The Bama Band is an American country music group composed of Lamar Morris (vocals, guitar), Wayne "Animal" Turner (guitar), "Cowboy" Eddie Long (steel guitar), Jerry McKinney (saxophone), Vernon Derrick (fiddle), Ray Barrickman (bass), Billy Earheart (keyboards) and William Claude Marshall (drums). For more than twenty years, the Bama Band was the backing band for Hank Williams, Jr.[ The Bama Band Biography] The Bama Band was nominated twice for Band of the Year by the Academy of Country Music.Billy Earheart They also found success on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the 1980s with singles like "Dallas," "Tijuana Sunrise" and "What Used to Be Crazy." An eponymous album released on Compleat Records in 1985 charted on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[ The Bama Band Charts & Awards]
Discography Albums Year Album US Country Label 1985 The Bama Band 61 Compleat 1988 Solid Ground — Mercury 1990 Takin' Off the Edge — Capitol 2004 Beale St. Boogie — Ginnin' Cotton
Singles Year Single Chart Positions Album US Country CAN Country 1982 "Dallas" 54 — singles only 1983 "Tijuana Sunrise" 56 — 1985 "What Used to Be Crazy" 60 — The Bama Band 1986 "I've Changed My Mind" 70 — 1987 "Suddenly Single" 64 — single only 1988 "Southern Accent" 71 — Solid Ground "Real Old-Fashioned Broken Heart" 69 — 1989 "When We Get Back to the Farm" 87 — 1990 "She's Movin' In" — 93 Takin' Off the Edge "My Reckless Heart" — —
Guest singles Year Single Artist Album 1990 "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over for Monday Night Football" Hank Williams, Jr. America (The Way I See It)
Music videos Year Video Director 1988 "Real Old-Fashioned Broken Heart" Mac Bennett/Jim May 1990 "My Reckless Heart"
References
External links [ The Bama Band] at Allmusic