Spring 2008 - Alan Jackson
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Spring 2008 - Alan Jackson
Receiving duplicate newsletters? Please help us control waste — just mail or fax us all the back covers of your duplicate newsletters. Thanks for you help . (615) 321-5219. fan club office if you have any questions, deleted from our database. Please call the renewal request right away to avoid being expired please send in your expiration date. If your membership has find your membership number & On this page above your name you will IS IT RENEWAL TIME? Fan Club P.O. Box 121945 Nashville, TN 37212-1945 615-321-5219 REAL WORLD NEWS alanjackson alan jackson REAL WORLD NEWS The Official Newsletter of the Alan Jackson Platinum Fan Club Gold Star Member Of NASHVILLE, TN PERMIT 768 PAID PRSRT STD US POSTAGE SPRING 2008 ISSUE 73 Alan Jackson Fan Club P.O. Box 121945 Nashville, TN 37212-1945 (615) 321-5219 - Office Line (615) 321-5221 - Merchandise Line (615) 321-2112 - Fax Number [email protected] - E-mail address www.alanjackson.com Real World News is the official publication of the ALAN JACKSON Fan Club. Newsletters are mailed out in February, May, August and November. Platinum Fan Club Membership includes: Real World News Newsletter Merchandise Discounts Alan’s Biography and Fact Sheet 8x10 Exclusive Color Photo Official Membership Card Preferred Concert Seating (subject to availability) Annual Dues: $20 USA / $25 Canada $30 International Free* Fan Club Membership Includes: Real World News Newsletter Annual Dues: Free* in the USA *A $10.00 fee (US Funds) will apply to cover postage and handling for all members outside the United States. Please check your address label for your expiration date. We do not send out renewal reminders. You will have a three month grace period in which to renew your membership. When writing to Alan or the Fan Club, please remember to include a Self-Address Stamped Envelope (SASE) for a quick response. CINDY HART President ABBY BUSICK Administrative Assistant We reserve the right to refuse or deny privileges to anyone at our sole discretion. ©2008 Alan Jackson Materials may not be reproduced without written permission. G O O D T I M E the perfect gift for any occasion with an , with a , with an and with an r that spells “Good Time.” in stores now! Call your local station for a “Good Time” today!! Be on the look out for a new video coming soon! for more information on Denise’s upcoming appearances, log onto www.itsallabouthim.net ... 2 3 “…a joy, well made and packed with the clever musical details that make Mr. Jackson’s best music so satisfying,” —The New York Times “…it’s quintessential Alan Jackson. This man is bound for the Country Music Hall of Fame. You just wait.” — Dallas Morning News “The writing, your vocals, the musicianship and the quality of the songs make this a superb CD. I can’t remember the last time I’ve listened to a finer CD.” — Randy in California “There isn’t another male country artist of any age right now who can match him for what he does best,” — CMT.com “Good Time is a true masterpiece, from a true artist.” — Walmart.com sounds like a “I just wanted to drop you a line and say Good Time is a fabulous album! Right up there with A Lot About Livin’, which is my favorite! This will be the CMA album of the year!” — Kim in West Virginia “… one of country music’s true masters, the kind who can make life’s most mundane circumstances carry emotional heft and make it look easy,” — USA Today “When he's firing on all cylinders, he gets everybody swerving into his country lane.” —Atlanta JournalConstitution “I LOVE IT!! Every single song!!!!!!!!!! I can not pick a favorite (and I’ve been trying). They are all #1’s. All traditional. All Hank Williams, Merle Haggard and George Jones traditional! And that’s what I love!!!!! What’s more hard core country than ‘If You Want To Make Me Happy’??” — Betty in Iowa “This is another Alan Jackson record that will stand the test of time,” — Boston Globe 4 good time “What a phenomenal effort on Alan's part. Every song is terrific!! Alan has outdone himself in both writing and recording.” — Claudia in Pennsylvania “Love the cover, love the cd. Next to Elvis, Alan is the King.” — Elaine in North Carolina “Good Time is a potent reminder of why Jackson matters so much,” — Chicago Tribune “It’s a fine batch of traditional country from a master.” —Toledo Blade 5 snap shots 1 Platinum member Wanda Lade took her granddaughter Ashley to Alan’s most recent show in Orlando, FL. Here Ashley shows off all of her AJ stuff, and even her Brooks & Dunn fan! 1 3 5 We love when people get dressed in matching AJ stuff for shows! Here is an awesome photo of three generations of fans from Baltimore: Debbie, Frankie & Sarah. 5 2 Evan Rubenzahl is a HUGE Alan Jackson fan, and he was super excited when he got to get his picture taken with the Alan Jackson Mascot! Also here is Evan working the crowd to get Alan to sign his hat! 7 6 Talk about creativity! Cecily Trull was assigned a reading project & she choose It’s All About Him by Denise Jackson. She then had to create a visual aid from a scene from the book. If you’ve read the book...you’ll get a kick out of this visual aid! 2 3 Platinum member Janice Gayser show’s offer her collection of Alan Jackson photos. She has them all hung in her sewing room over her machine – so she’s always got her inspiration to look up at! 4 Alan is blessed to have fans all over the world! Meet Peter & Eva – they are huge fans from Germany! Don’t they look good in their Alan Jackson shirts!! 7 Platinum member Joan Marsh-Reed got this great shot of Alan signing at his recent concert in Albany, NY. Joan says “His charisma & talent are extraordinary!” 8 Iris Watson sent us this great photo! Here she is getting to meet with Alan a few years back! 6 4 8 Thanks for all the great photographs! Remember, anytime we use one of your photos in a newsletter, we will send you a $10 gift certificate toward official AJ merchandise. If you’d like your photo returned, please include a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope. 6 7 Toni Foster Virginia Beach, VA Concert Melissa Drum Little Rock, AR Concert Vicky Pickens Columbus, OH Concert Thanks for all your submissions for the 50 States Contest. I was finally able to go through the photos we received. Although I was sure we had plenty, we’re missing many states. So I want to reach out to everybody to keep sending in the photos. You can send in past or present photos. You can send them by email or snail mail. And remember if your photo is selected as the winner from the state, you’ll receive an autographed CD! And since we’ve gotten some really great photos, if we use your photo in the honorable mention categories, you’ll receive an autographed photo! Here are the states we’re still looking for photos, so dig out your photo albums: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia (come on Home State Fans!), Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee , Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming You can send them by email to: [email protected] Subject: 50 States Contest (jpeg file only – no bigger than 2MB) Or Snail Mail to: Alan Jackson Fan Club ATTN: 50 States Contest PO Box 121945 Nashville, TN 7212 50 states photo contest update Remember to include, your name, membership number, city, state and date of concert. Due to the volume of pictures we’ll receive, your photos will not be returned. Please DO NOT Send Originals by mail. 9 from the front row 1 alan to perform cma music fest 2 1 SETSUKO SHEALEY, Orange Beach, AL May we ‘Thank You’ 10,000 times for the Front Row seats to Alan’s concert in Orange Beach. It was truly the experience of a lifetime! JUNE 7th The nightly concerts on the Vault Concert Stages at LP Field during CMA Music Festival will start offering individual tickets Saturday featuring such artists as Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert, Josh Turner, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood. The CMA Music Festival will be Thursday through Sunday, June 5-8, in Nashville. Beginning Saturday, April 26, at 10 a.m., tickets to the concerts will go on sale for $40 for reserved seats on the lower and club levels and $30 for general admission in the upper deck of LP Field. “The single night concert ticket option has been extremely popular with our local fans as well as those who are unable to attend all four days,” said Tammy Genovese, CMA Chief Executive Officer. “An outstanding night of music for an unbelievably low price is the perfect way to spend a summer evening with friends and family in Nashville.” 3 CONCERTS: Thursday, June 5 - Jewel, Montgomery Gentry, Kellie Pickler, Sugarland and Taylor Swift 3 BARBARA DEOGRACIAS, Little Rock, AR Thank you sooo much for the FRONT ROW TICKETS!! He was so gorgeous!! My granddaughter Amber and I each caught a guitar pick. It was a dream come true. Friday, June 6 - Faith Hill, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Josh Turner and Carrie Underwood Saturday, June 7 - Trace Adkins, Rodney Atkins, Alan Jackson, Little Big Town, Craig Morgan and Kenny Rogers Sunday, June 8 - Bucky Covington, Billy Ray Cyrus, Sara Evans, James Otto, Randy Travis and Dwight Yoakam 10 2 DIANNA DUGGAN, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada I want to say a big THANKS for the concert tickets and for autographing my hat!! I really enjoyed the show, you sure made my weekend! 11 FRONT ROW fan review Judith Stapleton England December 2007 Orlando, Florida — October, 21 2007 Alright, so I didn’t discover Alan Jackson and his music until 2003 — I know what you are thinking, this woman is completely mad but in mitigation I am English and live 4,500 miles away from Music City, GAC and CMT (Those 2 stations are missing a trick not broadcasting here — but that’s another story) but, oh boy, have I made up for it since. I have all of Alan’s CDs and all the other artists’ CDs he has appeared on. They are all on my iPod and it totals 179 songs and I know all the words just like all the other fans! (At least I think I have them all — anyone challenge the total???) I was privileged enough to see Alan perform “Like Red on a Rose” at the 2006 CMA Awards and it made me determined to come back to America and see Alan in concert. Thanks to Cindy and the Fan Club I had preferred seating for the Orlando concert in October. I flew into Orlando the day before the concert and there was a terrific thunderstorm on the night but it didn’t deter the thousands of Alan’s fan arriving at the University of Florida Arena to see Jake Owens, Brooks and Dunn and Alan! Jake started the show and had everyone yelling “Yee Haw” at the top of their voices shortly followed by Brooks and Dunn who put on a spectacular show — I really like “Proud of the House We Built.” Then it was Alan’s entrance — the crowd were ecstatic — he began a set of 14 songs that just had the audience in raptures. We all sang along with “Remember When,” “Livin’ on Love,” “Chattahoochee” and all the other well-loved numbers. It was awesome — the quality of Alan’s voice never faltered as one song led to another. There were no distractions, the music just sang for itself. The Strayhorns were brilliant and everyone, both on stage and off were enjoying themselves immensely. All too soon it was over and I floated back to my hotel a foot above the floor! Luckily for me I’d managed to change my flights at the last minute so I could get up to Nashville to see Alan at the Opry 3 days later. A completely different venue and audience but still everyone was awestruck by Alan’s delivery and obvious enjoyment. Those 3 days started my personal 3 week Country Music fest where I got to see 53 different artists at the concert, the Opry and the 2007 CMA Awards, but I have to say Alan outshone them all. I was reminded of Alan’s acceptance speech for the 2002 CMA Award Entertainer of the Year when he said “There’s probably people who are a little more exciting on stage, but I just walk out there and sing.” Yep, I agree with that and I, for one of his fans, am thankful that he does. The songs that Alan writes are inspired and full of the whole range of human emotions so his style of delivery is just perfect. God Bless you Alan, keep doing what you are doing — it floats my boat! Thanks to Cindy and the Fan Club for helping me realise my dream and I am saving my pennies for next year – watch out Nashville I will be back! WINNERS Laredo, TX Shelly Langley Carol Rudes Corpus Christi, TX Ann Davis Robyn Love Bossier City, LA Karen Mabile Catherine Martin Spokane, WA Linda Sheppard Linda Stark Tacoma, WA Judy Ziara Jan Stewart Vancouver, BC Cindy Giesbrecht Kyle Hunter Albuquerque, NM Lynne Martel Karen O’Leary San Jacinto, CA Virginia Egebakken Carol Smith Houston Portland, OR Alice Coleman Cory & Beth Brockman platinum fan club AUTOGRAPHED ITEM WINNERS Oleta Reed, Missouri Lois Simpson, Pennsylvania Joan Rae Wooner, Minnesota Esther O’Connor, Dublin, Ireland Eunice Armstrong, Saskatoon, Canada Leanne Walters, Tennessee Cindy Stafford, Mississippi Charlene Baker, Indiana Becky Hartless, North Carolina Michael Allen, Ontario, Canada you’ve won an Autographed Greatest Hits 2 Promo Album Cover Flat congratulations to these GOOD TIME PUZZLE WINNERS from the Winter 2008 Issue! Lindsey Wheeler Leta Kay Kloetkorn Rhonda Wheat Debra Madigan Linda Atkinson Remember to send your concert reviews into the Fan Club for a chance to win tickets to the next AJ show in your area. See your membership packet for complete details. 12 the hidden phrase was “Havin’ A Good Time With Alan Jackson” 13 anote from the fan club HEY Y’ALL Happy Spring! Didn’t I tell you Good Time was awesome!? I still haven’t picked a favorite. I think right now my favorite is “Good Time.” I’m so excited to start hearing it on the radio. I think it will be the summer’s biggest hit! Thanks for all your letters and emails about Good Time. Alan truly appreciates hearing from all of you! Hope you’ve been able to check out the new website. We’ve added a new AJ radio on the home page which is fun to listen to while you’re on the computer. Also we’ve added a more detailed email list. We’re asking everybody to sign in and update their info, including city, state, etc. This will enable us to know who we’re sending emails to and maybe target certain areas or demographics better. And as always, we never sell or lend our mailing list (snail or email) to anybody. We rarely send emails that aren’t directly related to Alan. But when we do, we’re given the emails to send. I was finally able to go through the photos we received for the 50 States Photo Contest. We received 100s of photos, which were fun to see. Unfortunately we weren’t able to use some of them because they were too dark or too far back. But there were several states that we didn’t receive any photos! So please dig out your scrapbooks and send more photos (see page 9 for more info). Once we get all of them together, this will be a great collection! We’re looking forward to seeing everybody at CMA Music Fest this year! Abby will be heading up the booth this year, as I have a trip planned that I couldn’t reschedule. Be sure to stop by the booth and say “HI!” I will sure miss seeing everybody this year. Alan will be performing at LP Field on Saturday, June 7th. So if you can’t make for the full 4-day event, hope you can at least make if for his night! tourschedule date city, sate / venue ticket info M AY 05/07** Spokane, WA / Spokane Arena NOW 05/08** Portland, OR / Rose Garden NOW 05/09** Tacoma, WA / Tacoma Dome NOW 05/10** Vancouver, BC Canada / Pacific Coliseum NOW 05/14** Albuquerque, NM / Sandia Casino Amphitheater NOW 5/15** Tucson, AZ / Ava Amphitheater NOW 05/16** San Jacinto, CA / Soboba Casino NOW JUNE 6/21 Somerset, WI / Floatrite Ampthitheater NOW 6/28 Dauphin, MB / Dauphin’s Countryfest NOW J U LY 07/25** Kelseyville, CA / Konocti Field Amphitheater NOW 7/26 Cost Mesa, CA / Orange Country Fair NOW 7/27 Paso Robles, CA / California Mid-State Fair NOW 7/31 Davenport, IA / Mississippi Valley Fair NOW For the most current tour schedule, log onto www.alanjackson.com and click on TOUR. Be sure to check out the new merchandise we have on Alan’s website. We’ve gotten a few items to include in this newsletter, but we have more Good Stuff on the way! * * S P E C I A L S E AT I N G F O R P L AT I N U M FA N C L U B M E M B E R S AVA I L A B L E . Hope y’all have a wonderful Spring! Talk to you soon! Please check your local listings as all dates and times are subject to change. For updates on Alan’s tour schedule, check out Alan’s website at www.alanjackson.com or send in a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope to the Fan Club. Shows are usually confirmed and announced about 4-6 prior to the actual date of the show so check back often. 14 15
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