As Alan Jackson prepares to wrap up his touring career with a sold-out show Saturday at Nissan Stadium, he’s dropping new music as a tribute to his wife of 50 years.
When Alan initially met Denise Jackson, “she was a cheerleader for Newnan High School practicing her dance routine for the cheerleader squad.” The song that was playing was the band Orleans’ top-five pop hit from 1976, “Still the One.”
“I sat there and watched her, and three years later I ended up marrying that girl and she’s my wife today,” Alan says. “This has always been one of our fond memories of our starting-out days, and every time we hear that song … it brings back those memories.”
Alan’s version of “Still the One” is out now.
“I went in the studio and re-recorded that pop song with a little country seasoning on it, and I gave it to her for her birthday because she’s ‘still the one,'” he adds.
Saturday’s star-studded Last Call: One More for the Road will air as an NBC special later this year.
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