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NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Country singer Alan Jackson is known for telling true-to-life tales but he says a song about his wife's battle with cancer, "When I Saw You Leaving (For Nicey)," was tougher than most. In fact, he admits it was the hardest tune he's ever had to record. The heartfelt song about Denise, his wife of 30 years, is the closing track on Jackson's newly released album "Thirty Miles West" and it keeps with the country music tradition of writing about the realities of life. ...
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Alan Jackson is set to close out the 19th annual Arizona Country Thunder festival
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True, Ozzy Osbourne can barely stand up and form complete sentences these days. But he didn’t actually have to do anything to help locate Joshua Robb, an eight-year-old boy with autism who’d been missing for a few days. Rescue workers located Robb by blasting Robb’s favorite songs, including Ozzy’s ...
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Garth Brooks: Alan Jackson honored for songwriting
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AP - Country superstars Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks are among the newest inductees to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Alan Jackson: Country superstar Alan Jackson, Sony to split
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AP - Alan Jackson and his record label, Sony Music Nashville, are splitting.
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Alan Jackson: show in W.Va. to aid miners' families
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AP - Country music icon Alan Jackson will donate the profits from a performance in West Virginia to the families of the miners killed in an explosion this month at the Upper Big Branch mine.
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