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Alan Jackson has been a huge influence to country music. He helped with the 1980s new traditionalist country movement and has now managed to break into the pop charts while still maintaining his country music values. He has written many of his own hits as well as the hits of other artists. He emits a down-to-earth image that the common people like.
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Alan Jackson is the most-nominated singer in CMA history, and Brooks & Dunn are the most awarded. With too many honors to count, these two titans of country music are once again embarking on a powerhouse tour.
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Given his eternal front-pew presence in the Mother Church of True Country Music, Alan Jackson's delivery of an album that evokes such adjectives as "crossover" and even "progressive" might seem like heresy. Yet it's his fealty to the genuine country spirit, ironically, that makes Like Red on a Rose such a bouquet for country fans and even open-eared listeners who may not care much for country. Some may think it's the twanging guitar, pedal steel and fiddles that characterize country, but at its core (and best), it's a singer's art, and Jackson is one of its latter-day masters. The somewhat surprising choice of producer Alison Krauss fashions a smart and adult countrypolitan sound that spans from quality roots to classy pop, touching on blues ("Good Imitation of the Blues"), gospel ("Don't Change on Me") and even nods to Stephen Foster ("Where Do I Go From Here [A Trucker's Song]"), all of which Jackson handily sings with subtle authority and deft emotionality. With 15 songs one could even call literate—in contrast to much from the Music City songwriting factory—this set is a mature and lovely flowering for Jackson that transcends genre to become fine American popular music.
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The high-powered twin bill of Brooks & Dunn and Alan Jackson delivered the hits on Sunday at the UCF Arena — lots of them, without too many surprises. With more songs from opening act Jake Owen, a newcomer with Central Florida roots, there was plenty of music, even if none of it was too adventurous.
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Country music star Alan Jackson presents a first volume of his greatest video hits with this collection. Among the standout tracks are Little Bitty, It's Five O'Clock Somewhere, and It's Alright to be a Redneck.
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Alan Jackson performs "Like Red on a Rose" at "The 40th Annual CMA Awards," on Monday, Nov. 6, live from the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville on the ABC Television Network. Photo Provided by Country Music Association
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