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Alan Jackson

   
Started playing in: 1989
Place: Nashville
Genre: Traditional
Band Members: The Strayhorns: Monty Allen - acoustic guitar and harmony vocals, Danny Groah - lead guitar, Robbie Flint - steel guitar, Mark McClurg - fiddle and harmony vocals Joey Schmidt - keyboards Bruce Rutherford - drums Scott Coney - acoustic guitar, tic/tack guitar, banjo Roger Wills - bass guitar
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Alan Jackson


Biography
Locomotives aren’t much about bluster. They’re more about power, speed, efficiency, rugged beauty, and drive. So is the career of Alan Jackson, which recently passed the 20-year signpost without the slightest stall in sight. The country music superstar cites no particular ulterior motive in naming his new album Freight Train, although he will allow that maybe there’s just the hint of a career metaphor in there.

“This title just jumped out at me,” he says. “When you really think about it, man, we’ve been rolling along here for a lot of years, still going like a train.”
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posted on Wed Jun 30 04:15 PM
Jackson's house for sale

In addition to selling his 135-acre Nashville property earlier this month, Country singer, Alan Jackson and his wife Denise have decided to put their Florida guest house on the market.


 


The house whi...


posted on Fri Jun 18 07:22 PM
Alan's 'cake and the lake' Father's Day

Father's Day is a very special holiday for Alan Jackson's three daughters, especially his eldest, Mattie. AOL's The Boot reports that the Jackson family has a special tradition of combining cake and the lake.


posted on Thu Jun 3 07:15 PM
Alan sells estate for $28 mil

Alan Jackson's Sweetbriar estate in Franklin, Tennessee has sold for $28 million, which is $10 million below the original asking price, according to the Nashville Tennessean. This represents the most expensive r...


posted on Tue Jun 1 04:01 PM
Alan swings an anvil for a song

Alan Jackson experienced a first in the studio while recording his new single, "Hard Hat And A Hammer." He got to play a very unique instrument.


 


"I played the anvil," Alan tells GAC. "We cut it, and I sai...


posted on Thu Apr 29 04:04 PM
Alan to aid miners' families

Alan Jackson will donate the profits from his upcoming performance in West Virginia to the families of the miners killed in an explosion earlier this month at the Upper Big Branch Mine. The blast was the worst coal mining disaster in...


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