![]() ![]() So Alan Jackson basically invented bro-country. ![]() Also, not to mention that “Chattahoochee” is littered with bro-country buzzwords such as moonlight, girls, and trucks. It was Alan Jackson who killed country music by dumbing it down (i.e., that stupid 9/11-exploiting song where he couldn’t tell the difference between Iraq and Iran) and living up to stereotypes (i.e., “It’s Alright to Be a Redneck”, “Where I Come From”, “Country Boy”). Nice try, but Alan Jackson is what destroyed country music. Last week Jackson played to a packed Station Inn in Nashville in celebration of his upcoming bluegrass album. “Bluegrass is one of the last American music that’s stayed somewhat close to its roots.” “I wanted to pay my respects to it because I think it’s a great genre and it’s real close to country,” Jackson told The Baltimore Sun. His next album set to be released on September 24th is simply called The Bluegrass Album and features a no frills traditional bluegrass approach. Jackson has long been regarded as residing on the traditionalist side of the mainstream dial, and on many occasions has stood up for older artists and the preservation of the roots of country music, most famously on the 1999 CMA Awards when he stopped his own song “Pop A Top” and started singing George Jones’s “Choices” after the CMA refused to let George sing the song in full.Īlan Jackson may be done with trying to court country radio though, and may be embracing his role as an elder of country music. Jackson’s last album, 2012’s Thirty Miles West sold moderately well, but did not produce the type of radio hits Jackson enjoyed earlier in his career. I don’t know if it’ll ever be back on mainstream radio. ![]() What makes me sad today is that I think the real country, real roots-y traditional stuff, may be gone. It’s always been that constant pop-country battle. There’s some good music, good songwriting and good artists out there, but there’s really no country stuff left. It’s not that I’m against all that’s out there. The Grand Ole Opry member, winner of 2 Grammys, 16 CMA’s, and performer of 35 #1 hits said: Ahead of his performance at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Baltimore, Alan Jackson had some discouraging words about the current state of country music in an interview with the Baltimore Sun. ![]()
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