{"id":1525,"date":"2014-08-22T00:39:44","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T05:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2023-09-04T00:12:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T00:12:02","slug":"country-music-hall-of-fame-honors-alan-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=1525","title":{"rendered":"Country Music Hall Of Fame Honors Alan Jackson."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Folks I am REALLY excited about this exhibit that opens August 25th!
\nThe folks at The Country Music Hall Of Fame<\/a> have outdone themselves!
\nThey have opened a new exhibit honoring Alan Jackson who is certainly well on his way to becoming
\na country legend with a whole exhibit honoring his 25 years in the industry.<\/p>\n

You know when I think about the current state of country radio (I’m talking FM) and the
\ncurrent state of the CMA and ACM awards the only two MAJOR mainstream superstars
\nthat do not leave a sour taste in my mouth are Alan Jackson and George Strait..
\nI for one just cannot grasp the concept of how listeners can actually accept
\na playlist with Alan Jackson and flip flopping to Brantley Gilbert and honestly
\nthinking it’s ALL country.<\/p>\n

As previously stated this exhibit opens on August 25th 2014 and will run until March 30th 2015.
\nThis exhibit will include MANY of his personal artifacts from his career in Country Music.<\/p>\n

The guitar he played on the CMA Awards when he debuted \u201cWhere Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)\u201d
\njust two months after the September 11 terrorist attacks and the nation\u2019s response that inspired the song.
\nThe front of an old, red Ford pickup truck that served as Jackson\u2019s first Fan Fair booth, before
\nhis sister and brother-in-law had it made into a desk.<\/p>\n

Items from Jackson\u2019s collection of \u201cMayberry\u201d memorabilia\u2014a jacket, jersey and autographed picture from Don Knotts\u2014from one of his favorite television shows, The Andy Griffith Show.
\nJackson\u2019s first tricycle, childhood bike and scooter, evidence that his love of vehicles started early.
\nHarley-Davidson motorcycle from the cover of the seminalalbum A Lot About Livin\u2019 (And a Little \u2019bout Love).
\nThe water ski Jackson rode, while wearing his trademark white cowboy hat, in the \u201cChattahoochee\u201d music video.
\nAlong with handwritten lyrics from Jim McBride who wrote Chattahoochee along with a few other
\nof Alan’s hits.<\/p>\n

A collection of belt buckles from the Houston Rodeo\u2014which Jackson has played more than 20 times.
\nHandwritten manuscripts of classics like \u201cDrive,\u201d \u201cFirst Love\u201d (about his \u201955 T-bird), \u201cLivin\u2019 on Love\u201d
\nand \u201cWhere Were You (When the World Stopped Turning).\u201d<\/p>\n

Numerous music awards, a sailfish caught by Jackson and much more.<\/p>\n

AUGUST 29th-Sept 1st ONLY!!
\nHis “first love” a used 1955 Ford Thunderbird will be on display in the Curb Conservatory
\nalong with the story of how his wife helped reunite him with his car.
\nAlan saved his money and bought the car at 15 and restored it with his father
\nand drove it throughout high school but sold it to place a down payment
\non a home with his wife.<\/p>\n

Songwriter Session: Jim McBride
\nSaturday, August 30, 2014 \u2022 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

Family Program: When Daddy Let Me Drive: The Museum\u2019s Cool Cars
\nSaturday, August 30, 3014 \u2022 1:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Film Screening: Alan Jackson: The Greatest Hits Collection (1995)
\nSunday, August 31 \u2022 2:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Alan Jackson will be the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum\u2019s 2014 Artist-in-Residence
\nthis fall.
\nThis will make Alan Jackson the twelfth Artist In Residence in history.
\nEach year, the Museum invites a noted artist or musician to give a series of
\noriginal performances that highlight their career and explore their artistry. Tickets go
\non sale to the general public at NOON on Monday Sept 8th.<\/p>\n

The concerts will take place October 8 and 22nd.
\nBoth mid-week shows begin at 7PM and you can soon purchase tickets.<\/p>\n