Aug 23, 2005

Alabama guitarist Jeff Cook undergoes gastric-bypass surgery

Aug 29, 2005

Alabama, Glen Campbell and DeFord Bailey are announced by the Country Music Association as the latest inductees in the Country Music Hall of Fame

Sep 8, 2005

Alabama comes out of retirement to perform a benefit for Hurricane Katrina victims at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, Alabama

Nov 15, 2005

Glen Campbell, Alabama and DeFord Bailey are officially inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame during the Country Music Association awards at New York's Madison Square Garden, telecast by CBS

Oct 24, 2006

RCA releases the Alabama album "Songs Of Inspiration"

Nov 11, 2006

Alabama's gospel project "Songs Of Inspiration" debuts in the #1 position on the Billboard country albums chart

Nov 25, 2006

When Heartland opens for The Charlie Daniels Band at the Forum Civic Center in Rome, Georgia, the band is surprised by guitarist Jeff Cook, who joins them to perform several Alabama songs

Nov 27, 2006

Bennett Vartanian, the original drummer for Country Music Hall of Fame band Alabama, dies in Fort Payne

Mar 26, 2007

CountryNation.com reports two members of Alabama are working on projects apart from the band, which has retired from touring. Jeff Cook and duet partner Mitch Glenn have signed with Lofton Creek; Randy Owen is recording his first solo album

Mar 27, 2007

RCA releases Alabama's "Songs Of Inspiration II"