Subject: Alan Jackson (Musician)

• Alan Jackson

  December 19, 2002

• Strum and Twang: New Singles by Alan Jackson, Zac Brown, Lady Antebellum

  Since only one of this week's three newbies on the country top 10 would strike my grandpa as having anything to do with his beloved hillbilly music, and since even the one kinda-hillbilly number - the Alan Jackson song - sounds like the Tony Rich Project, it's fair at this point to ask just what in the holy hell it is that makes modern country country. This week's "I Run to You," by the comically named Lady Antebellum, is an upbeat '80s power ballad stripped of all country signifiers - no stee

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• Darryl Worley

  June 19, 2003

• Jimmy Fortune

  November 6, 2003

• So You Wanna Be a Cowboy?

  October 20, 2005

• Kenny Chesney

  Friday, June 4, at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.

  June 3, 2004

• The Warren Brothers

  Wednesday, December 31, at the Beaumont Club.

  December 25, 2003

• He's So Country

  Nashville never came knocking, but Arnie Johnson and the Midnight Special have been honky-tonkin’ since 1972.

  June 26, 2003

• Various Artists

  The Songs of Hank Williams Jr.: A Bocephus Celebration (Warner Bros.)

  March 13, 2003

• God Squad

  Some musicians declare themselves Chosen Ones, while others maintain God's not taking sides.

  August 29, 2002

• Mountain Range

  Down From the Mountain's appeal spans generations.

  August 8, 2002

• Alan Jackson

  Drive (Arista)

  March 7, 2002

• Tim McGraw

  Set This Circus Down (Curb)

  June 21, 2001

• Sara Evans; Chalee Tennison

  Born to Fly (RCA); This Woman's Heart (Asylum/Warner Bros.)

  December 7, 2000

• Even Cowgirls Win It Nude

  Jeannie Bates never thought she'd win the Miss Nude North America pageant, but her corn-fed charm prevailed.

  December 7, 2000