At 66, Alan Jackson took the stage on a night filled with reverence and rhythm, his guitar resting easy against his shoulder as the crowd waited in silence. When he spoke, his voice was low, steady, touched with gratitude: “This one’s for Don.” Then came the first gentle chords of “It Must Be Love,” the song Don Williams cherished so deeply. Alan’s voice carried softly through the arena—warm, sincere, tinged with memory. Each line felt less like a performance and more like a prayer, a conversation across time. The audience swayed, some with tears, as the melody wrapped the room in quiet tribute. And when the last note lingered, Alan tipped his hat to the heavens, whispering, “Thank you, Don.”
“THANK YOU, DON”: Alan Jackson’s Soulful Tribute That Turned a Song Into a Prayer At 66 years old, country music…