Randy Owen rose to country-music super-stardom in the late 80s as the front man for the band Alabama. Throughout their career, the group has sold over 73 million albums, racked up 42 No. 1 singles, taken home more than 150 industry awards, including 8 for Entertainer of the Year, been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and been named Country Group of the Century by the Recording Industry Association.
Since the band completed their farewell tour seven years ago, Randy has branched out on his own, releasing his debut solo album, One On One, in 2008. And he just wrapped up another project, Friends, to be released in April, 2011, which will benefit firefighters and police officers who have been injured in the line of duty. The 61-year-old singer and songwriter isn’t planning to slow down any time soon.
When Randy calls me for our Coping® interview, he’s in the middle of a morning songwriting session at his farm near his hometown of Ft. Payne, AL. He even sings a few lyrics of a song he’s currently working on, and admits that when he’s writing, he tends to get lost in it and forget everything else that is going on around him
When Alabama front man Randy Owen was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he was devastated. But he didn’t stay down for long.
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