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Alabama Shakes are an American rock band formed in
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, in 2009. The band currently consists of lead singer and guitarist Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg, and bassist Zac Cockrell. The band began its career touring and performing at bars and clubs around the
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for two years while honing its sound and writing music. They recorded their debut album, '' Boys & Girls'', with producer Andrija Tokic in
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while still unsigned. Online acclaim led
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to sign the band, which released ''Boys & Girls'' in 2012 to critical success. The album's
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, " Hold On," was nominated for three
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s. After a long touring cycle, the band recorded its second record, '' Sound & Color'', which was released in 2015, debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200, and won them three Grammy Awards, including Best Rock Song for " Don't Wanna Fight." In 2018, the band won the
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for their rendition of "Killer Diller Blue" in the film ''
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,'' bringing their Grammy total to four. On December 18, 2024, the band reunited for a surprise performance at the Druid City Music Hall in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. On January 27, 2025, the band posted on Instagram that they are working on new music, and in February 2025, Alabama Shakes announced a reunion tour scheduled July to September, 2025.


History


2004–2009: Early years

Brittany Howard grew up interested in music, filling notebooks with lyrics and teaching herself to play drums, bass, and guitar. Howard played in multiple bands at East Limestone High School that helped to formulate and craft her taste in music. Her most serious band in her early years was Kerosene Swim Team, a rock band that consisted of Owen Whitehurst and Jonathan Passero. They went on to have a single titled "Coffins and Cadillacs" featured on a compilation track from now defunct indie label Volital Records. They would practice daily after school in Passero's garage, Whitehurst's garage, and Howard's house. They mainly played house parties, and their songs consisted of a mix of covers and originals penned by Howard. Both Whitehurst and Passero continued playing backup for Howard, with Whitehurst playing with Howard and Shakes' bassist Zac Cockrell in what would eventually become The Shakes. Whitehurst played drums and piano, with Howard and Cockrell playing their current respective instruments.


2009–2011: Formation

Howard met Heath Fogg in junior high when he played guitar at house parties. She met classmate and bassist Zac Cockrell in a psychology class some time later, and they soon began to spend time listening to their favorite music together and writing their own. After graduation, Howard hosted twice-weekly jam sessions at her great-grandparents' former home. Drummer Steve Johnson, who had heard Howard singing at a party years prior, began attending the jam sessions at the suggestion of Cockrell. They began making music together and recording homemade demos having little else to do in the small town. The group made its live debut in May 2009 under the name "The Shakes." Fogg, at this point a guitarist in the
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-based Tuco's Pistol, invited the group to open for his band at Brick Deli & Tavern in Decatur. The band was nervous to perform for an audience, as they felt "vulnerable." Their set included covers of
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. The show went over well, and Fogg soon joined the group. During this time the band members held other day jobs: Howard as a fry cook and then a postal worker, Johnson at the
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, Cockrell at an animal clinic, and Fogg painting houses. For much of their early years, the Shakes performed shows on weekends at "sports bars and country dives." They also began recording their debut album at Tokic's Bomb Shelter—the home of producer Andrija Tokic—in
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, funding the recordings themselves. The band chose Tokic's over other studios because they recorded mostly live to tape, and they believed it would spur a livelier performance. The band would complete arrangements in their hometown and drive an hour and a half north to Nashville to record in intervals over the course of 2011. Their breakthrough came when Justin Gage, a Los Angeles music blogger and
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host, found a photo of Howard performing online. After contacting the band in July 2011, he posted an
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of their song "You Ain't Alone" on his music blog,
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. By the next morning, the group was awash in offers from record labels and management companies. Gage also contacted
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, vocalist of the band
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, who attended a show not long after. He arranged to set the band up with his managers, Christine Stauder and Kevin Morris. Alabama Shakes released a four-song EP, ''Alabama Shakes'', in September 2011, which gained media attention (including
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) and earned an invitation to play at the CMJ Music Marathon industry showcase in New York. The band began negotiating a record deal with ATO Records and added "Alabama" to their name after Joseph Hicks, of Halo Stereo, noticed how many groups shared the name "The Shakes". They began to open for the
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.


2012–2014: ''Boys & Girls'' and mainstream success

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over a summer tour and performed at several major music festivals, including
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and
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. The album's
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, "Hold On" was a radio hit (peaking at number one on ''Billboard's''
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chart) and was dubbed the best song of the year by ''
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''. ''
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'' credited their "rapid ascent" to "Howard's singular stage presence." The group received three nominations for the
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:
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,
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for "Hold On," and
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for their debut album, ''Boys & Girls''. After the Grammy's performance, ''Boys & Girls'' returned to the top 10, peaking at number six a year after its release. ''Boys & Girls'' was certified Gold by the
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for sales of over 500,000 in the United States on March 13, 2013. It has since sold over 744,000 copies in the US.


2015–2018: ''Sound & Color''

The band began recording their second album in late 2013. They spent over a year in the studio, with no clear end-goal, as they had not written any new songs due to their exhaustive touring schedule. The group's second studio album, ''Sound & Color'', was released on April 21, 2015. It debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the US, making it the band's first number one album. The record's lead single, " Don't Wanna Fight", was a number two hit on the Adult Alternative Songs chart. The album eventually earned three
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s, including
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. The band played for the VMworld 2015 Party at ATT park in San Francisco on September 2, 2015, and Barclays British Summer Time in Hyde Park, London on July 8, 2016. In 2018, the band won the
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for their rendition of "Killer Diller Blue" in the film ''
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'', which was directed by Bernard MacMahon. They recorded the song live on the restored first electrical sound recording system from the 1920s.


2018–2024: Hiatus, solo careers and Steve Johnson's arrest

In 2018, the band went on hiatus to allow Howard to focus on her debut solo album, ''
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'', which was released to critical acclaim in 2019. The following year, in June 2020, guitarist Heath Fogg released his debut solo project under the name Sun on Shade. In March 2020, drummer Steve Johnson pleaded guilty to
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, harassment and stalking in relation to his ex-wife, following their divorce after three and a half years of marriage. He received a one-year suspended prison sentence and 24 months' probation. On March 24, 2021, Johnson was arrested on suspicion of
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and was subsequently indicted by a grand jury on charges of "wilful torture, wilful abuse, and cruelly beating or otherwise wilfully maltreating a child under the age of 18." He was released on bail. The charge was later dismissed in December 2021. In February 2024, Howard released her second solo album, ''
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'', to widespread critical acclaim. The album placed highly on several end-of-year critics lists and was supported by extensive touring, including performances at
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2024–present: Reunion

On December 18, 2024, Brittany Howard, Zac Cockrell and Heath Fogg reunited for a surprise performance at the Druid City Music Hall in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. On January 27, 2025, the band posted on Instagram that they are working on new music. On February 7, 2025, the band announced their first tour in eight years, and confirmed that new music will be released as a three-piece, with Johnson no longer a member of the band following his legal troubles. Howard stated: "Last year, Heath, Zac, and I started chatting about how much fun it would be to make music together and tour again as Alabama Shakes. This band and these songs have been such a source of joy for all of us. It is crazy that it has been 10 years since we released ''Sound & Color'' and eight years since we played a show. But, we didn’t want this to entirely be a look back. We wanted it to be as much about the future as the past. So we have a bunch of new music that will be released soon. We just can’t wait to experience that ‘feeling’ when we start playing those first few notes of ‘Don’t Wanna Fight’ or ‘Gimme All Your Love.’"


Musical style

Early critical reviews of their debut, ''Boys & Girls'' (2012), noted that the band borrowed from mid-20th century rhythm and blues. Alongside Howard's voice, the songs were compared to artists such as
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. Howard herself took inspiration from
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in her vocal style, praising his "soulful" way of singing. As the acclaim mounted, "reviewers speculated" that their sound was in homage to the music produced in
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, Alabama nearly five decades prior. Cockrell and Fogg were aware of the Shoals legacy, but Howard was more influenced by bands such as
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. The success of debut single " Hold On" led some to believe the group " astrying to pass themselves off as revivalists, something they never aspired to be." Their second record, ''Sound & Color'' (2015), is steeped in several different genres, and touches on everything from
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Influence

Alabama Shakes has been cited as an influence for artists such as
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Band members


Current members

* Brittany Howard – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2009–2018; 2024–present) *Zac Cockrell – bass guitar (2009–2018; 2024–present) *Heath Fogg – lead guitar, backing vocals (2009–2018; 2024–present)


Former members

*Steve Johnson – drums, backing vocals (2009–2018)


Touring

* Ben Tanner – keyboards * Paul Horton – keyboards


Discography

;Studio albums * '' Boys & Girls'' (2012) * '' Sound & Color'' (2015)


Awards and nominations


Grammy Awards

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Other awards

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References


External links

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Alabama Shakes artist page: interviews, features, performances archived at NPR Music

Brittany Howard Releases New Single (along with Jack White band member Ruby Amanfu
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