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Alan Jackson: The art of making the truth a good song

The end of Alan Jackson's latest album "Good Time" is determined by a stark contrast. The penultimate track, "If You Want to Make Me Happy", is set in a bar where the alcohol flows in streams and sad sounding songs from the jukebox. In contrast, the last track, "If Jesus Walked the World Today", a cheerful gospel piece, which is speculated as to how Jesus would look like and what he would do well, if he is in America in the 21st Century, would return to the world. In these two songs show the two opposing themes of country music: the sinner, who will celebrate on Saturday evening, and the pious man who goes to church on Sunday morning.

And what does Jackson himself to that? "I never think about such things until I asked one of you journalists afterwards," he says.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why we must reckon with him still - although now almost twenty years ago that he got his first recording contract with Arista Nashville. Jackson is not called in vain in a song as someone who "just simple songs are sung. "

Like Merle Haggard and Hank Williams is in Jackson Texts about the life from the perspective of ordinary people. And in easily understandable language. Under this surface, but are heard often the great questions of human existence. These questions are so obvious to him that he wasted no time in, are wondering about it, whether his observations are profound.

"No matter what he had written," says Joe Galante, head of Sony BMG Nashville, "whether it's" Chattahoochee, "was, or" Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) ", talks about always ran so From: "Toller text - how did you get that?" "No idea." "And this continuous theme of the album?" "Do not know, I just think that these are good pieces." "OK, we also find. "I think that brings him the moment any inspiration to write these texts." And with this inspiration, it's always about the needs and worries of average Americans from the heartland. For, is Alan Jackson, with fame and money, always remained one of them.

"Responsible for this are obvious, his background, his home and the fact that his family is rooted in Newnan, Georgia - and of course his wife Denise and their three daughters," suggested Keith Stegall, the "Good Time" and almost all of the other Jackson has also produced albums. "They have remained on the carpet and lead a normal life."

"Good Time" proves that once again. In "Laid Back 'n Low Key" is such a longing, know many people cut down - simple to an island. Jackson's past as a car mechanic input into the lyrics of "Country Boy" in which there is a large car goes. Confronted with the death we are in through the many issues of "Sissy's Song". In the romantic "Right Where I Want You" and in "Nothing Left To Do" is about love - the second piece but to the comic aspects of the situation after sex. A strong tendency toward nostalgia can Still in pieces like "I Wish I Could Back Up", "1976" and "I see Like Bologna": Alan Jackson accepts achievement, such as digital technology and whole wheat bread, but he loves things from the past.

"Life has changed so many things - internet, satellite television, cell phones," says Jackson. "Sometimes it's not easy to cope with it. But I wrote this song to make it clear that I put up with the way things are now - even if they were previously not bad either. I now eat healthier things than before. Normally, my sandwich of wholemeal bread - but I still like Bologna sausages on white bread. That is why the piece is said. From time to time but does it all very well to do it again the same way as before. That does not mean that it would be better but only that sometimes it is just very beautiful. "

In some respects this is also true of Alan Jackson's new album - it is a return to his old way of making music. In his last two panels, he was significantly deviated from his previous styles. "Like Red on a Rose" for the first time he had not received his master-producer Keith Stegall. With Alison Krauss came to the regulators a more delicate and somewhat gloomy atmosphere in his music. And "Precious Memories" was a gospel album, was heard on the mostly traditional hymns. He had taken it above all as a gift for his mother.

For the recording of "Good Time" turned out eventually that it unleashed new energy to the parties involved have to leave the beaten track of routine again. "When we met again to record the new album, because suddenly this energy," says firmly Jackson. "I felt and I saw Keith also wanted to work together again. And even when the musicians had more inspiration, feel more energy than usual. That does not mean that they would otherwise not be in good mood, but this time they seemed to really have fun in playing traditional country again - or at least my version of them. "

"One had the feeling that all could hardly wait left off the leash to be," says Bruce Watkins, a session musician who played on "Good Time" acoustic guitar and banjo, and since 1989 a regular basis is at Jackson's albums, with this . "The team are together again, added with Alan has all his hits, has positioned us a very nice adrenaline rush. In Alan's smile I could see that he did not even cold."

Alan Jackson was really excited. Normally, he writes the new pieces until just before they have to deliver them. So it was at "Good Time", but this time they wrote, as if by itself the end, he recorded over 20 songs, of which he finally, on his 17 17. Album "Good Time" published. For the first time in his musical career Jackson wrote all the pieces alone - without a co-author. And maybe some of the inspiration was based on the feeling of having to prove something. "The two previous albums had," says Joe Galante, "the fans pretty confused. The people said," I do not know what to think. "Alan has stopped plates to be done?" All the crap that one can imagine , happened back then. It was no surprise, but it lasted longer than I had expected. I think that's Alan put some more pressure to lie down with this album for a comeback and just get exactly what he eventually has delivered. "

And since his debut, "Here in the Real World" 1989 Alan Jackson has delivered consistently good material. He has seen a number of country-style and go all the time and has remained true to its roots. Joe Galante confirmed that Jackson's tour bus is still the music of The Carter Family and Vern Gosdin is listening to - "he still focuses on the historical styles and the honky-tonk sound, which is the country music finally emerged . With other bands and performers are increasingly topical and pop-oriented influences. "

"We interviewed a number of test groups," says Joe Galante. "We talked to them about Alan Jackson. They were all women and we asked them:" What comes to one of Alan Jackson? "They used words like" classic "and" timeless. "So it goes. You feel that this man stands for something. He has a great sense of humor, a big heart and a great soul, and they feel it all das He does not need to be addressed. They understand the nature and manner in which he approaches everything what he does. "

And this approach is also the reason why Alan Jackson brings out the concept, if one tries to analyze his music. The man, who three times was voted CMA Entertainer of the Year, goes up with the same integrity to his work, as it is expressed in "Small Town Southern Man". It is based around on close observation of people and the world around him. His lyrics are quite deep, but it only arises through the many small pictures that Alan Jackson joins together in his songs.

"When I worked on this album", recalls Jackson, "I thought that these songs, and these sounds were quite exactly like the ones I wanted to do when I came to Nashville. It was exactly the same thing, country music and such just songs. And therefore it makes me even more fun to write this music, most of the time. certainly more fun than other aspects of my profession. The many interviews and television and all these awards ceremonies bore me, but I still love making music. "

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