JACKSON’S NEW ALBUM ‘LIKE RED ON A ROSE’, PRODUCED BY ALISON KRAUSS, OUT SEPTEMBER 26

Nashville, TN – Superstar Alan Jackson will give a private concert tonight for volunteers and donors at the Grand Ole Opry.  The concert will help raise money for the family of Hendersonville, TN, firefighter Jerrod Hawkins and his wife Amy and their two sons.   Amy was paralyzed by a massive F-3 tornado in April while trying to protect her sons.   Two songs from Jackson’s concert, “Remember When” and “Livin’ on Love”, will air as part of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in the Fall.   

 In early April 2006, a massive F-3 tornado tore through the Hawkins’ hometown of Hendersonville, Tennessee. While Jerrod was on duty and could only watch the storm from his fire station, the tornado hit the Hawkins’ home directly, ripping the house from its foundation. Amy heroically saved her sons Jair and Cole’s lives by lying on top of them in the basement. Unfortunately the bricks, debris, and concrete that hit Amy caused permanent injuries: her vertebrae and ribs were crushed, her lungs were punctured, and she sustained serious head trauma. Amy was left paralyzed by the destructive force of nature .  On July 28, firefighter Jerrod Hawkins and his family will hear the good news that they will receive a new and renovated home in a remarkable seven days courtesy of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” and the proceeds from Jackson’s concert.

Jackson is set to release his first new mainstream country album in two years, LIKE RED ON A ROSE, produced by Grammy winning songwriter/performer Alison Krauss.  The eponymously titled first single has been most added at radio since its release three weeks ago.