Upwards of 5,000 music fans came out Thursday night to hear country music legend Randy Owen perform.

Owen is lead singer for the Fort Payne-based group Alabama which stopped touring after its Farewell Tour ended in 2004. Fans were hopeful that wouldn’t stop “the voice of the band” from singing classic Alabama songs and it didn’t.

Owen belted out about a dozen Alabama favorites as the headliner for the first-day entertainment at the BamaJam Music & Arts Festival in rural Coffee County.

Ricky Skaggs enjoyed a career in country music but felt led to return to his bluegrass roots.

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Thirteen-year-old Christopher Ratcliffe wanted to come to BamaJam so bad his dad did what a dad’s gotta do.

He improvised.

Traffic is not heavy but is picking up, as music fans began arriving en mass Thursday afternoon for the BamaJam Arts & Music Festival in rural Coffee County.

The 650-plus capacity RV park is almost a sea of campers, tents, motor homes and vehicles, as officials said close to 500 spots were filled by Thursday morning.

Two of three stages were not quite set by Wednesday afternoon, but BamaJam organizers expected everything to be in place by Wednesday night for the BamaJam Music & Arts Festival’s opening day today.

Father’s early influence helped BamaJam performer Marc Broussard find his “groove.“ He plays on the alternative stage Saturday.

Family bluegrass group with tragic beginnings immersed themselves in bluegrass before hitting the road. They will be among the bluegrass bands playing this weekend at BamaJam.

Enterprise prepares for region’s biggest three-day music festival. Event expected to draw performers both well known and not so much. Don’t wait too late for tickets.