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| 'Singer of simple songs' sells 50 million albums | |
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| Topic Started: Aug 24 2008, 04:35 PM (67 Views) | |
| Kim | Aug 24 2008, 04:48 PM Post #11 |
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Alan Jackson Has 50 Million Reasons to Smile Aug 14th 2008 by D. Boswank theboot.com  Alan Jackson and a few hundred friends, family and business associates celebrated a huge milestone Wednesday night in Nashville. The country superstar was the guest of honor at a party marking 50 million albums sold in his 19-year career. On hand to help him celebrate were his wife, Denise, and their daughters Mattie, Ali and Dani. The setting for the party was casual elegance meets southern charm. A 30-foot wall of ice sculptures displayed Jackson's album jackets in the slowly melting art, surrounded by southern comfort food, including hamburgers, country ham and biscuits, grits and strawberry slushes. And for those who wanted something a little stronger, the bar served 'Good Time Martinis,' named after Jackson's latest chart-topping album. Attendees were treated to a short film showcasing Jackson's career, from his early records and interviews to his most recent hits. Among the video clips was the night at the 1999 CMA Awards when Jackson interrupted his performance to sing the George Jones song 'Choices.' Jones had refused to attend the awards show because the CMA wanted him to do a shortened version of the tune. There was also a clip of the poignant 'Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning,' Alan's moving tribute to the victims of 9/11. During a press conference before the party, Jackson remembered how painfully shy he was when he first got his recording deal and how excited he was to go into the studio to record his debut album. The singer also was adamant that it is all about the music these days, just as it was in the beginning. Jackson recalled a recent conversation he had with record company executives, telling them that they need to come out from behind their desks and go out on the road to see the variety of fans who come to country music shows, "from the people who have to come in a wheelchair to the little ones who are carried in their mama's arms." Jackson says he's amazed that 50 million of his albums are floating around out there in the world. He recalled going on a fishing trip and landing on some remote island, where a native met his airplane holding a copy of one of his CDs. Jackson acknowledged that the 50 million in sales would not have come without a lot of hard work from a lot of people. He thanked everyone from his record company to the musicians who played on his records. Most of all, he thanked his fans who have supported him and related to him over the years: "Country music has always been America's music -- what you do and what you are -- it's about your life." |
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| Kim | Aug 24 2008, 04:49 PM Post #12 |
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11 Questions With Alan Jackson The notoriously reserved Alan Jackson is not a big fan of interviews. He simply just doesn't like talking about himself! But in this candid chat, The Boot stretches the living legend out of his comfort zone a little bit, getting him to open up about life at home with his girls, the young stars who impress him and his surprisingly simple plans to celebrate turning the big 5-0. If you're not on the road touring, what is a typical day like for you? I get up with the girls [his three daughters] about 5:30 in the morning and get them off to school. I try to work out two or three days a week. We have a trainer come to the house and I walk a three-mile track around the property. I do stuff around the house, fiddle with my cars and boats. Typically, we're going to ball games two, three or four days a week -- basketball, volleyball or soccer. Describe your demeanor during your girls' games. Are you intense? I cheer, but I'm not one of those screaming parents [who] scream at the referee or try to tell all the children what to do. I enjoy watching them play, and I try not to get too serious. It's just young girls playing sports. They probably will never play again once they get out of high school. I try to let them enjoy it and not be so serious about it. Did you play sports in school? I did when I was young, up until about 12, and then I started working after school. I played basketball and football -- that's all we had back then. I played basketball some in a church league when I got a little older, but I never was that good. What I always told people is 'I'm tall, that's all.' Given your success, what do you indulge in? Even when I didn't have money, I was always buying something -- some old car or an old motorcycle. I'd drive it for a while and then sell it and make some money. Now I buy things that I've always wanted, or something a little nicer or a collectible. Do you ever think about how life would have been if you hadn't been successful in music? Denise and I wouldn't have known all this that we have now, so we wouldn't have missed it. I think we would have continued working and had kids, and we'd still be going to the lake on weekends. We probably wouldn't have a nice home and expensive boats, but we'd be doing the same kind of thing. I think we would have been happy and made the best of it. You have three daughters: Mattie, 17, Ali, 14, and Dani, 10. Do you try to intimidate their dates? No, they might be a little scared, but I don't try to scare them. I'm pretty easygoing, and I don't worry about the girls. They make good choices. We just try to keep our eye on them a little bit. Do the girls' friends view you as a celebrity or just their friend's dad? I don't act like a celebrity. I've never been a big showboat. We don't have big parties. We have a lot of nice things and do things that we wouldn't have otherwise, but other than that, we're just here. Denise is in the kitchen cooking, and I'm watching football. We're just regular people, and I think they don't get that celebrity feeling, really. You are very quiet and reserved. How can someone be such a brilliant lyricist but not like to talk? It's easier writing, because you think about what you're going to say and say it in ways that you won't be able to communicate to someone in person. I've been doing interviews forever. You just get tired of talking about yourself. If you want to talk about cars or boats, I'd be more excited about talking. I just don't like chit-chatting. What's your favorite country song? 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' is a simple classic. It says it all. Who among the new crop of country artists impresses you? Brad [Paisley] writes some good stuff ... and Josh Turner. Taylor Swift, I really haven't heard much of her stuff, but that song about the tears on the guitar ['Teardrops on My Guitar'], that's a good song. It's a well-written song, especially from a young girl like that. You'll turn 50 in October. How do you plan to celebrate? Might go to Cracker Barrel or something. Edited by Kim, Aug 24 2008, 04:50 PM.
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| Kim | Aug 24 2008, 04:51 PM Post #13 |
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GACTV.com Alan Jackson’s 50 Million Sales Stack Up  Alan Jackson photo courtesy of SonyBMG Nashville. Aug. 15, 2008 — While Alan Jackson’s label threw a party for him on Wednesday to commemorate the sale of 50 million albums, it’s actually a bit difficult to fathom the enormity of the accomplishment. If, for example, 50 million CDs were stacked on top of each other, it would take 1,248 stacks the height of the Empire State Building to accommodate the entire mass. If 50 million CDs were laid end to end, they would stretch for 4,439 miles — longer than the distance from Nashville to Hawaii. Alan, who famously referred to himself as a "singer of simple songs," has trouble grasping the number, too. So when he considers it, he puts the accomplishment in personal terms. "I think about [how] there's 50 million CDs out there somewhere, in some guy's truck in his CD player out there in Montana or somebody's downloaded the album on their iPod in New Jersey," he says. "That's what's still amazing to me. I don't travel the world really, but I've been a lot of places. And I fly into these little islands in the Bahamas and over in the ocean and fish and stuff. And I've gone to places where you'd think it's as remote as it can be, and I'll land, get out of the airplane, and some little native fellow there will be holdin' one of my CDs wantin' me to sign it. The satellite dish has really brought a lot of that around." At least 500,000 of those 50 million sales are of Alan’s latest album, Good Time. He’s already had two hits off the project — "Small Town Southern Man" and the title track — and Arista Records is gearing up to release a third single the label hopes will lead to even more sales: "Country Boy." |
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| Kim | Aug 24 2008, 04:54 PM Post #14 |
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from alanjackson.com JACKSON REACHES MILESTONE WITH 50 MILLION ALBUMS SOLD 08/14/08 Sony BMG Nashville honored Alan Jackson Wednesday for selling more than 50 million albums during his nearly 20-year career. "It takes a lot of ingredients to go into all those 20 years of music to it work and still be a viable sound that people want to hear, you know," said the country superstar. On Wednesday, his record label threw him a party to celebrate and attendees included Trace Adkins and Mel Tillis. The room was full of people who helped the country singer reach the milestone, he said. The singer/songwriter recently scored a 33rd No. 1 single with "Good Time", the title track of his 17th album. Twenty of the No. 1 hits he wrote. He has earned more than 100 major industry awards. Jackson is a three-time Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year and the most-nominated artist in CMA history. |
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| Kim | Aug 24 2008, 04:55 PM Post #15 |
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ALAN JACKSON'S CAREER LAUNCHING MOMENT Countryforever.com When Alan Jackson started playing in his local band, Dixie Steel, back when in Newnan, Georgia, he did what you had to back then, sing all the hits by the big artists of the day, like John Conlee, Conway Twitty and Hank Jr. Trouble was, Alan made the mistake of trying to sing them just like those big stars had sung them. A demo of him singing those cover songs live in a bar almost cost him his chance in Nashville. He'd sent the songs to publisher, Marty Gamblin, who listened to the covers of Conlee, Twitty and Hank Jr songs and wasn't impressed. Gamblin told us, "Then, I heard one other song, his cover of 'The Ride', and that time he put his own stamp on it and I heard something special in him that I thought we could work with." Gamblin took Alan on as a writer, he moved to Nashville, and the rest as they say is history. |
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| Kim | Aug 24 2008, 04:56 PM Post #16 |
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| John | Aug 24 2008, 05:13 PM Post #17 |
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wow kim your posting lots of great things about Alan Jackson!! thanks 
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| Kim | Aug 24 2008, 05:29 PM Post #18 |
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 Thanks - it's easy when you really like someone.I didn't want it to seem like I was taking over though! 
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| John | Aug 24 2008, 05:33 PM Post #19 |
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now you'd never do that
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