 * Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
 * Chris Thompson – drums on "The Closer You Get"
 * Ilya Toshinsky – banjo, dobola, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
 * Wanda Vick – fiddle
 * Roger Weismeyer – oboe
 * Kristin Wilkinson – viola
 * John Willis – acoustic guitar
 * Trisha Yearwood – lead vocals on "Forever's as Far as I'll Go"
 * James Young – electric guitar and background vocals on "The Closer You Get"


 * Production


 * Derek Bason – engineer, mixing
 * Drew Bollman – production assistant
 * Buddy Cannon – producer
 * T.W. Cargile – engineer, mixing, overdubs
 * Tony Castle – engineer
 * Peter Coleman – engineer, mixing
 * Mickey Jack Cones – editing
 * Scott Cooke – digital editing
 * Juanita Copeland – production assistant
 * Jay DeMarcus – Producer
 * Richard Dodd – mastering
 * Leland Elliott – production assistant
 * Charles English – engineer
 * Brandon Epps – digital editing, editing
 * Shannon Finnegan – production assistant
 * Fletcher Foster – executive producer
 * Garth Fundis – producer
 * Shalacy Griffin – production assistant
 * Mike "Frog" Griffith – production assistant
 * Schatzi Hageman – publicity
 * Gordon Hammond – engineer
 * Carie Higdon – project coordinator
 * Alex Jarvis – production assistant, digital editing
 * Jamey Johnson – producer
 * Scott Johnson – production assistant
 * Toby Keith – producer
 * Michael Knox – producer
 * Stephen Lamb – copyist
 * Miles Logan – engineer, mixing
 * Sam Martin – production assistant
 * Joey Moi – engineer, mixing, producer, programming
 * Natalie Moore – art direction
 * Sean Neff – engineer, mixing
 * Justin Niebank – mixing
 * Taylor Nyquist – production assistant
 * Ernesto Olvera – production assistant
 * Alison Owen – photography
 * Evan Owen – production assistant
 * Susannah Parrish – art direction, design
 * Ronnie Pinnell – production assistant
 * Rich Redmond – drum programming
 * Lowell Reynolds – production assistant
 * Ed Seay – engineer, mixing
 * Harold Shedd – producer
 * Chris Small – production assistant
 * Jarod Snowden – production assistant
 * Mike Stankiewicz – production assistant
 * Jeff Stevens – producer
 * Gaines Sturdivant – project manager
 * Todd Tidwell – production assistant
 * Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements
 * Hank Williams Jr. – mastering
 * Mark Wright – executive producer