It ain't never gonna be fair that y'all have ignored us, however...
Tough questions,Kev, but here goes:
A) The Five Best Songs Ever Written or Performed by an Alabama artist
ARE!
1) LOVESICK BLUES written & performed by Hank Williams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xu71i89xvs
2) DANCIN' IN THE STREETS performed by MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdvITn5cAVc
3) GEORGIA PINES written by Buddy Buie & John Rainey Adkins; performed by Wilbur Walton, Jr., & THE JAMES GANG http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YpVtW4cKvo&feature=related
4) RED HOT CHICKEN written by Jimmy Hall, Lewis Ross, John Anthony, Jack Hall, Ricky Hirsch, Wick Larsen & performed by WET WILLIE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKRIo4s73PE
5) 634-5789 written by Eddie Floyd (AL native) & Steve Cropper & performed by Eddie Floyd & Wilson Pickett (AL native) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEHV2HvKiGc&feature=related
B) Who, in your opinion, is the most talented musician/singer to come out of Alabama?
Hank Williams
runner up: Jimmy Hall
C) What do you think is the best album of all time by an Alabama artist?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rock_and_Roll_Alternative
D)
What is the best unheard of Alabama artist or album?
TANTON http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=769187
E) What is your favorite historical moment or episode in Alabama musical history?
When an Alabama cat named W.C. Handy witnessed another cat playing slide @ the depot in Tutwiler.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/bottleneck-slide-guitar-and-the-history-of-the-blues.html
F) What is your favorite personal moment?
When Buddy Buie came back to Tuscaloosa in '06!
http://robertoreg.blogspot.com/2006_03_12_archive.html.
G) What is your favorite performance ever by an Alabama artist (or by a non-Alabama artist in Alabama)? Wet Willie opening for the Allmans back in the early 70's in Memorial Coliseum here in Tuscaloosa. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqJ-mCpoJ9c&feature=related
H) What is your favorite lyric from an Alabama band?
From "MOMENT OF TRUTH" http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=769187
"Who's gonna have the last say
about what you take with you
when it comes down to THAT MOMENT OF TRUTH"
Tough questions,Kev, but here goes:
A) The Five Best Songs Ever Written or Performed by an Alabama artist
ARE!
1) LOVESICK BLUES written & performed by Hank Williams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xu71i89xvs
2) DANCIN' IN THE STREETS performed by MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdvITn5cAVc
3) GEORGIA PINES written by Buddy Buie & John Rainey Adkins; performed by Wilbur Walton, Jr., & THE JAMES GANG http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YpVtW4cKvo&feature=related
4) RED HOT CHICKEN written by Jimmy Hall, Lewis Ross, John Anthony, Jack Hall, Ricky Hirsch, Wick Larsen & performed by WET WILLIE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKRIo4s73PE
5) 634-5789 written by Eddie Floyd (AL native) & Steve Cropper & performed by Eddie Floyd & Wilson Pickett (AL native) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEHV2HvKiGc&feature=related
B) Who, in your opinion, is the most talented musician/singer to come out of Alabama?
Hank Williams
runner up: Jimmy Hall
C) What do you think is the best album of all time by an Alabama artist?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rock_and_Roll_Alternative
D)
What is the best unheard of Alabama artist or album?
TANTON http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=769187
E) What is your favorite historical moment or episode in Alabama musical history?
When an Alabama cat named W.C. Handy witnessed another cat playing slide @ the depot in Tutwiler.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/bottleneck-slide-guitar-and-the-history-of-the-blues.html
F) What is your favorite personal moment?
When Buddy Buie came back to Tuscaloosa in '06!
http://robertoreg.blogspot.com/2006_03_12_archive.html.
G) What is your favorite performance ever by an Alabama artist (or by a non-Alabama artist in Alabama)? Wet Willie opening for the Allmans back in the early 70's in Memorial Coliseum here in Tuscaloosa. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqJ-mCpoJ9c&feature=related
H) What is your favorite lyric from an Alabama band?
From "MOMENT OF TRUTH" http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=769187
"Who's gonna have the last say
about what you take with you
when it comes down to THAT MOMENT OF TRUTH"
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