Southern Star is the twelfth studio album by American 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.
Contents
Track listing
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