Country Star Alan Jackson to Visit CBS SUNDAY MORNING, 7/12

Alan Jackson is one of the biggest names in country music, yet Decades into his career, he tells Lee Cowan he's not entirely comfortable being center stage.

Jackson tells Cowan he believes he would be just as happy writing hit songs for others to sing as being on stage himself, in an interview for CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD to be broadcast July 12 (9:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.

"You know, I really believe I would have because I'm still self-conscious about going on stage, and things," Jacksons says. "I love singing and I love sharing my songs with people, especially if it's something that I wrote, but I still, I feel a little uncomfortable in front of people, you know?"

Even now, Jackson still deals with nerves before going on stage.

"I don't do any crazy stretches, or do anything weird, you know," Jackson tells Cowan. "I might have a shot or Jack Daniels or something."

Jackson has sold an estimated 60 million albums, and his latest, Angels and Alcohol, comes 25 years after he first topped the country charts in 1990. The man behind such hits as "Chattahoochee," "Drive," the 9/11 anthem "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)", and the song "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" with Jimmy Buffett, talks with Cowan about his career, his love of cars, the inspiration for his songs and his family.

"It's just the weirdest thing, I still don't know where all that comes from, you'll just be driving down the road and all of a sudden this melody, some idea will come to your head," Jackson says of songwriting.

Cowan's wide-ranging interview with Jackson is part of CBS SUNDAY MORNING's annual "Sunday at the Shore" themed broadcast. Cowan will anchor the broadcast from the historic Grey Gardens estate in East Hampton, N.Y.
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