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Alan Jackson celebrates 20 years with free show

09.06.09

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — You'd think Alan Jackson might want to celebrate two decades in the music business by taking a day off.

Instead, the laid-back singer will mark the occasion by performing a free concert.

"It's just something we wanted to do," Jackson said recently. "We've got about 50 hits, so it's hard to do them all. We'll try to pick a few that the crowd might like."

Jackson normally plays arenas, but he'll sing Wednesday at a club called Cadillac Ranch in the city's honky-tonk district.

The show comes as thousands of country fans pile into Nashville for the Country Music Association's annual festival, which opens Thursday and runs through Sunday. This year's lineup includes Trace Adkins, Brooks & Dunn, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Taylor Swift, Brad Paisley, Reba McEntire and many more.

Jackson's show is sure to stir up old memories for the 50-year-old Georgia native; he played lots of clubs before landing a deal with Arista Records 20 years ago this month. He went on to sell more than 50 million albums and chart a slew of hits, many of them from his own pen.

Source: The Associated Press

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