IN 1996, ALAN JACKSON DIDN’T CHASE THE FUTURE OF COUNTRY MUSIC — HE QUIETLY CHALLENGED IT. While Nashville polished its sound and dressed it up, Alan chose stillness. Fiddle. Steel guitar. Old truths left untouched. When he sang Who’s Cheatin’ Who, there was no accusation, no defense, no raised voice. Just a question hanging in the air, heavier than any answer. Some say that was the point. Others swear the real message wasn’t in the lyrics at all, but in what Alan refused to change. It sounded simple. Almost too simple. And that’s exactly why traditional country fans heard something deeper — something that
ALAN JACKSON AND THE YEAR COUNTRY MUSIC STOPPED RUNNING In 1996, Alan Jackson wasn’t trying to reinvent country music. In fact, he was doing something far more dangerous in Nashville…