Long before they ruled the charts, Alabama found their sound in a smoky Myrtle Beach bar called The Bowery. Night after night, Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry, and Jeff Cook played their hearts out — not for fame, but for the locals who believed in them first. And in that same haze of neon and song, Randy met the woman who would change his life forever.
Introduction: When Alabama took the stage in 1980 to perform “My Home’s in Alabama,” it wasn’t just a song — it was…