Fiddle Player for The Band Perry Says He Wants to Punch Alan Jackson in the Face
About the only thing more sad to witness than the absolute implosion of The Band Perry over the last 18 months to 2 years has been the implosion of ESPN. While The Band Perry has been trying to elicit attention from utterly confused fans by making a failed attempt to move to pop, ESPN has been laying off actual sports journalists and prominent on-air personalities because of their poor business practices, and been replacing them with scab-level amateurs and castoffs from other industries.
The two embarrassing stories have now coincided as a former fiddler for The Band Perry named Jason Fitz, who left the band last August, has been hired on by ESPN as a sports personality. To chum the waters of attention for Fitz, he appeared on an ESPN’s Ryen Russillo Show last week and participated in a segment where callers asked him to spill gossip on country personalities. The very first question out of the chute was who in country music Fitz would most want to punch in the face, and without hesitation, Jason Fitz answered:
“Alan Jackson. Wholeheartedly. Alan Jackson. All day. Everyday.”
Jason Fitz’s stupid reasoning? “Played with Alan Jackson on a TV thing years ago like in a big orchestra, and it was a Christmas special, and he didn’t like the mix in his monitors, and he would only sing one word, ‘Have.'” Fitz says. “It was ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.’ He kept going, ‘Have … Have…’ And he didn’t like the mix and he’d walk off after one word. It was the worst experience. So yeah, Alan Jackson top of the list.”
Anyone in the music business knows that checking monitors can be one of the most tedious experiences to witness, but it’s also imperative to make sure the performers can hear themselves properly. Perhaps The Band Perry’s pitchy and breathy lead singer Kimberly Perry could take a few pointers from Alan Jackson, who’s sold some 80 million records worldwide, has 35 #1 singles to his name, and is in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
In fact one of the reasons Alan Jackson was so insistent about his monitor mix is probably because he’s one of the few performers who actually sings live. Once when asked to perform to a backing track—as country artists are regularly asked to do, especially on TV specials—Alan Jackson told his drummer to perform without sticks just to clue the national audience into what was happening.
Things got even more interesting when a caller named Ryan from Dallas called into the ESPN show and said, “I don’t even know who the guy is that’s on there {referring to Jason Fitz}, but the question I have is why does new country music sound like pop, and it’s totally gone away from the 80’s, the classic country, the Waylon, the Merle, and now it’s just pop music?”
“Because you guys won’t buy it,” was Jason Fitz’s response. “Everybody wants old school country, but nobody actually pays for it, and nobody actually calls in and requests it. That’s why ‘Cruise’ is the biggest-selling song of all time in country music.”
But this isn’t true in the slightest. Chris Stapleton’s From A Room: Vol. 1 is the first and only record released in 2017 to be certified Gold by the RIAA in country music so far. Records from classic country artists, and independent up-and-comers consistently chart and sell better than many of their mainstream counterparts. Jason Isbell just received a #1 country record with his latest, The Nashville Sound. For the last two weeks on the country albums charts, three of the top four names have been Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, and Chris Stapleton (Stapleton’s debut Traveller has also been experiencing a resurgence in sales).
Meanwhile the reason more contemporary country bands sell so poorly is specifically because their fans do not buy music. They only stream the hot new single on Spotify. And as for calling radio stations to request songs, this has obviously been a dead and fruitless process for many years since consolidation has put the power of playlist construction into the hands of corporate bureaucrats who are bought by the mainstream country music industry.
The very next caller to the Ryen Russillo Show also made another important counterpoint to Jason Fitz’s flawed logic.
“All I’ll say is I saw Sturgill Simpson in Raleigh, and he sold out that, and he sold out [another venue] down here as well, and that ain’t the pop-ish [country music],” Mike in North Carolina said.
Meanwhile The Band Perry’s last few singles have failed demonstrably in both the country and pop realms. Their big country comeback “The Comeback Kid” couldn’t crack the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and their first truly pop single “Stay in the Dark” fizzled at #23 on the Adult Contemporary charts without denting the pop charts. If The Band Perry would have just stuck to their roots instead of overreaching for superstardom, perhaps they would still be relevant, and would be able to offer gainful employment to a fiddle player like Jason Fitz.
During the ESPN interview, Jason Fitz also spilled the beans that The Band Perry apparently don’t like Little Big Town.
“Yeah, I would say there’s beef,” Fitz said in response to a caller. “I think The Band Perry—The Perry’s specifically—had a beef with Little Big Town. I think that was natural. You had two vocal things. I think a lot of times what happens like is artists that are similar will look at each other and say, ‘Why that guy and not this guy?'”
It’s fair to note that these quotes were from a radio segment meant to stir the pot and create attention for Jason Fitz as a new ESPN personality, and they certainly did that. But to vilify Alan Jackson for wanting his monitor mix to be right in a pre-production moment when the mainstream country music industry is chock full of other scoundrels and cheats Jason Fitz could have named for a face punch, it seems like a cheap shot.
The quotes can be heard in context starting at about the 19 minute mark. Jason Fitz has been hosting shows on ESPN’s Nashville affiliate 102.5 The Game for a while.
July 10, 2017 @ 7:42 am
What a fruit
July 10, 2017 @ 9:28 am
End of thread. Nothing More needs to be said.
July 10, 2017 @ 7:44 am
LOL…Alan was a good friend of my brother and hung out at our house when we were growing up in Newnan GA. Believe me….Alan is a good soul who wouldn’t start a fight with anyone. But…he also would coldcock you into hell if you messed with him.
July 10, 2017 @ 3:05 pm
Alan Jackson is still one of my favorite country singers! I can definitely relate to him checking his monitor mix! And HE can do it with one word! That’s what makes him a great artist.?
July 10, 2017 @ 4:23 pm
I know nothing about performing, but wouldn’t you want to do it with the same word over and over so that you are hearing the same thing consistently?
July 11, 2017 @ 2:57 am
Ditto Bill’s comment ~ I graduated with AJAX and he was as about low key as it got, especially for someone who always wanted things done right.
January 24, 2022 @ 9:15 pm
Since it sounds like you would know him better then everyone here, I have a couple questions, actually three because I can’t find the answer online, but did he sing in the choir at church? Did he have a nickname growing up? (I don’t want to say what I heard it was because someone will just say, yea, that was it) And is he related, in any way, to Bill Elliot?
I’m asking because when I was stationed in Georgia I was dating a girl who said she was related and I just want to see if she was lying or not.
June 10, 2023 @ 8:48 am
That’s great, but when you put others down to glorify yourself, you need a swift kick in the ass. Alan with his way down yonder on the hoochie coochie song got on my nerves big time. It was the bubble gum country of its day. Better dig two beats the crap out of any song Alan ever put out. There’s plenty of artists better than him in many ways. If I am in a Waffle House my change ain’t gonna be put in the juke box on any song with his criticizing ass on it. He had his day and made his money, time for him to move on and maybe criticize his own self. He ain’t a good Georgia boy like you claim if he’s running around putting other artists down. I agree some of today’s country music is really just bubble gum pop, but Alan decided to lump sum every one so the spot light would be pulled off his sorry washed up ass.
July 10, 2017 @ 7:51 am
Wasn’t Little Big Town the group that collaborated with Pharrell Williams right before The Band Perry was going to and it resulted in them having to delay their music?
July 10, 2017 @ 7:59 am
Yes, that’s a whole other thread in itself. But who actually listened to that Little Big Town/Pharell collab? Probably just as many people who’ve heard The Band Perry’s new pop single.
Man, I almost feel bad for The Band Perry stuff has gone so awry for them.
July 10, 2017 @ 7:53 am
ESPN is going tits up because they don’t know how to stay away from leftist politics. Talk about sports that’s it. We don’t need to know how these idiots feel about black lives matter or transgender athletes.
July 10, 2017 @ 8:06 am
Foxsports.com just laid-off a bunch of its workforce including two of the best in the business – Bruce Feldman (already picked-up by SI) and Stewart Mandel. This argument that tries to tie the ESPN layoffs to politics is the stupidest waste of space.
July 10, 2017 @ 8:51 am
let me waste some more then. Middle America wants to pop a beer and listen to sports talk, they don’t want to be lectured about why Caitlyn Jenner is a hero, Michael Sam is the new Jackie Robinson of sports, and Colin Kaepernick is the Rosa Parks of football. Even Jim Brady, ESPN public editor acknowledged that politics has played a role in declining ratings. it’s mostly because of cable bundling for sure, but politics hasn’t helped their cause.
July 10, 2017 @ 9:02 am
Disney (ESPN’s parent company) demanded the layoffs because cable lost 3.2 million subscribers last year and is estimated to lose another 5 million this year. Cable subscriptions is the main source of revenue for ESPN. ESPN was ready to weather the storm while they changed their business model, but Disney is a bottom-line company. Nothing to do with politics. Even if you never watched ESPN, you still contributed to their revenue if you paid for cable.
July 10, 2017 @ 11:54 am
Not according to Linda Cohn, one of the anchors still there.
July 10, 2017 @ 5:31 pm
And the lost 3.2 million subscribers – why. Cord cutting – right? But why cut the cord if you are a sports guy? Well, because the sports source is now a soap box for wannabe leftist political commentators. Kind of a circle of life thing.
July 10, 2017 @ 6:13 pm
I’m going to guess those 3.2 aren’t sports people. But, the NFL does has streaming options on Amazon (previously on Twitter). ESPN.com have a ton of live streaming options. I’ve never seen the numbers on them.
I never had cable throughout my 20’s and 30’s. I’d go to bars to watch games. But, now that I’m 40 and watch at home and recently got Dish (I’m trending backwards) – mostly for the SEC and B1G networks.
Personally, I’ve never heard a leftist view on ESPN. Giving Jenner – a republican who supported Trump – an award had nothing to do with leftist view – it was all about ratings. Jenner was on every talk show and magazine showing his/her new look leading up to that award show. Jenner was a ratings magnet at the time. Now, no one cares.
July 10, 2017 @ 1:05 pm
I’m a pretty progressive-minded guy, and I fully agree with this. Viewers in any format don’t like to be preached to, whether its coming from the right or the left.
July 12, 2017 @ 1:24 am
It doesn’t have much to do with politics in my opinion and has everything to do with the availability of up to the second updates on every game. ESPN’s biggest success came from sportscenter but since you can just look at your phone for everything instead of watching a whole hour of highlights it has made the sports highlight show almost obsolete.
This has led to the majority of shows to change to the debate format which has led to the need to pay these talking heads too much money, leading to the layoffs of great reporters. These shows aren’t necessarily political, rather they just become repetitive by making up ridiculous arguments and claims to get attention.
February 21, 2018 @ 7:29 am
You don’t know what you are talking about. I have heard any number of people say that is why they refuse to watch ESPN. Frankly they are my last option because of it.
July 10, 2017 @ 8:52 am
That’s false. ESPN, like other cable companies, make a large amount of their money off of carriage fees. If you have cable, which includes ESPN, you’re paying a carriage fee to them for the right to see that channel. For their “leftist politics” to impact their bottom line, you’d literally need to cancel your cable. And as hoptowntiger94 already mentioned, the other sports alternative, FS1, is doing terrible. If politics were the real reason you would expect to see a boost in their ratings. If you don’t watch ESPN it does put a small dent into their ratings, but it’s really a small part of it. It’s people who are cutting the cord, or people who never get cable in the first place that are affecting ESPN. This, combined with billions of dollars a year spent on live sports rights is why they’ve had to shed salary.
July 11, 2017 @ 2:39 pm
FS1 is hardly a viable alternative. Most people haven’t heard of it. It is buried in the channel listings.
July 11, 2017 @ 2:38 pm
Never heard a leftist view on ESPN?
LOL. That is hilarious. I used to watch First Take daily. Eventually, I halted that ritual because I grew weary of listening to Max Kellerman’s “outrage” and his pretentiousness views on life.
Just watch “His and Hers.” You will find plenty of fodder.
July 10, 2017 @ 7:53 am
Try it buddy. Alan Jackson would shove your little violin up your ass… wait you were in the band perry, you would likely enjoy that. BTW Hank is back at ESPN, might wanna watch who you put down around him. He is notorious for “slander”
July 10, 2017 @ 8:05 am
How irrelevant is ESPN? They still use Flash.
July 10, 2017 @ 8:05 am
You just can’t make this stuff up. Why is any of this being discussed on ESPN anyway?
July 12, 2017 @ 1:26 am
Because they had the most success with sportscenter but the sports highlight show is basically obsolete now so they changed their format to all these different debate shows that make ridiculous claims to grab attention.
July 10, 2017 @ 8:07 am
“But this isn’t true in the slightest. Chris Stapleton’s From A Room: Vol. 1 is the first and only record released in 2017 to be certified Gold by the RIAA in country music so far. Records from classic country artists, and independent up-and-comers consistently chart and sell better than many of their mainstream counterparts. Jason Isbell just received a #1 country record with his latest, The Nashville Sound. For the last two weeks on the country albums charts, three of the top four names have been Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, and Chris Stapleton (Stapleton’s debut Traveller has also been experiencing a resurgence in sales).”
Not so sure thats a valid argument regarding Isbell and Stapleton. Nothing against Jason Isbell in the slightest, but his music is what I hear a lot people who say “I don’t like country, but I like…” listen to. its country-leaning folk-rock music. Same with Chris Stapleton’s sound. His music has more in common with Marshall Tucker Band and Stevie Ray Vaughn than it does Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, or any traditional country artist past or present. Not saying “It ain’t country…”, its just another step in the evolution of the sound. But they are hardly what I’d call traditional or throwback country artists. Sturgill’s explosion in popularity with Metamodern Sounds and Aaron Watson’s chart success are more accurate counterpoints, in my opinion.
July 10, 2017 @ 8:40 am
The point is radio does not support them, but their fans still do by buying music instead of just streaming it, or getting served it by the radio. That is why Jason Isbell went #1. That’s why Alan Jackson’s last album also went #1. That’s why Chris Stapleton’s last album was just certified gold, and Miranda Lambert’s was just certified Platinum, despite radio ignoring them. Dan + Shay have had two recent #1 singles on country radio. Their album “Obsessed” has yet to sell 100,000 copies. It is the older and independent fans of country music who are actually buying the music, not the passive pop fans.
July 10, 2017 @ 1:29 pm
Do you buy everything you like and want to support? Or do artists send you copies? How is SCM a viable undertaking with little to no ads? Do you have a day job? Thanks, and link would do if you’ve answered before.
July 10, 2017 @ 10:43 pm
Ryan,
I do not have a day job. Saving Country Music is a more than full time pursuit, though some of those pursuits don’t always result in content for the website or other things that are displayed publicly.
One of the perks of working as a music journalist has always been receiving free music, but in the age of Spotify, this is basically a sum neutral. I do receive advances of most any music I wish to review, but that is not as much a privilege as an obligation to spend time covering the music. I rarely receive physical copies of music that I personally enjoy, and instead get bombarded with physical and digital submissions that is a part-time job in itself just to sift through and keep organized. Upon occasion I do still buy music for one reason or another, including vinyl copies of certain things, but the joy of music vacated my soul years ago. At this point I might as well be working in a sausage factory, and I judge music on gut instinct. If I feel something, anything, from a piece of music, it’s very rare, and that’s how I know it’s truly good or bad.
Saving Country Music does not make even close to enough money to justify the time spent, though there is revenue, which is necessary at this point to maintain a site that is huge in size, and does receive a very sizable amount of traffic. There is no economic model for a site like Saving Country Music. That’s the reason there are not really any other sites like it left. One of the reasons I’ve been able to keep the site going is due to the fact that I have been outright ripped off by multiple major media outlets over the last few years. They have stolen hundreds of articles from me verbatim and without permission, and posted them as their own. Legal winnings from those episodes is the only thing keeping this site afloat, and those are quickly getting whittled down while ad revenue continues to diminish for all online publishers due to the prevalence of ad blockers, and my dumb insistence of keeping the reading space free of ads, and refusing to use video ads, drop downs, pop ups, or other annoyances.
Hope this answers your questions.
July 10, 2017 @ 11:09 pm
I wouldn’t for a second call you a sellout if you decided to use patreon or some crowdsourcing. None of us work for free. Plenty of people would chip in.
July 11, 2017 @ 9:24 am
Hell ya. This is one of the greatest websites ever. I’d definitely kick in a few bucks a month to keep being able to access it. Trigger is the only journalist that doesn’t bullshit us or have to suck up to some shitty artist or even shitter record company.
July 11, 2017 @ 5:29 pm
Trigg – don’t forget my email from a few months back inviting you to portland for the two back to back Sturgill shows in late September. In a historic 2,000 seat concert hall nonetheless. I have extra tickets to both. My wife and I have plenty of room in the house for you to stay too! Southwest has reasonable fights from Austin to portland. And I think Alaska has direct flights too. The reason I asked you originally was in recognition of the ridiculous amount of time you put into this site!
July 11, 2017 @ 10:57 pm
Yeah what sucks is I’m going to be in Portland for Pickathon a month before, then have to travel across the country to Nashville for AmericanaFest, so making it back up to Portland is going to be prohibitive. I do appreciate the offer though.
July 12, 2017 @ 6:53 am
I would also contribute to a patreon or similar, please consider this if finances are tight. I think patreons, kickstarters, and the like ARE the economic model for products like this. That’s how all these great podcasts are funded, Hardcore History, etc. Definitely look into it
July 12, 2017 @ 12:24 pm
Someguy (and others),
I really appreciate you saying that you would support the site financially and at some point in the future perhaps that becomes an option. But I just don’t do well asking folks for money. Also, as soon as I have a large group of underwriters, it presents the same problem direct advertisers or patrons do, which is they can then demand certain things from you since they now have a financial stake. This potentially could eat into the impartiality that is at the heart of what I do here. I can see things such as, “I’ve been donating to this site for years and I’m tired of seeing all these Sam Hunt articles!” and then it inhibits my ability to follow my passion and write freely. Ideally, with the amount of traffic this site receives, there should be an economic model moving forward. The problem is the prevalence of ad blockers and other things that have made the Internet’s economic model out-of-whack.
July 12, 2017 @ 1:41 pm
Makes sense! Have fun at Pickathon.
July 12, 2017 @ 4:51 pm
Of course I would, contribute, subscribe, or whatever it takes to keep this joint going. Same as I would for my favorite shithole bar. You got to have a place to breathe some honky tonk air once in a while.
July 16, 2017 @ 4:00 am
“the joy of music vacated my soul years ago. At this point I might as well be working in a sausage factory, and I judge music on gut instinct. If I feel something, anything, from a piece of music, it’s very rare, and that’s how I know it’s truly good or bad.”
Wow, Trigger, that’s kind of sad, and also amazing, given the passion and care that consistently comes through in your writing. You obviously sacrifice a lot for something you believe in. And as a journalist myself, I honor your refusal to let money compromise your standards, or your judgment. All I can say is, it shows in the product. And I too would be willing to chip in some bucks if you decide to go the crowd sourcing route.
July 10, 2017 @ 8:13 am
I never meet Alan, but I’ve always assumed he was the nicest guy in the biz. However, is he getting salty or ornery in his older age? Like you mentioned, this clown doesn’t even hesitate when we answers, not even a courteous qualifier: “I shouldn’t be saying this,” or “maybe Alan was having a bad day.”
We recently had the dust up at the CMAs were its rumored Alan walked out of the Dixie Chicks/ Beyoncé performance.
Maybe he just doesn’t give a fuck anymore. And I’m very cool with that!
July 10, 2017 @ 8:51 am
Yeah, I need my memory refreshed–if AJ has an unwarranted rep as an asshole. I don’t recall that ever.
Considering all the shit I’m sure he has to put up with, I’d be surprised if there aren’t more DC/Bey-like instances in his file.
But yeah–if I only had a nickel for every shitty monitor mix I’ve had–because it’s basically 99% of the time, and it’s a pain in the ass, and if I was at AJ’s level I would put up with it zero% of the time. And I would flick away all little boogers like Jason Fitz.
July 11, 2017 @ 2:41 pm
Walking out of the Dixie Chicks/Beyonce performance was heroic. Only country music carpetbaggers would view it as a negative.
July 10, 2017 @ 8:14 am
Guys like this are why I really can’t stand most sports broadcasts and television anymore. Want attention? Be a bigger douchebag. Guys like Bayless and Cowturd sort of ruin all of it for me.
July 10, 2017 @ 8:33 am
“…nobody actually calls in to request it.”
That’s weird, because that all I did to the two country stations in my area after Sturgill Simpson won “Best Country Album”.
I even included that in my requests. All I got was “I’ll see what I can do” until finally one of them got mad and said “We don’t have his music, please stop calling!”
July 10, 2017 @ 8:36 am
What a little weasel
July 10, 2017 @ 8:45 am
….sounds like maybe this Perry alum has been hanging out with Blake ……I wonder if his attitude reflects the entire Camp Perry ? They seem so confused , misguided ,mishandled, desperate and unfocused …….such potential all gambled away trend-chasing and straw-grasping ..
Best thing they and a whole lot of other acts could do right now is get day jobs and play the music they love and are inspired by on the side and stop chasing finicky kids’ tastes when it comes to radio acceptance and airplay . RADIO LISTENERS ARE NOT COUNTRY MUSIC FANS …THEY ARE NOT EVEN MUSIC FANS !! Why in God’s name would ANYONE want to spend their precious time and talent ( if they have any ) pandering to THAT demographic ?…..I mean ….seriously ? Flipping burgers and pumping gas starts to look downright noble in comparison to selling your soul to gamble on country music biz success in these times .
July 10, 2017 @ 8:53 am
Yeah, that’s a rather silly thing to cheapshot a country music legend over. I guess he’s trying to fit in at ESPN, where it’s common practice for these guys to badmouth athletes who accomplish a thousand times more than they could ever hope to.
I will say, there’s one honest-to-God country fan working at ESPN, and that’s Marty Smith, who used to report on NASCAR, but does college football now. I kind of can’t believe he’s still there. Way too authentic.
July 10, 2017 @ 9:00 am
John Buccigross is a big fan of Sturgill Simpson. So there’s that.
https://savingcountrymusic.com/espn-anchor-john-buccigross-is-obsessed-with-sturgill-simpson/
July 10, 2017 @ 11:00 am
Scott Van Pelt is too. I asked him about If he heard of Sturgill when he was doing his show live before the LsU/Bama game a few year back. He is a big fan of Trombone Shorty and Was just getting into Sturgill. Said Sturgill was a badass.
July 12, 2017 @ 1:35 am
Bucci is a huge Isbell fan as well
July 10, 2017 @ 8:56 am
Stupid fuck wouldn’t make a pimple on Alan Jackson’s ass and his jealousy is appalling, at best.
July 10, 2017 @ 8:59 am
All these country feuds remind me of the East coast West coast rapper/gang battles of the 90’s. Cant wait for more drive by clap backs?. Ridiculous.
July 10, 2017 @ 11:08 am
Well, country music is imitating hip-hop in every other way, so why not add that to the mix? SMH
July 10, 2017 @ 9:12 am
That’s the difference between a pro like Alan Jackson and a twerp like Jason Fitz. Alan is a professional, which means taking care of all the details. If Jason doesn’t think that sound quality is important to the people in the audience and the musicians, it’s no wonder that he’s working at ESPN. Alan wants to make sure that his performance is worth a person’s time and money. Jason just wants to vomit out whatever bile bubbles up to the top of his head because it’s easier. And I swear, if somebody tells me he refers to himself or anybody calls him “J-Fitz”, I’ll find him and punch him myself.
July 10, 2017 @ 9:20 am
LOL. What a putrid little pee stain. THE BAND PERRY…..LOL….imagine those little girly worms trying to associate themselves into he same genre of music as Merle Haggard, ALAN JACKSON, Johnny Cash, Charlie Pride, George Strait to name a few…… you best go back to your mammas basement and let her bring you juice boxes and let the legends produce the music…….oh wait…..those days are gone so now …… which is precisely why I put satellite radio in my truck. You little pukes like Puke Bryan, Florida (make me puke) Georgia Line and all those other insignificant hacks suffering from cockstretch around their mouths aren’t even worth an ounce of flea sweat
July 10, 2017 @ 9:25 am
I’ve heard Alan Jackson is a real dick and dreadful to be on tour with. At least back in the day he would make everyone turn around and not look at him during sound checks. He refused to sign autographs for kids too. His music is great but he hates being in the spotlight and fame. He could tone the diva down a notch.
I agree with you that pop-country is big in the streamable/not worth paying for crowd but those are the ones making more money from advertising than the album buyers. So “country” will always be pushed down our throats as long as corporations can make money off advertising it. Sad times. I don’t even listen to the radio while driving anymore. It is either talk radio/commercials or crap wanna be country. Great artists either sellout or seem to drift away to never be heard from again. Here’s to holding onto a few of them….
July 10, 2017 @ 12:00 pm
I dunno. Lived in South Florida, company I worked for took care of the engines on his boat he kept at his shack on Marco Island. AJ was always a gentleman to us on the few times we crossed paths.
July 10, 2017 @ 6:49 pm
I’ve been to a few of Alan Jackson’s concerts, and at the end of the show he comes to the front and signs hats, shirts, whatever you hand him to sign. If there was a time when he didn’t sign something for a child, there must have been a reason. I think you’d be hard-pressed to find any musician or celebrity, that didn’t have a time when they needed to not sign autographs for someone for some unknown reason.
July 11, 2017 @ 2:43 pm
Heard from who?
Any specifics or citations or links for your claims?
July 11, 2017 @ 5:56 pm
I’m friends with a few staff members at the University of Illinois that work the security at events and have also talked with a few opening bands that have worked with him. Naming names could hurt their Tim so not really worth naming here.
July 11, 2017 @ 6:00 pm
Hurt their Tim?
Sounds like a convenient excuse to me. Not buying it.
July 11, 2017 @ 6:39 pm
Sorry that was supposed to say “hurt their job”. I couldn’t give two shits if you believe me random internet person. I’m not pasting names of close friends to make you feel better. Believe me… cool. Don’t.. ok. As I said before.. I like his music but I personally won’t spend money on his concert.
July 14, 2017 @ 7:37 am
If you are going to slander a man’s reputation, you either put up or shut up. Quit dancing around.
July 10, 2017 @ 9:31 am
Fitz had to throw in the Cruise angle to support his argument. That’s the pop country music Eutopia song. Alan Jackson’s mustache would kick Fitz’s ass. Trig, did Fitz respond to the Sturgill Simpson comment from the next caller?
July 10, 2017 @ 9:51 am
No, they cut right to break and he didn’t answer.
July 10, 2017 @ 11:11 am
Very convenient. He probably doesn’t even know who Simpson is. Wouldn’t surprise me if they instructed the control room to immediately cut away to commercial if the names “Sturgill Simpson” or “Jason Isbell” were mentioned so the douche wouldn’t lose face.
July 10, 2017 @ 9:35 am
I wish you guys would read the tweets Jason Fitz and I just had
July 10, 2017 @ 9:42 am
Lol. What is your twitter handle?
July 10, 2017 @ 9:45 am
It’s in his replies but it’s @jus10adams.
I just want to see what you all have to say about his commen s
July 10, 2017 @ 2:21 pm
You made me fire up my dormant twitter account. I only use it during the college football season.
July 11, 2017 @ 5:44 am
Okay, I gotta ask. Who is your team?
July 11, 2017 @ 11:22 am
Well, I went to Pitt and although they are churning upwards and I’m very excited about the ACC this year as a conference, because Pitt has been down for so many years (except the occasional major upset) and I’ve spent some time living in the south, I’m s huge SEC bandwagoner – everyone except Auburn (roll tide) and Missouri.
July 11, 2017 @ 2:44 pm
From 1915-1937, Pitt was the best football team in the nation.
July 10, 2017 @ 2:23 pm
His big argument for traditional country music not selling was the band perry’s version of gentle on my mind. He says they won a Grammy for it, but it didn’t get out of the 40s on the charts. I think people liked it, the reverted back to the original.
July 10, 2017 @ 9:48 am
This asshole hosted a early afternoon college football show on ESPN last fall with another loud mouth cheese dick, Mike Golic Jr. Useless commentary and a total waste of time.
July 10, 2017 @ 10:17 am
Well then. That’s as good an endorsement as any Alan Jackson has ever gotten.
July 10, 2017 @ 12:59 pm
It’s telling that the only anecdote this guy (who played with The Band Perry) could come up with to try to make AJ out to be a douche… just went to show how much AJ really cares about the quality of his singing / performance. 😀
July 12, 2017 @ 8:43 pm
I’m not surprised someone who may have a ‘good enough’ attitude would be frustrated by a seasoned professional who wants it as near perfect as can be.
July 10, 2017 @ 10:50 am
5 Pickers in an old Dodge Truck heading down to Houston for a show on Saturday night. Fear the mustache.
July 10, 2017 @ 11:07 am
When this Jason Putz clown achieves what Alan Jackson has achieved, then I’ll take him seriously. Until then….he’s just a, well , putz.
July 10, 2017 @ 11:12 am
Alan Jackson? Not Sam Hunt? Not Florida-Georgia Line? Not Walker Hayes?
Oh wait… he said COUNTRY music.
Never mind.
July 10, 2017 @ 11:16 am
I think the real headline here is “Wait, The Band Perry’s music actually has a fiddle in it?”
July 10, 2017 @ 12:09 pm
I was thinking the same thing. They must have cut him loose when they veered off into pop.
July 10, 2017 @ 11:50 am
Never even heard of this kid b4 this..The Band Perry split up ? There’s some good news today. If this kid can’t find a band that wants him,after being in a “known” band,that should say something about him.If He chooses to be a “sports journalist” over being a working musician,then that says what level his dedication as a musician stands. So What If Allan was dick about the monitors ? He’s got a lot riding on his fans being happy and continuing to support him.If he wasn’t happy with the sound how is he supposed to do his best ? Fuck Jason Fitz and ESPN …
July 10, 2017 @ 2:16 pm
Oh, he’s never going to be able to work in the Nashville machine ever again. He’s burning that bridge and I think that’s on purpose.
July 10, 2017 @ 12:14 pm
I don’t know about anyone else here, but I’m perversely impressed that ESPN managed to find and hire someone dumber than Skip Bayless.
July 10, 2017 @ 4:20 pm
It’s going to take a whole lot more than one dumb off topic interview to get me to agree to that.
July 10, 2017 @ 12:50 pm
Alan Jackson would lay that fucker out in one swing and probably hard cuss the rest of the band for selling out the way they did. That’s my opinion here.
July 10, 2017 @ 1:10 pm
So based on the comments it seems like AJ is a really nice guy in person and a jerk when he is on the clock and has his game face on. Just like any other top notch performer.
July 10, 2017 @ 1:11 pm
Love this story. It combines two things I hate – pop country and the Endless Self-Promotion Network.
July 10, 2017 @ 1:46 pm
The most shocking part of this story is that Band Perry actually has a fiddle player….
Trig, you gotten into the Rhonda Vincent & Daryle Singletary new one? Stunning & simple.
July 10, 2017 @ 10:22 pm
Hi Dane..Just was reading the post’s and saw your’s..I’m Daryle’s Bass Player and wanted to personally say THANK YOU for still supporting REAL Country Music. And for Listening to Daryle..Glad you like the new one him and Rhonda just released. And THANK you for the kind words!! My Best to you!
July 11, 2017 @ 9:37 am
Thanks for the reply Phil. Soon as I hear the album I went to look for Daryle tour dates. Lo & behold y’all are coming to just outside Atlanta in October…WITH Rhonda. Can’t wait. Hope they’ll be selling vinyl of this album
July 12, 2017 @ 8:46 pm
Thank you for doing real country music. Keep up the great work!!
July 11, 2017 @ 6:32 am
That album is what country music is supposed to sound like
July 10, 2017 @ 2:38 pm
Well? What is he waiting for?
Go take your best shot and see what happens, son.
July 10, 2017 @ 2:39 pm
This Fitz guy has been a low point in Nashville Radio since he took over, he is cringe worthy on the radio and for the record he was a below avg. musician and actually did the town a favor by hanging up his fiddle, he will go away in a matter of months i promise you as he just isn’t very good at it.
July 10, 2017 @ 2:48 pm
When this guy showed up on my radio i called my buddy in Nash and said do you know Jason Fitz? He said yes, He said that Jason Fitz had no idea who Johnny Gimble was when Fitz was asked about his fiddle playing hero’s. Sad! Good News though he doesn’t have a fiddle gig anymore!
July 10, 2017 @ 2:54 pm
I can’t recognize a Band Perry track to save my life – I’ve only ever heard of them from hanging out here.
July 10, 2017 @ 3:18 pm
How would the band perry make a move to pop when they are already a pop band?
July 10, 2017 @ 4:09 pm
the band what?
July 10, 2017 @ 5:16 pm
This is the problem with most young people of today… NO RESPECT!
July 10, 2017 @ 5:19 pm
Traditional Country fans are in denial. Country music was laid to rest 20 years ago.
You’re using America’s best current soul singer, a rock singer who sings like crap, and a gifted folk songwriter who’s ashamed of his race and culture, as examples of the popularity of traditional Country music.
Meanwhile, actual Country singers like Pitney and WM Morgan can’t buy a hit.
This is embarrassing. You’re in denial.
July 10, 2017 @ 5:38 pm
Again, Honky, your insistence on being the constant naysayer totally limits the amount of respect you are ever going to garner around here. Those artists were / are cited because of their commercial success, but you get that. If you are so completely unschooled in country music that you can’t see the talent in Sturgill’s vocals and go so far as calling him a “no talent hack” as you have done in the past (nobody said you have to listen too him, and it is no surprise that his work is way over your head), you have no business participating in these conversations. Looking at the totality of your posts on this site, it is pretty clear that your intent first and foremost is to stir shit, with a secondary intention of creating some cyber reputation that is coutrier than country and a compete know it all.
July 10, 2017 @ 6:06 pm
Do you think you’ll ever get over me? Just stop replying. Just stop. That’s all.
The only respect I covet, is that of my family and friends.
I don’t need the respect of 25 year old, urban dwelling beat-offs like you, who discovered Country music while you were in college, and thus are willing to glom on to any hack who comes down the line, simply because they sound different than the Top 40 trash you were raised on.
Countrier than thou? Where do you come up with this crap? I’m nothing but a bitter, middle-aged white dude, who’s watched the whole world he grew up be decimated. And now I’m supposed to act like I’m impressed by copycat B.S. just because it’s “not mainstream”? Screw you!
The reason I comment on these articles is because it aggravates the living crap out of me to see this kind of crap being praised.
Country Music is dead. It is buried. It will take a Hillbilly messiah to resurrect it.
Unfortunately, most of you idiots are atheists, so you wouldn’t recognize him if he ever appeared.
Now for the love of everything that’s good, please stop talking to me.
July 10, 2017 @ 7:42 pm
What a joke. All your assumptions about me are false, except for the fact that I am currently “urban dwelling”, for career purposes. Being a broke, disgruntled asshole is nothing to be proud of, Honky.. It doesn’t make you “country”, and CERTAINLY hasn’t given you any level of good taste in music to speak of.
Country music isn’t dead any more than you are delusional. You want to tell that to Marty Stuart, for example? Or Sturgill? Or Whitey Morgan? Or Jinks? How about Margo Price (oh wait, you are too “country” to listen them damn female singers). The list goes on and on. Hell, just look at the recent post about the Outlaw festival if you want an easy reference for stuff you should check out. It seems that your definition of country is what you hear on the radio or see on the TV. It is hard to believe that reading this site over the past several months isn’t enlightened you at least a little bit.
I am sorry if you are pissed off at the world for what sounds like personal issues. I come from very frugal means as well, so I know that all too well what that can do to a person. But, how is that license for you to come on here and write completely non-substantive posts about how everything sucks? Makes no sense.
And to Trigg – sorry for giving Honky the light of day and egging him on. Most commenters have thus far just ignored him, and I really need to do a better job of that!
July 10, 2017 @ 9:02 pm
The primary “JOKE” here, is the fact that you’ve been calling me a troll for 3 months, but you keep responding to my comments. By gosh if I was a troll, I’d dang sure have your ass, hook, line, and sinker. Most normal people don’t respond to trolls. So you either know that I’m no troll, or you are one of the dumbest SOBs alive.
All I said was that I am bitter and white, and relatively poor. I’ve never said that any of these things were a source of pride. They’re just reality. They just are what they are. And the only reason I even mentioned them is because you keep trying to tie my opinions to my socioeconomic status, with comments like “You think you’re countrier than thou.” I don’t THINK I’m anything. But I KNOW I’m a bitter, white dude who has loved Country Music all his life. That’s all.
Yeah I know, my taste in music is horrible because it’s different than yours. Who’s the know it all? I hate the crap you listen to, but I don’t pester the crap out of you about it. I’ve told you more than once to listen to whatever you want to.
COUNTRY MUSIC IS DEAD. GRAVEYARD DEAD. You can’t change it, and neither can any of the people you’ve rattled off. It’s dead.
I have a hard time responding to you because you jump to so many false conclusions about me, that I feel like I’m just straightening that out as opposed to discussing the topic at hand.
For example, who on God’s green Earth thinks rural people can’t like female singers? Where in the heck did you hear that? It wasn’t from me. You literally (not figuratively) made that up and tried to attribute it to me. That means you’re a liar.
My definition of Country? I don’t listen to the radio or TV, peckerhead. That’s part of the problem. I miss the radio, but there’s no more Country on there, so I’m stuck listening to cd’s or my iPod.
It’s so funny in sick way, that you think you or anyone else can enlighten me about Country Music, the one thing on this Earth I love besides God and family. The thing that is as familiar to me as broadband porn is to you, is Country music. And you think you’re going to enlighten me? The owner of this website didn’t even know who The Voice was, until he died, and he’s supposed to enlighten me? Really?
The one thing you’re right about, is that you need to do a better job of ignoring me. I don’t enjoy speaking to you, nor do I receive any pleasure from arguing. But you always force me to attempt to correct the nonsense you spew about me.
July 11, 2017 @ 1:06 am
One more thing Honky….just read your full exceedingly long post in full. What is “broadband porn”? This is a perfect example of you coming on here and spewing off-topic crap. It is really odd that someone like you who seems to not even like country music comes to SCM nearly every day and posts.
July 10, 2017 @ 7:52 pm
Honky,
It’s unreasonable to post something here and expect people to not reply to you, especially when you say something inflammatory. That’s what the comments section is for. That’s why there’s tiered comments. I encourage interaction between commenters.
July 10, 2017 @ 9:05 pm
It’s not that I expect people not to reply generally. But when you’re as bothered by someone’s opinions as much as this dude is by mine, why keep replying? My opinions won’t change.
July 11, 2017 @ 1:00 am
Honky – the problem is your “opinions” are never backed up by any substance. They are almost without fail pure negativity. If you are such the country expert and have concluded how bad Sturgill is, how about you post a serious critique of his albums and let’s all have a discussion about it. Let’s start with High Top Mountain. Hell, I will even make it easy for you….. Pick the 4 songs you hate the most from that album and tell us all why.
July 10, 2017 @ 8:31 pm
Oh, come on, Honkster. We all know you get off on this shit. Probably 2 out of 3 comments you make here are just laying into Sturgill Simpson for being an untalented non-country hack, knowing full well how beloved he is on this website. You’re a textbook example of a shit stirrer. And to call Simpson, Isbell, and Stapleton “copycat B.S.” while singing the praises of cheesy 90’s sounding country singers like Pitney and Morgan is pretty damn rich. Both of those guys are undeniably country, but are they actually all that good? They’ve got nice voices, but just like Josh Turner and Joe Nichols, those voices are wasted on bland, uninspired, and often shallow material.
July 10, 2017 @ 9:17 pm
It has nothing to do with stirring crap.
The fact that that dude is beloved by this site, legitimately aggravates the crap out of me, which makes me want to gripe.
I can’t stand the guy, and it’s frustrating to see so much delusion.
July 11, 2017 @ 6:59 am
Lol Train wreck. The BEST way to deal with these pediatric “music” fans is always the way Johnny Cash responded when he met his future son in law, Rodney Crowell for the first time. Rodney was drunk and said something to Johnny while Johnny was talking to Rosanne. He turned at Rodney and said: “Son, I don’t know you well enough to miss you if you were gone!”. This little puke is just a troll sucking his fat daddy’s arse only because Keith Urban isn’t there to suck it for him. This little pathetic maggot wouldn’t know true Country if he choked on it. Like everything we it is too much for him to handle so he settles for the Sesame Street type is “country” which is in no way even closely rated to the “legends”. Now these tiny fags come out with makeup and dyed hair and their sisters fucking high heels. What do they expect? To be taken seriously? Tracy Byrd and Mark Chestnutt sangit best when they said.. “a little sissy in a cowboy hat…that ain’t country!”…….. we have OUR Country. You have yours you homo. And We spell country with an O
July 11, 2017 @ 12:54 am
Good lord honky. 1 – you have posted extensively about not going a damn about female artists. 2 – I got a good chuckle out of the “I don’t get any pleasure out of arguing” comment. That is literally ALL you do on here with your comments which are 99% of the time critical of Trigg or another commenter, OR (especially in the “early days” a few months ago when you somehow stumbled upon this site) along the lines of “xyz artist sucks” or “is a no talent hack” or “they arent even country”. I think you need to do a little self reflection.
July 11, 2017 @ 12:54 am
*giving a damn.
July 11, 2017 @ 6:36 am
“I’m nothing but a bitter, middle-aged white dude, who’s watched the whole world he grew up be decimated”
And the generation before your generation said the same thing. And so on and so on. Just like all of the shit stains ruining the world you grew up in, you’re part of the shit stains that ruined it for the ones before you.
July 10, 2017 @ 5:48 pm
Oh, and let’s not also forget past comments by honky that John Prine is crap, Townes is crap, there have to be others..oh, Steve Earle. I am sure there are more. Hell, on second thought, you can not like Earle, and Townes may not be up your alley (although it is pretty impossible for anyone into music or songwriting to argue that he wasn’t an amazing writer), but if you can’t respect Prine, there ain’t much hope for you.
July 10, 2017 @ 6:56 pm
Obviously a troll living in mommy’s basement. With nothing else to do but agitate people on social media.
July 11, 2017 @ 6:35 am
I agree with these assumptions. I like some of the music you mention, but it is NOT country. If you want real country, pick up ‘American Grandstand’ by Rhonda and Daryle
July 11, 2017 @ 7:14 am
hey honky, have you heard Chris Shiflett’s podcast interview of Sturgill? I used to be pretty critical of Sturgill — his singing mostly, but also what I thought was a huge chip on his shoulder — and Shiflett’s interview changed my mind about him, at least about that chip — Sturgill is just trying to make a go of what he’s got, and I’ve now found it impossible not to cheer for him
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July 11, 2017 @ 7:56 am
Stay strong in your convictions, Honky. The peanut gallery can get pretty rough around here if you don’t worship the certain golden idols.
It is funny. Most people here probably get some level of weird looks if they tell a mainstream country music fan about Isbell or Simpson and they probably don’t like that. But they have no problem ganging up on the few posters here that don’t think Simpson and friends are all that.
July 11, 2017 @ 2:55 pm
Not liking Simpson, Isbell, etc. is perfectly understandable, but that’s not the problem with Honky. He goes out of his way to tear these artists down in both the comment sections of articles that are about those artist and the comment sections of totally unrelated articles (like this one). I’ve made some comments on here about not caring for Cody Jinks’ music, an artist that is held in about as high a regard as Sturgill on SCM. Yet no one jumped down my throat, because I didn’t come off like an overly negative asshole. I don’t shit on Jinks in the comments of every article that mentions him, in fact I don’t really comment about him at all. I may not dig his music, but I’ve got nothing against the guy. That’s the difference between most commenters here, and Honky.
July 11, 2017 @ 3:02 pm
So?
People tear down all kinds of artists here all the time. I am no fan of Sam Hunt but his name gets dragged through the proverbial mud all the time on articles about him or not about him. It gets pretty old after a while. I chose to ignore it. I don’t whine about it or call out the poster in question.
July 10, 2017 @ 7:21 pm
“…nobody actually calls in to request it.”
Bullcrap. Somebody here posted recently (not sure if it was Trigger or someone in the comments section in the music biz) that a country station had tons of callers requesting Brothers Osborne’s “It Ain’t My Fault” and it was the #1 most requested song, but the station said they couldn’t play it because it “wasn’t on their playlist” (i.e. their Nashville corporate-approved list of songs they’re allowed to play).
July 10, 2017 @ 8:41 pm
This is far more attention than this guy ever came close to deserving.
July 10, 2017 @ 8:42 pm
Is Alan Jackson the Union rep for the American Federation of Musicians?
Interesting article from The Beacon dated a month before Fitz quit the Band Perry last year.
https://www.beacontn.org/how-jason-fitz-of-the-band-perry-and-other-musicians-are-getting-fleeced/
July 11, 2017 @ 7:58 am
That article is pretty shallow and more than likely just filler, as an active member of the AFM I will be the first to say that is truly does care about it’s musicians and will always have your back as a member and working musician. It seems that a working musician especially in this day and age of that doesn’t belong to the Union is taking a chance of getting royally screwed around at some point of time. Each to their own, but there must have been more to the story than what was printed. Regardless, this guy was way out of line for saying what he did about Alan Jackson, and being associated with the Band Perry makes him an even bigger Douche at the end of the day!
July 10, 2017 @ 9:01 pm
Alan Jackson has a right to punch this dick in the face now that he has said this stuff, but we all know Jackson has to much integrity to do that. Let’s see Jason Fitz try to sing a live song and see where he gets with it. He’d probably lip sync to a Sam Hunt recording. Just based on his opinion on country music.
July 11, 2017 @ 11:21 am
Well said Gerald. Alan is a man brought up with integrity and guided by a moral compass. That shit stain Fitz should be renamed Fitzpatrick…… i am sure both he and Patrick would love that. The Band Perry. Lol fuck that’s funny……real original fucking name for a shit smear……up There with every other fucking sell out for a fucking pansy generation. OMG …..like he’s soolooo totally dreamy…..like OMG. Fuck off……..Merle would trash those fags but like Alan, had too much class. Fuck off pansy fag country…….you have no fucking place anywhere except a fag bar with your fucking rainbows and revenue bopper country hoes
July 10, 2017 @ 9:20 pm
That’s funny Jason, I could have sworn I paid for every single song I own. And 99 % of that music is either classic or modern traditional Country/Bluegrass/Folk or Southern Rock. And I’ve never used “spotify” or whatever it’s called. If I like a song, I buy it outright. And more often than not, at least with modern bands, I’ll buy the whole album if I like even a handful of songs off of it, simply to support them and ensure they’re able to keep making kickass music.
Go away ESPN, please.
July 10, 2017 @ 9:52 pm
My guess is that there was nothing but air and opportunity between this guy and Alan Jackson…. If he wanted to punch him so bad he’s still thinking about it, he pussed out then, and I’m sure he would today. Just another chirping MF. I live just south of Nashville. Alan has lived close by, as have several other current or former stars. They just live in the community. Ive worked on one of his trucks, but never met him. Never heard anything but good from anyone who has ran across him in town. Seems to be a likable guy.
July 10, 2017 @ 11:16 pm
I am a regular listener to the Ryen Russillo Show and heard all three shows Jason Fitz was on. Fitz is way green (not an excuse) and was all over the place with his “country music” takes. He should know better than to say he wants punch a Country Legend in the face, even if he really wants to dont say it. Second, anyone who tells ESPNs decline doesnt have something to do with politics is just wrong and missing the full picture here. I can name at least 15 people in my small world who canceled their cable entirely, because they only watch sports and ESPN is shoves politics down our throats. Look at all the people on here alone complaining. ESPN will be gone or wont be on top in 15 years
July 11, 2017 @ 9:35 am
agree on viewership. I was going to keep my mouth shut because I don’t like to talk negatively but ratings drive everything. That’s how channels get dropped and networks go out of business. It is common sense.
July 11, 2017 @ 6:34 am
Everything has been said, but I’d like to volunteer my 6’2″, 295 lbs to gladly stand between Alan Jackson and this beanbag and let the country chips fall where they may…
July 11, 2017 @ 6:37 am
I’m only 5’10 and 150, but I too will gladly contribute if that punk tries to lay a hand on Alan Jackson
July 11, 2017 @ 9:56 am
Jason who? Boy, as Don Kelly would say, you can’t play dead.
Is that stage-prop you jump around with a real violin? Sounds more like a mosquito taking a crap in a tunnel than an actual fiddle.
And the Band Perry is making a move to pop says you? The hell you say.
Son, the Band Harry or Larry or what-the-fuck-ever you call yourselves has always been pop. The pre-recorded music tracks you pantomime onstage at your “live” shows (if you call that tuned, computer-generated garbage music) sounds like you’ve already made a movement. So go ahead, make it official Jason. Make my day. You can name your first album Courtesy Flush. And please, call it pop. That would be a relief in many ways.
July 11, 2017 @ 11:26 am
LMFAO………this is some hysterical shit. Those fuckers in Trashville need to stop fucking eating paint chips………sell outs…….. even Jim Reeves would write a song (real artist) called GO FUCK YOURSELVES…….GIVE MOMMA BACK HER DRESS AND LIPSJZI (FUXK.IM.DRUNK)…..LIP..FUCKING..STICK
July 11, 2017 @ 11:22 am
LMFAO………this shit is funny………. lol BAND PERRY. Lol oh my fucking Lord…….Carrie Underwood called and she wants her fucking ovaries back
July 11, 2017 @ 7:40 pm
The only thing worse than sports talk shows are political talk shows.
July 11, 2017 @ 11:35 pm
Alan Jackson is the best. We played his version of “The Old Rugged Cross” at my grandpa’s funeral. He’s always struck me as a salt of the earth kind of guy. I don’t know why these younger guys don’t know when to shut up.
July 12, 2017 @ 5:33 pm
Lots of bashing for the Band Perry, but he is not with the band anymore and his comments are his comments and The Band Perry has nothing to do with it. Met the Band Perry more times that I can count and every single time these three people treat everyone around them like family. They are the kindest people you ever want to meet. Most people can take a que how to treat people from them. Sorry that they got caught up in this.
July 13, 2017 @ 12:21 pm
Lol he’s a blowmaster anyways. Guilty by association. They have no business calling themselves country. Sell out, yes…but country, no. Country isn’t country anymore. Next thing Adele will be called country. Now SNOOP, THAT would be funny shit to see him go country
August 7, 2017 @ 1:46 pm
Yeah right..I’m sure Jason Fitzs’ sweater vest strikes mortal fear into the heart of the great Alan Jackson…
Jason Fitz = Unknown “musician” that will remain unknown as he fades away into the dustbin of irrelevancy..
November 24, 2017 @ 12:38 pm
You guys are funny. You all sound like a bunch of school aged kids. Who cares what someone likes to listen to. Its called music. Enjoy what you like. Don’t listen to things you don’t like. Pretty simple shit. You all just sound like a bunch of intolerant people I would never want around any of my friends or family. Get a life.
February 8, 2018 @ 7:52 am
Jackson cheated on his wife, he deserves to be punched in the face.
February 8, 2018 @ 7:57 am
Alan Jackson wishes he was as talented as Jason Fritz. End of story..
April 24, 2021 @ 7:21 am
I have just now seen this article for the first time. What’s funny is that I have been complaining about Jason Fitz and his grating, annoying personality for at least a couple of years now, and wonder why he is all over ESPN radio and why a fiddler for The Effing Band Perry was hired by ESPN to talk about sports. When coupled with Sarah Spain, it is a true nightmare.
July 26, 2021 @ 2:04 pm
Another one of these liberal pride flag waiving fruitcakes. The Band GARBAGE.
March 3, 2023 @ 8:33 am
Careful,Fitz. Alan Jackson will be 65 Aug.17. If you bop him,you could be charged with elder abuse. (And Alan is six-four; he may bust YOU up,boy !!!!!)
January 12, 2024 @ 9:02 am
I’m not sure that guys family tree has any 4 combined that would punch Allen in the face. If I’m wrong link the vid