His second single, “Here in the Real World,” echoed those sentiments, as he lamented, “The boy don’t always get the girl/Here in the real world.” Like a flashfire, Alan Jackson was a superstar. It became the first label home for the lanky blond who embodied the same quiet strength as the good guys in the cowboy movies. Tim DuBois’ Arista Nashville was working the edges with acts ranging from Exile to Western swingers Asleep at the Wheel, Pam Tillis and hard-working writers turned duo Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn. When Denise had a chance encounter with Glen Campbell, pressing him to listen to her husband’s songs, she walked away with the superstar’s business card.Ĭampbell recognized the quality of Jackson’s writing. She became a flight attendant he delivered mail at TNN: The Nashville Network. With Randy Travis’ new traditionalism plateauing and Keith Whitley succumbing to alcohol poisoning, it felt like real country might be done.ĭetermined, he and his wife moved to Nashville. Growing up in Newnan, Ga., he saw the pop/ Eagles-inflected country spreading like kudzu all over the genre he loved. Alan Jackson always loved old-school country music.
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