# 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