Rhonda_Kaye

<p>Love this song and tyfl!</p><p><br></p><p>"Mountain Music" — a song melding the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_rock" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Southern rock</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">bluegrass</a>&nbsp;genres — has variously been described by country music writers as "a modern country classic"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Music_(song)#cite_note-Roland-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[3]</a>&nbsp;and a song that "practically defined what country groups have strived to accomplish."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Music_(song)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[4]</a></p><p>According to Randy Owen's book&nbsp;<em>Born Country</em>, "Mountain Music" took him three years to write. He wanted to put his childhood experiences into a song.</p><p>The song references&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chert" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">chert</a>&nbsp;rocks, which according to the band is one song lyric that is commonly misheard.</p><p><strong>Vocals</strong></p><p>"Mountain Music" is one of the few Alabama songs where solo vocals can prominently be heard from band members Teddy Gentry and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Cook_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Jeff Cook</a>&nbsp;(in the song's third verse, where lead singer Owen trades off lead vocals with his bandmates).</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Paisley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Brad Paisley</a>'s 2011 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Alabama" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Old Alabama</a>" incorporates the bridge from "Mountain Music", again sung by Owen, Gentry and Cook.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Music_(song)#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[5]</a></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b6/Alabama_-_Mountain_Music_single.jpeg/220px-Alabama_-_Mountain_Music_single.jpeg"></p>