A rare performance from the great Alan Jackson happened on Memorial Day y’all.
Alan Jackson showed up to perform for the annual National Memorial Day Concert and it was a special event this Memorial Day Weekend too. It’s annually held on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., the concert is dedicated to honoring the military service members, veterans, and their families who have sacrificed their lives for the our country.
The event is traditionally broadcast live on PBS on the Sunday evening before Memorial Day, and this past weekend featured performances from the GOAT, Alan Jackson, as well as Jamey Johnson, Mickey Guyton, Andy Grammer, Mary McCormack and more.
Alan delivered a performance of “Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning),” the post-9/11 anthem that garnered him multiple awards. The song would go on to win Song of the Year and Single of the Year at both the CMA Awards and the ACM Awards in 2002 too, and it also landed Alan a Grammy Award for Best Country Song.
It was the perfect song at one of the worst times…and the song is timeless to me.