ROLL ON: ALABAMA PLANS TOUR

NASHVILLE Country band Alabama will mark its 50th year together with a new tour in 2019, more than a year after founding member Jeff Cook announced he has Parkinson’s disease.

The Grammy-winning trio of Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry and Cook formed in 1969 in Fort Payne, Ala., and went on to dominate the sound of country music in the 1980s, scoring dozens of No. 1 hits, including Mountain Music and Dixieland Delight.

Guitarist and fiddle player Cook said in 2017 he had been diagnosed with the neurological disorder years ago. Cook says he will perform on the new tour, which begins Jan. 10, as much as he’s able. No Canadian dates are scheduled.