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Athens AL, United States (2009 – present)

Alabama Shakes is an American rock band formed in Athens, Alabama, United States in 2009. The group consists of lead singer Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg, bassist Zac Cockrell, and drummer Steve Johnson.

Here is some background information on Alabama Shakes from the Hold On Songfacts: The R&B-inspired Rock band Alabama Shakes originated when lead singer/guitarist Brittany Howard approached bassist Zac Cockrell during a high school psychology class in Athens, Alabama and the pair began meeting after school to write songs. Howard and Cockrell then approached Punk-Rock drummer Steve Johnson, who was working at a local music store, to join the band. The trio recorded some of their songs in a studio in Decatur, Alabama and subsequently recruited guitarist Heath Fogg on his return to Athens from college in Tuscaloosa. Originally christened “The Shakes,” the band later renamed themselves The Alabama Shakes in order to differentiate themselves from other bands with their original name.

The Alabama foursome gained widespread media attention after releasing a self-titled four-song EP in September 2011 and Rough Trade Records in the United Kingdom and ATO Records in the United States signed them two months later. Hold On was released as the first single from their debut album, Boys & Girls .
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  • juliavila

    HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD ON

    22 May 3:08pm Reply

  • badreligion_

    maravilha

    11 May 2:59am Reply

  • wtf-is-last-fm

    what a voice, she's even better live

    29 Apr 8:39pm Reply

  • JuniorMcCartney

    Silver Linings Playbook.

    13 Apr 6:59am Reply

  • Yuureitachi

    I listened to them in lollapalooza chile, was amazing, great voice!

    11 Apr 6:33am Reply

  • musiikkionelo

    Amazing in Buenos Aires, that was epic

    4 Apr 6:39am Reply

  • ander_giehl

    Howard remembers a little bit the Janis. "You ain't alone" reminds me of some Janis songs.

    4 Apr 1:17am Reply

  • luis_felipe96

    Conheci ontem na transmissão do Multishow do Lollapalooza, assisti o show inteiro sem conhecer 1 musica e adorando, essa Brittany Howard canta muito! [5]

    3 Apr 5:53pm Reply

  • markiiitu

    show no Circo foi incrível, que mulher foda

    2 Apr 4:35am Reply

  • infinite-jest

    Conheci ontem na transmição do Multishow do Lollapalooza, assisti o show inteiro sem conhecer 1 musica e adorando, essa Brittany Howard canta muito! [4]

    1 Apr 5:10pm Reply

  • guivandrade

    Conheci ontem na transmição do Multishow do Lollapalooza, assisti o show inteiro sem conhecer 1 musica e adorando, essa Brittany Howard canta muito! [3] Virei um baita fã.

    31 Mar 11:36pm Reply

  • RafaelMeireles

    Conheci ontem na transmição do Multishow do Lollapalooza, assisti o show inteiro sem conhecer 1 musica e adorando, essa Brittany Howard canta muito! (2)

    31 Mar 7:05pm Reply

  • AndreSixString

    Conheci ontem na transmição do Multishow do Lollapalooza, assisti o show inteiro sem conhecer 1 musica e adorando, essa Brittany Howard canta muito!

    31 Mar 4:40pm Reply

  • ennemaia

    yeap ...Brasil!

    26 Mar 5:09am Reply

  • ohsolucky

    Wow, those vocals... Killer.

    19 Mar 3:42am Reply

  • Hazard02

    Kinda reminds me of U.S. Royalty

    18 Mar 2:10am Reply

  • dudzmota

    fuck! thats goood!

    16 Mar 10:40pm Reply

  • KakahDaschund

    Can't believe I only found out about them now!

    9 Mar 6:01pm Reply

  • RevolutionECW

    Блядь! Вот это музон! Давно такой гармонии не слышал. Иногда проскакивает сходства с Джэнис Джоплин. Это круто!

    8 Mar 8:08am Reply

  • GOTNOTIME4BS

    Loveeeeee the album! Rise to The Sun is my favorite track at the moment.

    6 Mar 7:23pm Reply
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