Southern Star (album)

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Southern Star
Studio album by Alabama
Released	January 31, 1989
Recorded	1988
Studio	The Castle, Franklin Tennessee Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country
Length	45:43
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Alabama Barry Beckett Larry Michael Lee Josh Leo
Alabama chronology
Alabama Live (1988) Southern Star (1989) Pass It On Down (1990)
Singles from Southern Star
"Song of the South" Released: November 7, 1988 "If I Had You" Released: February 13, 1989 "High Cotton" Released: July 28, 1989 "Southern Star" Released: November 22, 1989

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Southern Star is the twelfth studio album from country music band Alabama, released in 1989. The album produced four singles, "Song of the South", "High Cotton", the title track and "If I Had You", all of which reached No. 1 on the Hot Country Singles charts between 1989 and 1990. It also reached No. 68 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing[]

1. "Song of the South" (Bob McDill) - 3:12
2. "Down on the River" (Greg Fowler, Teddy Gentry, Robert Byrne) - 3:05
3. "High Cotton" (Roger Murrah, Scott Anders) - 3:02
4. "'Ole' Baugh Road" (Randy Owen) - 3:53
5. "The Borderline" (Larry Hanson, Virgil Beckham, Gentry, Fowler) - 4:34 (Features Charlie Daniels providing co-lead vocals)
6. "I'm Still Dreamin'" (John Dillon, Steve Cash) - 3:01
7. "Pete's Music City" (Monty Powell) - 3:35
8. "Southern Star" (Murrah, Steve Dean, Rich Alves) - 3:11
9. "If I Had You" (Danny Mayo, Kerry Chater) - 3:35
10. "She Can" (Steve Seskin, Austin Gardner) - 3:39
11. "I Showed Her" (Gentry, Fowler, Walt Aldridge) - 4:26
12. "Barefootin'" (Robert Parker) - 2:48
13. "Dixie Fire" (Jeff Cook, Vern Dant, Hunter Moore) - 3:58

Note: Tracks 6, 7, 11, and 13 were not added to the cassette version.

Personnel[]

Alabama

• Jeff Cook – fiddle, electric guitar, background vocals, lead vocals on "Barefootin'" and "Dixie Fire"
• Teddy Gentry – bass guitar, background vocals, lead vocals on "I Showed Her", co-lead vocals on "The Borderline"
• Mark Herndon – drums
• Randy Owen – electric guitar, lead vocals

Additional Musicians

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Barry Beckett – piano
• David Briggs – piano, synthesizer
• Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
• Steve Cash – harmonica
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Steve Cropper – electric guitar
• Charlie Daniels – co-lead vocals on "The Borderline"
• Costo Davis – keyboards, organ, synthesizer
• Jimmie Fadden – harmonica, jew's harp
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Owen Hale – drums
• Larry Hanson – electric guitar
• Craig Krampf – percussion
• Mike Lawler – synthesizer
• Bernie Leadon – banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin
• Josh Leo – electric guitar
• Carl Marsh – Fairlight
• Farrell Morris – percussion
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle
• Larry Paxton – bass guitar
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Brent Rowan – acoustic guitar
• Biff Watson – synthesizer
• Reggie Young – electric guitar

Chart performance[]

Singles[]

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