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The Corbette Jackson Band is an up-and-coming country band out of Newnan, Georgia. Led by frontman Alan Corbette Jackson, the band will be going on tour starting in August 2010.

Biography

About the time Newnan, Georgia native and country legend Alan Jackson was making his first climb up the charts, the small Georgia town coincidentally was welcoming the birth of another Alan Jackson. “My mom said she had no idea who Alan ’senior,’ as I call him, was and she eventually began calling me by my middle name (Corbette) because ’senior’ was our city’s icon.”

Alan Corbette Jackson, of The Corbette Jackson Band, now an 18-year-old vocal sensation, is doing a pretty good job launching his own career in country music. He and the band have become a popular act to party with among college communities around the southeast and take to the road again in June, 2010 for a series of summer bashes.

“We are excited that our music strikes a chord with people our age. I am seriously addicted to getting a party off the ground! We direct everything from our production, to our set list of material, to the songs I write, so people come out to one huge party!”

Today, Jackson and the band are cutting up the highways, making the same roads as the elder Jackson from Newnan, on a rapid rise as one of country music’s most promising acts. They have already begun recording their first EP, to be released in the early fall, with Nashville record producer Jimmy Daniel. “The most amazing things happen unplanned most of the time. This kid’s story, the name, me having a place there and him having ties to the same high school as one of country music’s greatest artists is just surreal,” said Daniel.

Jackson delivers a sincere vocal full of soul and emotion. His ability to deliver a song with maturity and grace is his secret weapon. He sings with conviction of someone twice his age and that is what connects with audiences. “I mimicked my favorite singers growing up and I think that’s what helped me establish the importance of delivering a believable vocal. No matter what I was listening to, I was focused on how they sold the song vocally.” A big reason for Jackson’s diversity within the genre is credited to the various musical influences he has picked up along the way. In addition to Jackson’s vocal talent, he is also a crafty songwriter. His growing catalog includes a songs co-written with some of Nashville’s top songwriters, including Sandy Ramos who has written hits for acts such as Faith Hill, The Dixie Chicks, Kenny Rogers, Neal McCoy to name a few. “There are not many songs out there that haven’t already been written. I have set a difficult bar for my songwriting and the songs I record. We have the primary focus on releasing the best music and this is the reason we aren’t concentrating on full-length albums right now.”

The Corbette Jackson Band is not afraid of the workload that comes with touring. They have plans to evangelize their brand of country music at a full-tilt pace. They are scheduled to play over 120 shows and release the first of two EP projects, all before May of 2011.

“This is supposed to be a tough industry, but I don’t spend much time thinking about it. I have fun making music and I’m grateful that people who want to momentarily step out of their real world to party with us at shows. That’s why I am here and anything else that happens beyond that is a bonus in my eyes.”

Visit his official website for more information on upcoming tours and appearances.