Even thought it has somewhat of a serious message, I think they meant it kind of in fun, too. I asked Strait, I said, "It's your album--do you think radio will really play this thing?"
For some reason I've been labeled that and it's fine, but there are a lot of other artists that sing real traditional stuff, so I don't know why they picked me. That's what I've always done.
He's written some great songs. I thought that "Blues Man" was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.
Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age, because there wasn't any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.
I could have done a hundred songs, really. It was hard to narrow them down, because I tried to pick songs for the most part that actually did have some effect on me or influenced me in the past.
I didn't have anything to do last winter. It's the truth! I've been wanting to do this ever since I started, really.
I didn't realize until I was older what a huge music fan my daddy really was, and actually that my grandma played banjo at one time, and I didn't even know that until a year or two ago.
I just always remembered that, not that it pushed me to be a singer, but I don't know why he said that. Hee Haw was a big part of my life, musically.
I really was a fan of his and always have been - his writing especially, you know? I think people a lot of times overlook that part, because he kind of got into that party character so heavy.
I'm a fan of music if it's good-you know, good songwriting and good records, and I don't care if it's pop-country or country-country, as long as it's a good example.
I've heard a couple songs on there and I thought, you know, it's not my style of music, but I thought, "Man, that's a good song!"
In the late '70s, when I was first in a little band bangin' around in clubs, the people that were current on the radio then were Mel McDaniel and Don Williams, George Strait and Vern Gosdin--all these people.
Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics. Half of them I'd hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn't even know it.
We just talked about doing a duet together and he was coming in town to record, so we went in and did that. I was knocked out.
Alan Jackson has won over thirty five Country Music Awards, Music City News, Academy of Country Music, and American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers awards.
Alan Jackson's favorite place to ride his Harley is in Oregon at Crater Lake. His favorite place to relax is in the Gulf of Mexico.
Alan Jackson likes to spend his time off teaching his daughters to fish and water ski.
Alan Jackson always wears a Stetson Rancher "Silver Belly" cowboy hat.
The first car that Alan Jackson ever owned was a 1955 Thunderbird convertible.
Alan Jackson's big break came in an airport in 1985, when his wife, who was working as a flight attendant, gave Glen Campbell a copy of Alan's tape.
Alan Jackson was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry Hall of Fame in 1991.
The first car that Alan ever owned was a 1955 Thunderbird convertible.
Alan's favorite sport is fishing.
Alan's favorite movie is Outlaw Josey Wales. His favorite TV show is The Andy Griffith Show.
Prior to being a country star, Alan worked as a car and furniture salesman, carpenter, garage worker, fork-lift driver at K-Mart and a mailroom worker at TNN.
Alan's first performance was at 17 as "Barnaby" in his school's production of Oklahoma
Alan Jackson is currently signed with Arista/Nashville Records.
Alan has a baritone singing voice.
"Where Where You (When The World Stopped Turning)" won both CMA "Song of the Year" and CMA "Single of the Year" in 2002.
Alan released "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)", a song about 9/11, shortly after the 9/11 tragedy.
Alan and Denise Jackson were married on December 15, 1979.
Alan began dating his wife in high school when they were both teens.
Alan is 6'4" tall.
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