Alan Jackson – Hole in the Wall
A LITTLE BAR CAN LOOK LIKE NOTHING — UNTIL A COUNTRY SONG TURNS IT INTO SOMEONE’S LAST SAFE PLACE. Alan Jackson’s “Hole in the Wall” feels like one of those…
Alan Jackson – Her Life’s a Song
HER LIFE WASN’T JUST SOMETHING HE SANG ABOUT — IT WAS THE REASON THE SONG FELT TRUE. Alan Jackson’s “Her Life’s a Song” carries one of the gentlest truths country…
Alan Jackson – He Stopped Loving Her Today
A SONG CAN BELONG TO ONE LEGEND — UNTIL ANOTHER SINGS IT LIKE HE IS BOWING HIS HEAD. “He Stopped Loving Her Today” is not just a country song. It…
Alan Jackson – He Lives
A HYMN CAN FILL A CHURCH — BUT IN ALAN JACKSON’S VOICE, IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE REMEMBERING WHY THEY STILL BELIEVE. “He Lives” is not the kind of song that…
Alan Jackson – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
A CHRISTMAS SONG CAN SPARKLE WITH LIGHTS — BUT ALAN JACKSON MADE IT FEEL LIKE A WINDOW GLOWING IN A QUIET HOUSE. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” was never…
Alan Jackson – Had It Not Been You
SOME LOVE SONGS ASK FOR THE SPOTLIGHT — THIS ONE SOUNDS LIKE A HAND REACHING ACROSS A QUIET ROOM. Alan Jackson’s “Had It Not Been You” does not try to…
Alan Jackson – Good Time
FIVE DAYS OF WORK, ONE NIGHT OF MUSIC — AND ALAN JACKSON TURNED EXHAUSTION INTO A DANCE FLOOR. “Good Time” sounds simple until you realize what Alan Jackson was really…
Alan Jackson – Good Imitation of the Blues
THE BLUES DIDN’T NEED TO OWN HIM — ALAN JACKSON ONLY HAD TO LET IT STAND IN THE DOORWAY. “Good Imitation of the Blues” is one of those Alan Jackson…
Alan Jackson – Gonna Come Back As a Country Song
A MAN CAN STEP AWAY FROM THE ROAD AND STILL COME BACK EVERY TIME A COUNTRY SONG STARTS PLAYING. Alan Jackson’s “Gonna Come Back As a Country Song” feels like…
Alan Jackson – Gone Crazy
A COUNTRY SONG CAN SOUND FUNNY UNTIL THE ROOM GETS QUIET AND EVERYONE REALIZES IT IS BLEEDING. Alan Jackson’s “Gone Crazy” never had to shout to make its trouble known.…
Alan Jackson – Gone Country
ALAN JACKSON DIDN’T JUST SING “GONE COUNTRY” — HE MADE IT SOUND LIKE A DOOR SWINGING OPEN. There was a wink in that song, but there was also a warning.…
Alan Jackson – Gone Before You Met Me
THE DREAM WAS FUNNY AT FIRST — THEN IT STARTED SOUNDING LIKE A MAN MEETING EVERY LIFE HE NEVER LIVED. “Gone Before You Met Me” is one of those Alan…
Alan Jackson – From a Distance
FROM A DISTANCE, HE COULD STILL SEE HER — BUT COUNTRY MUSIC HEARD THE PART HE COULD NOT HOLD. “From a Distance” is the kind of Alan Jackson song that…
Alan Jackson – Freight Train
THE TRAIN KEPT MOVING — AND ALAN JACKSON MADE IT SOUND LIKE A MAN TRYING TO OUTRUN HIS OWN HEART. “Freight Train” is one of those Alan Jackson songs that…
Alan Jackson – Flaws
THE SONG ADMITTED WHAT MOST LOVE SONGS TRY TO HIDE — EVEN THE BEST PEOPLE COME WITH CRACKS. “Flaws” is Alan Jackson at his most quietly human. Not the riverbank…
Alan Jackson – Five O’Clock Somewhere
A BARROOM JOKE TURNED INTO A COUNTRY ESCAPE ROUTE — AND ALAN JACKSON MADE THE WHOLE WORLD CLOCK OUT EARLY. “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” sounds like a grin with a…
Alan Jackson – First Love
THE FIRST LOVE WASN’T A GIRL IN THE SONG — IT WAS A CAR, A BOYHOOD, AND A DREAM WITH WHEELS. Alan Jackson has always known how to hide a…
Alan Jackson – Farewell Party
A SONG CALLED “FAREWELL PARTY” SHOULD SOUND LIKE AN ENDING — BUT IN ALAN JACKSON’S HANDS, IT FEELS LIKE HONOR. “Farewell Party” was already sacred country ground before Alan Jackson…
Alan Jackson – Everything I Love
EVERYTHING HE LOVED SEEMED TO COME WITH A WARNING — AND ALAN JACKSON SANG IT LIKE A MAN WHO KNEW. “Everything I Love” sounds like a smile at first. That…
Alan Jackson – Everything But the Wings
SHE WAS CALLED AN ANGEL — BUT ALAN JACKSON MADE THE WORD FEEL LIKE SOMETHING YOU COULD HOLD. “Everything But the Wings” is one of those Alan Jackson songs that…