Alan Jackson pays homage to ‘old country’ musicians

BY EILEEN BRADY
THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER

Alan Jackson brought his “take back country music” campaign to Springfield Friday, playing several remakes, including three from his latest CD “Under the Influence,” a tribute to country traditionalists. 
Jackson’s 90−minute set began with a simulated scan of radio stations, stopping at one "old country" singer after another: Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline, Charlie Pride, Ray Price. 
The Prairie Capital Convention Center stage was sometimes enhanced by a backdrop of portraits of a couple of those musicians and a few others who influenced him. 
Jackson’s Springfield concert comes two days after he and George Strait appeared on the Academy of Country Music awards show to sing “Murder on Music Row,”

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