Alabama 3
Alabama 3 are the writers and performers of the iconic theme tune for the most successful tv series of all time – HBO’s The Sopranos. Upon hearing their song Woke Up This Morning played on American radio, David Chase, the creator of the show, assumed he was listening to a blues act from America. Little did he know he had tuned into a totally unique sound clash of country meets acid house, which had come to his ears via Brixton, London. He finally knew he had found his iconic theme music.
In the wake of the success which followed soundtracking The Sopranos, Alabama 3 toured the world extensively.
They have continued to surprise music critics, fans and the industry by surviving death and all number of downturns, to bring their unapologetic mash up of blues, country, house and rock to audiences far and wide. They have been named by The Guardian as ‘one of the best live bands in the UK’ Author Stephen King famously said that “the thought of life without Alabama 3 fills me with horror”.
At home in the UK they have played The Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury and returned many times in many formats after bringing their wild country heat to The Glade, The Acoustic Stage, Jazz World and more. They have had audiences at all the major UK festivals including T In The Park, Bestival, Isle Of Wight, TRNSMT, Boomtown, Beautiful Days and Secret Garden Party eating up their whacky brand of narcotic cowboy blues. Even Bob Dylan needed his fix, inviting the band to support him in 2010.
Internationally the band have played SXSW, The Rothbury Music Festival, Michigan Festival and Sopranos Con in USA, Bluesfest Byron Bay in Australia, as well as heavy hitter European festivals like Electric Picnic, Rock am Ring, Secret Solstice and many more.
Alabama 3’s manifesto has always pledged to keep the strobe lights burning bright! Their sound has withstood the test of time and inspired generations of bands to explore fusions that shouldn’t fit.
Now celebrating their seminal first and second albums Exile on Coldharbour Lane and La Peste in 2024 to mark the 30th Anniversary of The Sopranos airing, it’s undeniable that Alabama 3 have maintained their counter-culture reputation with glorious fervour.
