Alan Jackson Delivers Definitive Hits Package, 34 Number Ones, on November 23!

37-Track Collection Features 34 #1 Hits, 2 Rare Tracks, and the New Single, “As She’s Walking Away,” with Zac Brown Band Featuring Alan Jackson.

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Nashville, TN – This year, superstar Alan Jackson is celebrating the 20-year anniversary of his debut album, and he’s doing it in style with the November 23 release of 34 Number Ones, a career-spanning, double-disc collection featuring all 34 of Jackson’s #1 hits. With 37 songs in all, the project will also include two rare tracks and the new single, “As She’s Walking Away,” with Zac Brown Band featuring Alan Jackson.

Alongside Alan’s first chart-topper, 1990’s “Here in the Real World,” fans will find such enduring favorites as “Gone Country” (1995); Jackson’s poignant, GRAMMY-winning “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)” (2001); the Jimmy Buffett duet “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” (2003); last year’s “Country Boy,” and many more. Also included are the beautiful “Look at Me” (previously available on the 2008 soundtrack to Billy: The Early Years) and Jackson’s never-before-released take on the classic Johnny Cash hit, “Ring of Fire.”

Over the past 20 years, Alan Jackson has become one of the most successful and respected songwriter/performers in music, inspiring audiences across several generations with his modern approach to classic country. A 16-time CMA and ACM Award winner and a GRAMMY-honored songwriter, Jackson’s career to date has included sales of more than 50 million albums. Later this month, Jackson will add to his long list of ASCAP honors, when he is presented with the ASCAP Founders Award, recognizing him for his innovative, influential, and pioneering contributions to music, joining such past recipients as Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, and James Taylor.

Keep up with Alan online at www.alanjackson.com.

Camila will perform at the hispanic heritage awards in Washington D.C.

ALEJATE DE MI #1 FOR 2nd WEEK ON BILLBOARD LATIN POP AIRPLAY CHART

Mexican superstar songwriters/performers CAMILA have been invited to perform at the 24th Hispanic Heritage Awards at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on September 29th.

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The Hispanic Heritage Awards (www.hispanicheritage.org) were created in 1986 by the White House as a vehicle to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrate Latino excellence, leadership and accomplishment in various fields. Camila has been very active on behalf of children’s causes and were honored to be a part of an evening during which Hispanic achievers will be honored for their accomplishments and community contributions.

Camila is Latin music’s biggest success story of the new decade, and their success is global. In the US, their newest album Dejarte de Amar debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Latin Album Chart, stayed there for two weeks, and has been in the Top 3 for 28 straight weeks. It was certified Platinum in the U.S. a week ago. The first single from the album “Mientes”, was #1 for 10 weeks on the US pop charts and for 13 weeks in Mexico. Their newest single, “Alejate de Mi”, is #l for a second week on the Latin Pop Airplay Chart. They are the only group to maintain two singles at the same time in the Top 5 Pop Chart and the General Chart. Dejarte de Amar is already Platinum in US, triple Platinum in Mexico, Platinum in Venezuela and Gold in Chile and Colombia.

Last week in Guadalajara, Camila took home 7 awards, more than any other artist, at the 2010 Monitor Latino Awards. The band won in all top categories, including: Album of the Year; Hot Song of the Year; Group Album of the Year; Popular Vote of the Year; Group Song of the Year; Group of the Year; and Composer of the Year.
The first leg of Camila’s Dejarte de Amar tour was a huge success with sold out shows in Puerto Rico, Miami, New York, Chicago, L.A., SF and acclaimed as “one of the best shows of 2010”. Their critically acclaimed Camilla MTV Unplugged will air in the U.S. on September l5, and in Mexico & Colombia on August 27, and in Argentina on September 3.

www.camila.tv

Josiah Leming’s album debut ‘Come On Kid’ set for September 14 on Warner Bros. Records

Singer songwriter Josiah Leming will release his debut album for Warner Bros Records, COME ON KID, on September 14.

“Leming is magnetic,” LA Times

“The music that explodes from the rickety piano is booming and urgent,”MTV.com

LOS ANGELES, CA (July 19, 2010) – Singer songwriter Josiah Leming, whose compelling performances and personal story about living in his car captivated fans in season seven of American Idol will release his debut album for Warner Bros Records, COME ON KID, on September 14. Leming wrote or co-wrote all the tracks on the album and plays guitar and keyboards throughout. Jesse Owen Astin, David Kosten, Martin Terefe and Warren Huart each produced tracks on the album which was recorded in Los Angeles and London. The first single from the album is “Maybe” which goes to radio this month. Leming is “magnetic in person…at once disarming and electrifying”(Los Angeles Times), and fans can look forward to seeing him on the road this summer in an extensive tour that will take him to 25 major markets in the U.S. (see below for itinerary).

Music: http://www.myspace.com/josiahleming and www.facebook.com/josiahleming

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Leming was signed to Warner Bros. Records by Sr. VP of A&R Perry Watts-Russell who has worked with Radiohead, Marc Cohn, and Everclear and who signed Damien Rice, Muse, Secret Machines and others to Warner Bros. Since Idol, Leming toured the US and released two EPs for WBR. Early last summer his mother passed away after a long illness. Afterwards, Leming says, “I took the entire summer to find my footing. Both emotionally and in my career.” After a period of self reflection, he recorded the majority of COME ON KID. http://www.billboard.com/#/news/former-idol-standout-josiah-leming-to-drop-1004105198.story?tag=hpfeed

On COME ON KID, the 21 year old artist’s, songwriting skill and powerfully expressive voice are on full display. The songs on the new album range from encouraging, to reflective to clearly autobiographical. And his performance is more powerful than ever. “Leming does not play piano so much as he assaults it,” wrote MTV.com. “The music that explodes from the rickety piano is booming and urgent, a little unsettling, incredibly raw. Honest. And then there’s his voice, which is startling as much for its clarity as for the reckless way Leming wields it”.

LIST OF TRACKS:

Come On Kid
Maybe
To Run
Arctic Outcry Wind
Day and Night
Body and Mind
Silly fly
Joy And Happiness
Song Without a Reason

TOUR DATES:

July 17, Gypsy Den at Gypsy Den, Santa Ana, CA

July 21 Berbati’s Pan, Portland, OR

July 22 Chop Suey , Seattle, WA

July 23 The Seaside, Spokane, WA

July 25 Kilby Court, Salt Lake City, UT

July 27 Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO

July 29 Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL

July 31 Wilbert’s Cleveland, Cleveland, OH

August 01 Pike Room The Crofoot, Pontiac, MI

August 02 Birdy’s, Indianapolis, IN

August 03 Club Cafe, Pittsburg, PA

August 05 Rockwood ,New York, NY

August 06 Crossroads, Garwood, NJ

August 08 World Cafe, Philadelphia, PA

August 11 Jammin’ Java, Vienna, VA

August 14 Evening Muse, Charlotte, NC

August 15 The White Mule, Columbia, SC

August 16 WorkPlay Theatre, Birmingham, AL

August 17 3rd and Lindsley, Nashville, TN

August 27 Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, CA

August 28 Brixton, Redondo Beach, CA

September 06 The Underground, Mesa, AZ

September 08 Marquis Theatre, Denver, CO

September 09 The Avalon Theatre , Salt Lake City, UT

September 11 Boomdango Music Festival Stahali Farms, St. George, UT

Alan Jackson’s hard hat and a hammer video shot on location with working men and women of america

STEEL WORKERS, FIREMEN, LONGSHOREMEN AND OTHERS, STAR IN THE NEW VIDEO WHICH DEBUTS THIS WEEKEND ON CMT
“God bless the working man,” sings Alan Jackson in Hard Hat and a Hammer, the latest hit single from his acclaimed FREIGHT TRAIN album.

Award-winning director Theresa Wingert (Carrie Underwood, Dierks Bentley, Taylor Swift) wanted to echo Jackson’s sentiments, so she went all across the Southeast to film real working men and women on construction sites and in mines, at fire stations and in restaurants, to star with Jackson in the new video for Hard Hat and a Hammer, which makes its world premier this Friday, June 18, on CMT’s Big New Music Weekend.
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Wingert filmed strong imagery of the Americans “getting the job done” as a celebration of the great workforce that is “the glue that keeps the world together”. Featured are miners from Stilhouse mining in Benham, KY, workers from the Bayou La Batre, AL shipyard, railroad workers from TRR Railroad in Mobile and more. She filmed at paper mills, foundries, taxi stands, Nashville’s Fire Station #16 and Bar-B-Cutie and more than a dozen other locations (see below).

Jackson’s “easygoing ode to the working man” (Billboard) is the latest of his songs that honors his working class roots and family upbringing. Last month he honored the fallen miners and rescue workers from April’s Upper Big Branch mining disaster with a benefit concert performance at the Charleston, WV Civic Center. The 31 families affected and 230 rescue workers who were on site at the nation’s biggest mining disaster in four decades were offered free tickets to the show. Jackson met with the families who lost loved ones and raised over $150,000 for the Montcoal Mining Disaster Fund.

Just last week, Billboard Magazine announced that Jackson was voted in the top 5 of the top 25 country artists of the last 25 years. FREIGHT TRAIN, his 18th career album, was produced by longtime collaborator Keith Stegall and features 12 songs, 8 of which were written by Jackson. In a moving tribute to the legendary Vern Gosdin, who passed away last year and for whom Jackson has long expressed admiration, Jackson enlisted Lee Ann Womack to record “Till the End,” Gosdin’s 1977 classic duet with Janie Fricke.

VIDEO LOCATIONS:
Rock Slide, TN
Stilhouse Mining, Benham, KY
Yeehaw Industries (printing press), Knoxville, TN
Domtar Paper Mill, Kingsport, TN
Goldens On The Square, Newnan, GA
Royale Cafe, Columbus, GA
Golden Foundry, Columbus, GA
All State Port Authority, Mobile, AL
Shipyard in Bayou La Batre, AL
TRR Railroad, Mobile, AL
Farmers Market, Nashville
Nashville Fire Station #16
Johnsons Hardware, Nashville, TN
Nashville Yellow Cab
Nashville Intercity Ministry
Bar-B-Cutie, Nashville

Alan Jackson’s ‘it’s just that way’ video debuts next monday

“It’s Just That Way”, the first video from Alan Jackson’s March 30th album FREIGHT TRAIN, will make its world premier Monday, February 22.

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“It’s Just That Way”, the first video from Alan Jackson’s March 30th album FREIGHT TRAIN, will make its world premier Monday, February 22. The video was filmed at an old antebellum farmhouse in Spring Hill, TN and at various locations in Tampa, FL, and directed by the award-winning Roman White. The charming and whimsical story depicted in the video was written by Jackson’s oldest daughter Mattie. “We looked at a lot of treatments, but hers was the best,” says Jackson. “I was so proud when everyone picked it.”>

Video: https://www.interdubs.com/

Photos: http://www.dbaronmedia.com/alan-jackson-photos-media.html

“It’s Just That Way” was written by Keith Stegall, Vicky McGehee and Kylie Sackley, but, says Jackson, “It’s such a beautiful melody, I wish I’d written it myself.”

Mattie Jackson is a sophomore at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She makes her debut as a journalist in the June issue of Paula Dean Cooking. “The video depicts a backwards reality, with metaphors of nature’s undeniable realities,” she wrote in her treatment. “And illustrates a love that is as pure and dependable as the sun rising in the sky.”

Mattie might as well have been talking about the 30 year marriage of her parents, and apparently her father feels the same way about “It’s Just That Way”. “It reminds me of Denise, and how we have been together forever. Sometimes we just look back and think of where we started and how it all happened and it’s just like it was supposed to be,” he said.

Superstar Alan Jackson’s l8th album FREIGHT TRAIN, was produced by longtime collaborator Keith Stegall and features 12 songs, 8 of which were written by Jackson. In a moving tribute to the legendary Vern Gosdin, who passed away last year and for whom Jackson has long expressed admiration, Jackson enlisted Lee Ann Womack to record “Till the End,” Gosdin’s 1977 classic duet with Janie Fricke.

Cracker Barrel announces – the Alan Jackson Collection

The Alan Jackson Collection includes complete lifestyle product line as well as exclusive CD.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® will take an important step forward with its music merchandising program with the introduction of The Alan Jackson Collection, a 40+ piece assortment of lifestyle items created in conjunction with megastar Alan Jackson and available only at Cracker Barrel beginning November 2. The popular restaurant and retail concept has been growing its business as a non-traditional music retailer since 2003, and is setting a new standard by developing this extensive assortment of high quality merchandise to appeal to Cracker Barrel guests, many of whom are already Alan Jackson fans.

The Alan Jackson Collection features menswear and womenswear, food items, collectibles, an Alan Jackson Signature Rocker and other exclusive items (see full list below) including a CD. SONGS OF LOVE AND HEARTACHE includes two previously unreleased songs, “That’s What I’d Be Like Without You,” and “Nothing Sure Looked Good On You,” as well as 10 other songs, including such hits as “Here in the Real World,” “Livin On Love,” and “Remember When.”

PRODUCT PHOTOS: http://www.dbaronmedia.com/alan-jackson-photos-media.html

The Alan Jackson Collection is the first time Cracker Barrel has developed a complete line of merchandise around a star. Jackson was completely involved in the creation of the collection. He personally reviewed and approved all 40+ items and advised Cracker Barrel on what he thought might appeal to his fans. The collection is truly a reflection of his personal lifestyle centered on country heritage and family connections. The country music singer and songwriter is well-known for his songs that tell of universal truths by recounting honest, individual stories that resonate for many people as if they were their own tales. That same attention to detail is apparent in every item in this collection.

“I grew up in the South, so Cracker Barrel has been a part of my family since I was a young man,” says Alan Jackson. “I was really flattered when they came to me with the idea of working together to create a collection for their country store, and I’ve been very impressed with the variety and quality of the items that we have put together. I think my fans and their families will appreciate everything in the collection.”

At the centerpiece of The Alan Jackson Collection is the exclusive Alan Jackson Signature Rocker, a piece of fine quality furniture. Reflecting the earth tones that Alan favors, this solid hardwood rocker is made of Dutch Spruce logs harvested in Maine and hand-assembled in Tennessee. The Danish Walnut finish offers warmth to a room’s décor. The Alan Jackson Signature Rocker has oversized posts for durability and is nailed and glued at the joints for extra strength. Alan’s authentic signature is engraved in the headrest. Each rocker is numbered as part of a limited edition of 1,700.

The Alan Jackson Collection also includes many functional, stylish items such as mugs, candles and decorative throws to warm the different rooms in a home and for all the people in the family. The collection includes jewelry, shirts, and hats that have been crafted out of materials favored by Alan such as suede, leather, and cotton. All items have been designed to meet Alan’s personal taste, and his requirement for high quality standards and good, old-fashioned comfort!

“Cracker Barrel has been focused for several years on providing our guests with great musical offerings that they can get only at our stores and this expansion into a complete, high quality, exclusive line of merchandise associated with Alan Jackson’s lifestyle is a great next step,” says Peter Keiser, Cracker Barrel’s Vice President of Marketing. “The Alan Jackson Collection is a good way for Cracker Barrel to connect with our guests, and for our guests to connect with Alan.”

Since 2003, Cracker Barrel has featured a music program that offers exclusive CDs by some of country music’s most popular artists. Earlier this year, Cracker Barrel added to the CD offerings when it worked with Dolly Parton to offer a Dolly-pink version of its signature rocking chair and an exclusive photo album that became one of Cracker Barrel’s best-selling books ever. With the launch of The Alan Jackson Collection, Cracker Barrel takes music merchandising to a new level, one that will provide a great variety of quality products for guests to consider and enjoy.

Cracker Barrel’s impressive exclusive music program features numerous projects, including the September release of an exclusive new version of The Foundation by the Zac Brown Band, which contained three previously unreleased live tracks. That followed August’s George Jones release of A Collection Of My Best Recollection, May’s release of Montgomery Gentry’s For Our Heroes, which debuted at #5 on Billboard magazine’s Top Country Album Chart, and March’s release of Dolly Parton’s Collectors’ Edition of Backwoods Barbie, which debuted at #9 on that chart. The series also includes a number of exclusive releases in 2008 – November’s release of Bill Gaither’s Homecoming Hymns, the August release of Kenny Rogers: 50 Years, the July release of Ricky Skaggs’ The High Notes and the April release of Aaron Tippin’sHe Believed. Over the last few years, Cracker Barrel has also released exclusive CDs featuring, among others, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Josh Turner, Amy Grant, Sara Evans, and Charlie Daniels.

About Cracker Barrel
Cracker Barrel Old Country Storeâ restaurants provide a friendly home-away-from-home in its old country stores and restaurants. Guests are cared for like family while relaxing and enjoying real home-style food and shopping that’s surprisingly unique, genuinely fun and reminiscent of America’s country heritage…all at a fair price. The restaurant serves up delicious, home-style country food such as meatloaf and homemade chicken n’ dumplins as well as its signature biscuits using an old family recipe. The authentic old country retail store is fun to shop and offers unique gifts and self-indulgences.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRL) was established in 1969 in Lebanon, Tenn. and operates 591company-owned locations in 41 states. Every Cracker Barrel unit is open seven days a week with hours Sunday through Thursday, 6 a.m. – 10 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 6 a.m. – 11 p.m. For more information, visit: crackerbarrel.com.

Media Contacts:
For Alan Jackson:
Diana Baron
dbaron media relations inc
310 315 5444
diana@dbaronmedia.com

For Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
Webster & Associates PR
Kirt Webster
615-777-6995
kirt@websterpr.com

Julie Davis, Cracker Barrel
615-443-9266
jdavis@crackerbarrel.com

Alan Jackson “I still like Bologna” video debuts this week

Itty Bitty AJs & Denises relive old times on new video.

The video for Alan Jackson’s “I Still Like Bologna” is a humorous look back on changing times and the country superstar’s continuing affection for a favorite sandwich. It debuts this week on CMT and GAC.PHOTOS: http://dbaronmedia.instyledm.com/alan-jackson-photos-media.htmlWhen you first see “I Still Like Bologna,” you might think there’s something wrong with your tv set since the nortoriously tall Jackson seems to have shrunk down to knee high. But the pint sized Jackson is really Jet Jurgensmeyer, who was brought in to portray the pee wee sized Jackson of yore, when times were simpler and there were no cell phones or video games. However, as Jackson points out in his hit single, the important things indure, like love, family and a good bologna sandwich on white bread.

The video was shot on the pond at Xanadu Ranch outside of Nashville, and was directed by Scott Scovill of Branded Picture Video Productions.

Fans stood in the rain just for Alan Jackson

Alan Jackson performs for 20,000 fans who stood in the rain for 9 hours to see him perform in Bergen, Norway August 15, 2009.

20,000 alan jackson fans wait 9 hours in the rain to see show in norway good time hits 1mil mark for worldwide sales norwegian favorites is #1.

The world loves country music, as superstar Alan Jackson and nearly 40,000 fans that came to see him in Norway and Sweden last week will vouch. And the facts prove them out: Jackson’s most recent album GOOD TIME just reached the one million worldwide sales mark and his NORWEGIAN FAVORITES album hit the #1 spot on the charts in that country, his first #1 ever in Norway. Jackson played Skien, Norway, Eskilstuna, Sweden, and Bergen, Norway, where 20,000 fans waited 9 hours in the rain to see Jackson.

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We thought you might like to see press and advertising coverage in Sweden and Norway. Here’s a link to a Norwegian TV add for the album: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPkaMfujy4U.
Here are reviews from the two shows Jackson played in Norway:
http://www.abcnyheter.no/node/93773;
http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/hordaland/1.6733031

In the states, Jackson’s most recent collection, Good Time, became the fourth album of his career to debut simultaneously at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums and all-genre Billboard 200 sales charts. The 17-song release has netted three No.1 hits, “Good Time,” “Small Town Southern Man,” and “Country Boy,” and Jackson’s 50th Top 10 single “Sissy’s Song.” Jackson’s newest single, “I Still Like Bologna,” his ode to changing times and his continuing affection for a favorite sandwich, is climbing the charts.

Colbie Caillat launches breakthrough 2009 tour

“I am absolutely OBSESSED with Colbie Caillat’s single- Fallin’ for you 🙂 ‘I’ve been waiting all my life and now I’ve found you,’” Miley Cyrus/Twitter

“My good friend Colbie Caillat just put out her new single on iTunes and it’s my new jam right now, she’s got the BEST summer songs!” Taylor Swift

“HOT DOWNLOAD!” People Magazine

“Sweet and alluring…” Billboard on “Fallin’ For You”

Tickets go on sale Saturday, August 1, for platinum singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat’s 2009 BREAKTHROUGH TOUR, which kicks off at the Anaheim House of Blues on Thursday, September 17, and makes its way to over 26 major market venues including New York’s Roseland Ballroom, Spokane’s Knitting Factory”, and the Palladium Ballroom in Dallas (see below for all dates).

Photos & music: http://www.dbaronmedia.com/colbie-caillat-biography.html

The new tour is in support of Caillat’s upcoming album release, BREAKTHROUGH (Aug 25) , the follow-up to her multi-platinum debut COCO. “Fallin’ For You,” the first single from the album, is getting a big thumbs up from friends and critics in high places, from People Magazine and Billboard to Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift, who are Twittering about the song’s infectious melody and lyrics.

Powered by the success of the single and its hilarious Malloy Bros-directed video, Colbie will appear on the “Today Show” (Aug 25) and the “Tonight Show” with Conan O’Brien (Aug 28), the week thatBREAKTHROUGH is released. Colbie’s smokey alto is perfect for the more mature collection of songs, from exuberant, blissful tunes that chase away rainy day blues to sweeping power ballads that express her deepest vulnerabilities. All songs on the new album were written by Colbie and a strong cast of co-writers including Kara DiGuardi, Rick Nowels, Jason Reeves and John Shanks.

Thu-Sep-17     Anaheim CA               House of Blues
Fri-Sep-18       Tempe AZ                   Tempe Beach Park
Mon-Sep-21    Boise ID                      Knitting Factory
Tue-Sep-22     Spokane WA               Knitting Factory
Wed-Sep-23    Seattle WA                  Showbox Sodo
Fri-Sep-25       Sacramento CA          Empire (at Empire Events Center)
Sat-Sep-26      Reno NV                     Grand Sierra Resort – Grand Theatre
Tue-Sep-29     Vancouver BC             Commodore Ballroom
Wed-Sep-30    Portland OR                Crystal Ballroom
Fri-Oct-02       Salt Lake City UT       In the Venue
Sat-Oct-03      Denver CO                 Fillmore Auditorium
Mon-Oct-05    Milwaukee WI             Pabst Theater
Tue-Oct-06     Minneapolis MN          First Avenue
Wed-Oct-07    Chicago IL                   Riviera Theater
Sat-Oct-10      Toronto ON                 Kool Haus
Sun-Oct-11     Montreal QC               Metropolis
Tue-Oct-13     Columbus OH             Newport Music Hall
Wed-Oct-14    Philadelphia PA           Electric Factory
Fri-Oct-16       New York NY              Roseland Ballroom
Sat-Oct-17      Washington DC            tba
Mon-Oct-19    Atlanta GA                  The Variety Playhouse
Tue-Oct-20     Lake Buena Vista FL   House of Blues
Thu-Oct-22     Austin TX                    Stubb’s
Fri-Oct-23       Dallas TX                    Palladium Ballroom

Alan Jackson draws over 4,000 boats and 35,000 fans to aquapalooza on lake martin, Alabama

Alan Jackson aquapalooza live on lake martin to air on cmt labor day weekend.

More than 4,000 boats and 35,000 people attended Alan Jackson’s headline performance at Saturday’s AquaPalooza Signature Event on Lake Martin, AL, setting a new record for any single event on a lake. Boats were packed bow to stern for over a mile, and many fans donned their inner tubes and water noodles to paddle close to the water-pit at the bottom of the stage. Jackson pulled up to the dock at the Russell Land Marina in his 1923 Hacker Craft and played hit songs from his current platinum GOOD TIME album. During the show, which was taped for CMT’s Labor Day special, ALAN JACKSON AQUAPALOOZA LIVE ON LAKE MARTIN, Jackson spoke movingly about childhood visits to Lake Martin with his family.

PHOTOS:
http://davidkwitty.smugmug.com/AquaPalooza%202009
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Officials from the Alabama Marine Police were among several official agencies confirming attendance for the day. Fans had come from as far away as Michigan and San Diego, CA to see Jackson and opening acts Carter Twins, Jypsi, Matt Stillwell and Caitlin & Will. . Jackson’s encore included a performance of the Hank Williams classic KOW-LIGA, which Williams penned on his historic cabin on the lake.