when did alabama became the state of the usa
History of Alabama In 1819, Alabama was admitted as the 22nd state to the Union. Its constitution provided for equal suffrage for white men, a standard it abandoned in its constitution of 1901, which reduced suffrage of poor whites and most blacks, disenfranchising tens of thousands of voters.[20]
Alabama (American band) The group became a professional band in 1972, adding drummer Bennett Vartanian and changing their name to Wildcountry.[5] During this time, the group accepted a position playing at the nearby Canyonland theme park.[7][4] The park would bring in established stars, such as Jerry Wallace, Bobby Bare, and Narvel Felts, and the band would back them, afterwards performing a one-hour dance set.[4] After a while, with opportunities for the band slimmed, a discouraged Cook took a government job in Anniston, Alabama. Owen was studying English at Jacksonville State University, and Cook had an electronics job.[8] The trio shared at $56-a-month apartment in Anniston,[8] working to keep the band afloat with night and weekend gigs.[4] The group decided to become professional musicians in 1973, and began performing at bars throughout the Southeast.[5] In March, the band relocated to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, performing six nights a week at a club named The Bowery for tips.[7][9] They made their best money performing cover songs of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Merle Haggard.[6] The group could not secure a record contract and began to self-finance recordings.[8] The group borrowed $4,000 from a Fort Payne bank to record and release their own albums to sell at shows.[5] Vartanian dropped out of the group, and following a rotation of four more drummers, they settled on Rick Scott in 1974.[5]