Alan Jackson opened up about the inspiration behind his 9/11 tribute song 'Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning).' The country music star said he still plays the song at his shows 20 years later because he feels like the fans still connect to it.
"Well, I don't know I think I was probably like most people that were impacted with that day and the months that followed," Jackson"You know, everybody was glued to the news and television. I think it really affected a lot of people – their perspective on their lives and their jobs and their families and where they were and what they were wanting to do and how they looked at things.
Alan Jackson's 9/11 tribute song ‘Where Were You ’ remains a hit that the country music star plays at all of his shows 20 years later. "I guess that's what I was thinking too and I just pretty much had visualized a lot of those scenes and stories I'd heard and seen on television or heard people talk about," he continued.The country music star revealed the song actually came to him in the middle of the night.
"But the song really came out of nowhere in the middle of the night, the chorus did and just a gift," Jackson
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