Alabama is home to the real 'Seven Bridges Road'. Updated Jul 25, 2019; Posted Jun 19, 2018. By Kelly Kazek | [email protected]. The Eagles weren't the first to record the song "Seven Bridges Road," but their harmony made it famous. The song was written and recorded by Steve Young, who was living in Montgomery in 1969 when he was inspired by ...
Steve Young was born in Georgia and spent much of his childhood in Gadsden, Alabama. He died in Nashville in 2016. He wrote several other songs about Alabama, including "Montgomery in the Rain" and "Alabama Highway.". In 1981, Young said of "Seven Bridges Road" to The Gadsden Times: "Consciously when I wrote it, ...