Alabama - Why Lady Why ( S1.1 )

 Personnel

Original Session, LSI Studios, 1978:

Randy Owen - Lead Vocal, Rhythm Guitar

Jeff Cook - Harmony Vocal, electric lead guitar, Piano

Teddy Gentry - Harmony Vocal, Bass Guitar

Rick Scott - Drums, Percussion

Arliss Scott - Rhythm Guitar

Harold Shedd's production addition, MUSIC MILL, 1979:

Kristin Wilkinson and the Wire Choir - String Orchestra

Single and album versions

The single and album versions are noticeably different. The single version — which is included on Alabama's For the Record — can be distinguished by an edited shorter introduction, abridged or deleted musical interludes, an edited musical outro, and a noticeably different EQ mix . The original album version is part of Alabama's 1986 Greatest Hits album.

Chart performance

Chart (1980)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3

Single by Alabama
from the album My Home's in Alabama
B-side	"I Wanna Come Over"
Released	August 29, 1980 (U.S.)
Recorded	1978 LSI Studios, Nashville TN String overdubs Late 1979 Music Mill, Nashville TN
Genre	Country
Length	3:09 (single edit) 4:11 (album version)
Label	RCA Nashville 12091
Songwriter(s)	Teddy Gentry, Rick Scott
Producer(s)	Harold Shedd, Larry McBride and Alabama

Alabama - Why Lady Why ( S1 )

 

"Why Lady Why" is a song written by Teddy Gentry and Rick Scott, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in August 1980 as the fourth and final single from the album My Home's in Alabama. The song was the group's second No. 1 song on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart.

History

Originally, "Why Lady Why" was recorded and released on the band's independent release, ALABAMA BAND: # 3 in 1978. A snippet of the track was issued as the B-side to the song "My Home's in Alabama," released by MDJ Records in January 1980. When the band signed with MDJ records and started working with producer Harold Shedd, the original track was remixed and Kristin Wilkinson & the WIRE CHOIR's strings were added. The song later was issued as a single in its own right by RCA in August 1980. The B-side: "I Wanna Come Over," the band's first Top 40 hit.

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Alabama - Hanging Up My Travelin' Shoes ( L2 )

I've been goin' around in a whirlwind

Not knowing which way to go
I've been lost in a jungle of heartaches
Looking for what I don't know
I've spread my wings and I've done some things
That I never meant to do
It's took me some time but I've made up my mind
I'm hanging up my travelin shoes.

Hangin' up my travelin' shoes
My runnin' around is all through
I'm foldin' my wings up for you
I'm hangin' up my travelin' shoes.

I've been riding a sea of uncertainty
Running away fom is all
I've listened to nothing that life had to tell me
Watched all my dreams rise and fall
I've made my mistakes but it's not too late
To pull myself out of the blues
It's took me some time but I've made up my mind
I'm hanging up my travelin shoes.

Hangin' up my travelin' shoes
My runnin' around is all through
I'm foldin' my wings up for you
I'm hangin' up my travelin' shoes
Hangin' up travelin' shoes...

Alabama - My Home's in Alabama ( L1 )

Drinkin' was forbidden
In my Christian country home
I learned to play the flattop
On them good ol' Gospel songs
Then I heard about the barrooms
Just across the Georgia line
Where a boy could make a livin'
Playin' guitar late at night.

Had to learn about the ladies;
Too young to understand
Why the young girls fall in love
With the boys in the band
When the boys turn to music,
The girls just turn away
To some other guitar picker
In some other late night place.

Yeah, I held on to my music;
I let the ladies walk away
Took my songs and dreams to Nashville
Then I moved on to L.A.
Up to New York City,
All across the USA
I lost so much of me
But there's enough of me to say, that my..

Home's in Alabama,
No matter where I lay my head
My home's in Alabama,
Southern born and Southern bred.

What keeps me goin'
I don't really know
Can't be the money
Lord knows I'm always broke
Could it be the satisfaction
Of bein' understood
When the people really love ya
And let you know when it's good

Oh I'll speak my Southern English
Just as natural as I please
I'm in the heart of Dixie,
Dixie's in the heart of me
And someday when I make it,
When love finds a way
Somewhere high on Lookout Mountain
I'll just smile with pride and say, that my

Home's in Alabama,
No matter where I lay my head
My home's in Alabama,
Southern born and southern bred
Southern born and southern bred
Southern born and southern bred

And my home's in Alabama,
No matter where I lay my head
My home's in Alabama,
Southern born and southern bred
Southern born and southern bred
Southern born and southern bred...

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