Music review: Alan Jackson – ‘Angels and Alcohol’
After recently traveling to New York City to see the Foo Fighters perform at Citi Field, I received an added surprise by discovering Alan Jackson was also in town appearing on NBC无毛视频檚 无毛视频淭oday无毛视频� at Rockefeller Center as part of the show无毛视频檚 summer concert series. Just like Donny and Marie, I could firmly declare that I was a little bit country and a little bit rock 无毛视频榥无毛视频� roll for the week.
Celebrating 25 years since his impressive debut release, the Georgia-born Jackson sticks with his tried and true formula of making heartfelt arrangements about life, love, heartache and the desire to live life to the fullest.
With over 60 million albums sold worldwide, the 56-year-old singer delivers 10 simple tracks cut from the traditional country mold as opposed to much of today无毛视频檚 sugary and sweet country offerings.
After delivering a bluegrass album followed by an inspired gospel-flavored release in 2013, Jackson returns to his true country roots as witnessed on earlier standouts like 无毛视频淐hattahoochee,无毛视频� 无毛视频淲anted,无毛视频� 无毛视频淒allas无毛视频� and 无毛视频淢idnight in Montgomery.无毛视频�
The title track details how alcohol drove away the love of a good woman, resulting in only faded memories and the bottle left to pass the time away at the local watering hole.
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Jackson might be one of country music无毛视频檚 elder statesmen, but his message is just as fresh and welcoming as it was when I first saw him perform in Pittsburgh over 20 years ago.
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Clint Rhodes is the 无毛视频-Standard music reviewer.
He can be reached at crhodes@heraldstandard.com.