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When it came time to shoot a video for his new single, “It’s Just That Way,” Alan Jackson looked no further than his daughter, Mattie, for the video treatment.

“The video depicts a backwards reality, with metaphors of nature’s undeniable realities,” wrote Mattie in the treatment she submitted. “[It] illustrates a love that is as pure and dependable as the sun rising in the sky.” Mattie is a sophomore at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.  She makes her debut as a journalist in the June issue of Paula Dean Cooking.  Click here to see the video.

“It’s Just That Way” was written by Keith Stegall, Vicky McGehee and Kylie Sackley, but, Alan says, “It’s such a beautiful melody, I wish I’d written it myself.” 

“It reminds me of Denise,” says Alan of “It’s Just That Way,” “and how we have been together forever.  Sometimes we just look back and think of where we started and how it all happened and it’s just like it was supposed to be,” he said. Continue Reading

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Alan Jackson photo courtesy of SonyBMG Nashville.

No one’s ever accused Alan Jackson of being over the top. He’s one of country music’s most understated singers, and his current release, “It’s Just That Way,” is a perfect match.

In one regard, it’s an unusual song for Alan. On his 2008 album Good Time, Alan wrote all 17 songs entirely on his own. But “It’s Just That Way” came from three other authors: Vicky McGehee, Kylie Sackley and Keith Stegall, who’s produced all but one of Alan’s albums.

Instead of looking for answers in the universe, “It’s Just That Way” accepts the mysteries of life in a highly relaxed manner — typical of Alan’s approach to the world — and he understood its charms right away.

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