{"id":67454,"date":"2017-10-24T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=67454"},"modified":"2017-10-24T07:00:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T12:00:15","slug":"alan-jackson-enters-country-music-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/24\/alan-jackson-enters-country-music-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Jackson Enters Country Music Hall Of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-61200\" src=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/alanjackson001.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"420\" \/>Alan Jackson Shares New Music As He Enters The Country Music Hall Of Fame<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong> The newly-minted Hall of Famer will perform on this year\u2019s\u00a0<em>CMA Awards<\/em>\u00a0telecast November 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alan Jackson\u00a0has released new music for fans. \u201cThe Older I Get\u201d \u2013 a first taste of what\u2019s to come on Jackson\u2019s next album \u2013 is his first new studio recording since 2015.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-67455\" src=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/10\/alan-jackson.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alan-jackson.jpg 480w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alan-jackson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alan-jackson-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201c<em>This song reflects a lot of how I feel these days,<\/em>\u201d he says of the song, written by Adam Wright, Hailey Whitters and Sarah Allison Turner. \u201c<em>It\u2019s a good song; I really liked it, but the message was a little different when I first heard it. I thought maybe it could be a little more positive about being older and wiser and more content, so they rewrote a few things, and this is how it ended up.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe older I get \/ The more I think \/ You only get a minute \/ Better live while you\u2019re in it \/ \u2018Cause it\u2019s gone in a blink,\u201d Jackson sings in the opening lines of the song. The reflective ballad is filled with the revelations and realizations that can only come from a life well-lived, and the words and melody create an instant image of Jackson\u2019s own place in life and country music. \u201cThe older I get \/ The more thankful I feel \/ For the life I\u2019ve had \/ And all the life I\u2019m living still.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jackson\u2019s membership in the\u00a0<em>Country Music Hall of Fame<\/em>\u00a0is the latest in a long line of career-defining accolades that include three\u00a0<em>CMA Entertainer of the Year<\/em>\u00a0honors, more than 25 years of membership in the\u00a0<em>Grand Ole Opry<\/em>, a 2016\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>\u00a0ranking as one of the\u00a0<em>Top 10 Country Artists of All-Time<\/em>, induction to the\u00a0<em>Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame<\/em>, and the\u00a0<em>Heritage Award<\/em>\u00a0as the most-performed country songwriter-artist of ASCAP\u2019s first 100 years. Check out a\u00a0<em>Country Music Hall of Fame<\/em>-themed Alan Jackson playlist\u00a0HERE.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Older I Get\u201d will be featured on Jackson\u2019s next studio album, planned for a 2018 release. The newly-minted Hall of Famer will perform on this year\u2019s\u00a0<em>CMA Awards<\/em>\u00a0telecast November 8, and he\u2019ll soon announce tour plans for the coming year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alan Jackson Shares New Music As He Enters The Country Music Hall Of Fame The newly-minted Hall of Famer will perform on this year\u2019s\u00a0CMA Awards\u00a0telecast November 8 Alan Jackson\u00a0has released new music for fans. \u201cThe Older I Get\u201d \u2013 a first taste of what\u2019s to come on Jackson\u2019s next album \u2013 is his first new studio recording since 2015. \u201cThis song reflects a lot of how I feel these days,\u201d he says of the song, written by Adam Wright, Hailey Whitters and Sarah Allison Turner. \u201cIt\u2019s a good song; I<a href=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/24\/alan-jackson-enters-country-music-hall-of-fame\/\" class=\"read-more\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}