Will Oldham on 'Alabama'
“Why did the Louvin Brothers sing 'Kentucky' on Tragic Songs of Life?
In order to rope in such souls as mine, and begin exposing such souls to the wild lyrical adventures delved into throughout the record.
And the anchor/answer was their own 'Alabama', teaching me about Bama agriculture, and at the same time importing songs of homes, 
of state-love, of satisfaction, longing and nostalgia into the otherwise harrowing jams on that record. 
I came to the Louvins via the Everlys, and so the bridge from Kentucky to Alabama buttressed.”