WHEN NEWS OF ALAN STEPPING AWAY SHOOK AMERICA… GEORGE STRAIT WAS THE FIRST TO SHOW UP. The sun had barely disappeared behind the Tennessee hills when a black pickup rolled quietly up to Alan Jackson’s gate. No cameras. No noise. Just George Strait, looking like a man carrying something heavy in his chest. Moments earlier, the whole country music world learned Alan was stepping away because of his health. Hearts broke everywhere — but George wasn’t there as the King of Country. He was there as an old friend. He stopped, staring at the house where decades of songs and late-night talks still lived. Then he whispered, almost too soft to catch, “You’re not alone, buddy.” And he walked inside. 💛
Introduction When news spread across the country music world that Alan Jackson would be stepping away from the stage because…