“THE MAN WHO SOLD 75 MILLION RECORDS — AND STILL LIVES ON HIS FAMILY’S FARM He could have lived anywhere in the world. Mansions in Nashville. Beachfront in Malibu. A ranch in Montana. But Randy Owen — the voice of Alabama, one of the best-selling bands in history — still wakes up on the same Fort Payne land his family has worked for generations. Hiswords say everything: “”If I relocated to any other spot on earth, it might be heavenly, but it wouldn’t be comfortable. It wouldn’t be where my heart is.”” While Alabama was ruling the charts, Randy buried his father — and never got to mourn. “”I didn’t have a chance… everybody’s wanting me to get out there and make that money.”” Faith pulled him through. “”My mother probably prayed me out of it.”””
Introduction The Anchor of the Heart: Randy Owen’s 75 Million Records and One Family Farm In the stratospheric heights of music history, few names resonate with the grounded authority of…