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EMI/Alan's Country Records
"I've always wanted to make a bluegrass album," Alan tells The Boot. "I tried to do that before with [Like Red On a Rose produced by] Alison Krauss. She took me in there and we made that easy-listening album. It was a cool album and I'm really proud of that, too. But it was a long way from bluegrass by the time we got through with it. I still want to do a pure bluegrass album."
The 53-year-old just released his 15th studio album, Thirty Miles West, which also marks his first CD on his own imprint ACR (Alan's Country Records), a partnership with EMI Records. But he insists that while his voice may have matured, he hasn't changed how he goes about making music.
"Sometimes I go back and listen to old stuff, it's kind of interesting to compare it," he says. "My voice has gotten a little deeper-sounding to me as I've gotten older. I don't know that I've changed that much. I've always recorded songs, or tried to, that are just fun things, like 'Chattahoochee' and then much later, 'It's Five O'Clock Somewhere' ... I don't feel like I've strayed as far as some artists I've seen."
Ultimately, the country-music icon feels fortunate to still be able to make a living doing what he loves. "I'm just lucky to still be here and make the kind of music I like to make, and still go out there and sell a few tickets," he notes.
Alan will sell a few more tickets this weekend, with two shows in California (July 27 and 28). Keep track of his tour schedule here.
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