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…
Alan Jackson – Every Now and Then
A MEMORY DOESN’T KNOCK EVERY DAY — BUT WHEN IT DOES, ALAN JACKSON MAKES THE WHOLE ROOM GO STILL. “Every Now and Then” is not one of those songs that…
Alan Jackson – El Paso
OUT IN WEST TEXAS, ONE OLD BALLAD STILL RIDES ACROSS THE DARK — EVEN WHEN ALAN JACKSON’S NAME IS WHISPERED BESIDE IT. “El Paso” is not the kind of country…
Alan Jackson – Drive
A LITTLE BOY TOOK THE WHEEL — AND DECADES LATER, ALAN JACKSON TURNED THAT MEMORY INTO A SONG THAT STILL FEELS LIKE HOME. “Drive” is one of those Alan Jackson…
Alan Jackson – Don’t Rock The Jukebox
A BROKEN JUKEBOX IN A ROADSIDE LOUNGE TURNED INTO ONE OF COUNTRY MUSIC’S GREAT ACTS OF DEFIANCE. Before “Don’t Rock the Jukebox” became a No. 1 country hit in 1991,…
Alan Jackson – Don’t Change on Me
THE PRAYER WAS SIMPLE: DON’T CHANGE — BUT INSIDE IT WAS A WHOLE LIFE OF HOLDING ON. Alan Jackson has always sounded like a man who believed the plainest words…
Alan Jackson – Don’t Ask Why
THE SONG WAS QUIET, BUT IT CARRIED THE KIND OF QUESTION COUNTRY MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN TOO HONEST TO ANSWER. Alan Jackson has built a lifetime out of saying plain…
Alan Jackson – Dog River Blues
A RIVER KEPT ROLLING THROUGH GEORGIA — BUT ALAN JACKSON MADE IT SOUND LIKE THE ONLY WITNESS LEFT BEHIND. Alan Jackson has always known how to make a place feel…
Alan Jackson – Dixie Highway
A ROAD CAN BE JUST ASPHALT — UNTIL ALAN JACKSON MAKES IT SOUND LIKE THE PLACE A MAN LEARNED WHO HE WAS. Alan Jackson has always sung like somebody who…
Alan Jackson – Designated Drinker
TWO COUNTRY KINGS WALKED INTO A BARROOM SONG — AND MADE HEARTBREAK SOUND LIKE FRIENDSHIP HOLDING THE KEYS. “Designated Drinker” could have been just a clever title. In lesser hands,…
Alan Jackson – Dancin’ All Around It
A DANCE FLOOR LOOKED LIKE A PLACE TO MOVE — BUT ALAN JACKSON MADE IT FEEL LIKE THE MOMENT TWO HEARTS STOPPED RUNNING. Alan Jackson has always understood that country…
Alan Jackson – Dallas
A WOMAN NAMED DALLAS LEFT FOR TEXAS — AND ALAN JACKSON TURNED A MAP INTO A BROKEN HEART. Alan Jackson has always had a way of making country heartbreak sound…