It will come as no surprise to music fans that Alan Jackson is, himself, a traditional country music fan with a storehouse of honky-tonk classics in his repertoire. What might open a few eyes is the fact that a man who is so red hot as a songwriter today would pause in his career to tip his hat to the songs of the past.
     
      Under the Influence finds the much-awarded Jackson kicking back to relax with his buddies in the studio. He says he did the album for fun, without heed to commerciality. Somewhat to his surprise, the executives at Arista/Nashville have embraced the project as enthusiastically as they have any of his previous works.
     
      The new country fans, including many of the people at Arista, weren t born when a lot of these songs were out, Jackson observes. And even I wasn t very old when a couple of them were released.
     
      Originally, I just wanted to do this album for me and some of my fans who might be interested in it. I didn t set out for it to be a commercial album. I thought it would just be something interesting for Arista to put in the catalo... (More alan jackson Biography)