Alan's Biography

Full Name: Alan Eugene Jackson

Birthdate: October 17, 1958

Hometown: Newnan, Georgia then moved to Nashville in September 1985

Family-

Parents: Eugene and Ruth Jackson (8-17-46)

The 50th Wedding Anniversary Party 8-17-96

4 Sisters: Diane (1948), Cathy & Carol (1951), Connie (1954)

Wife & Daughters:

Denise (Jackson) Jackson.(4-6-??)

Married: 12-15-79

How they met: Alan sat next to her at a Dairy Queen in Newnan, Ga., after church on a Sunday evening. "It was his beautiful blond hair, but mainly his great '55 Thunderbird," jokes Denise. "He looked so cool in that car."

Mattie Denise (6-19-90); Alexandra (Ali) Jane (8-23-93); Dani Grace (8-28-97);

Dog: ?

Height: 6' 4"

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Color: Blonde

Hobbies: Collecting classic cars and Harley-Davidson motorcycles; bass fishing during his free time; flying small planes; teaching his daughters to fish and water-ski; "I don't really have a whole lot of hobbies, any things that are really exciting or anything . . . I'm really just a basic, simple kind of guy."

Favorite Way To Relax: "In the summertime, I just like to be out on the lake. I love boats."

Favorite Place to Relax: Gulf of Mexico

First Job: At 12, Alan took a job in a shoe repair store.

Other Jobs: car and furniture salesman, carpenter, homebuilder, garage worker, forklift driver at Kmart and mailroom worker at TNN

First Band: Dixie Steel (The name came from the side of a box of nails.)

First Instument: At 16, his parents bought him a $50 guitar which he still owns.

First Performance: He auditioned for a role in his high school production of Oklahoma! and landed the role of Barnaby. "I remember this so well," recalls Alan's mother. "His daddy said to him, 'You do this, because it may be the only time in your life you ever have an opportunity to do something like this.' He was only 17, and that was the first time we ever saw Alan onstage."

Musical Influences: George Jones, Hank Williams Sr., Hank Williams Jr., Merle Haggard, George Strait, John Conlee, John Anderson and Gene Watson

Grand Ole Opry: Became a member in 1991.

Big Break: In 1985, when Denise was a flight attendant, she met Glen Campbell in an airport and told him about Alan. Glen gave her his business card and suggested that Alan call Glen's publishing company. A few months later, the Jackson family moved to Nashville, where Alan record deal.

Fan Club Address:

P.O. Box 121945

Nashville, TN 37212