https://padlet.com/hannah80863/64jeqg5od7s0 Made with a dash of wit en-us 2019-07-03 22:16:42 UTC 2026-03-07 20:19:12 UTC hello@padlet.com hannah80863 https://padlet.com/hannah80863/64jeqg5od7s0/wish/370132714 Early on during Alan Jackson: Small Town Southern Man (available digitally and on DVD), viewers learn that no one in his family even knew he could sing! As you'll see below, it wasn't exactly common knowledge. Jackson was somewhere between mild-mannered and painfully shy growing up in Newnan, Ga., in the 1960s and '70s. A country music career was this lifelong dream he'd talked about since he was barely taller than a peanut. He graduated high school, got married and started several careers before convincing himself it was worth a shot. Mama Ruth Jackson wanted to talk him out of it, but his sisters and Daddy Gene told him to do while he was young and kid-free, so he did. It didn't go well for a long time. Like seemingly every country legend alive today, Jackson was told his sound wasn't quite right for the radio. He was deemed "too country" and turned down by every record label in town. Just as he was about to quit, he caught a break, met the right people and (eventually) became the first artist signed to Clive Davis' new Arista Records.]]> 2019-07-03 22:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah80863/64jeqg5od7s0/wish/370132714 hannah80863 https://padlet.com/hannah80863/64jeqg5od7s0/wish/370132961 2019-07-03 22:32:23 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah80863/64jeqg5od7s0/wish/370132961 hannah80863 https://padlet.com/hannah80863/64jeqg5od7s0/wish/370133031 2019-07-03 22:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah80863/64jeqg5od7s0/wish/370133031 hannah80863 https://padlet.com/hannah80863/64jeqg5od7s0/wish/370133179 This website contains information of how he came about, his tours, news and so much more. ]]> 2019-07-03 22:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah80863/64jeqg5od7s0/wish/370133179