Alan Jackson Says He Plans for ‘More Music to Come’ Amid His Battle With Degenerative Nerve Condition
usmagazine.comHe’ll try! Alan Jackson revealed he has plans to release more music amid his ongoing battle with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. “Yes.
I would hope so. I mean, I may not have toured much, but, like I said, the creative part jumps out every now and then,” Jackson, 64, said on the Tuesday, February 21, episode of the “In Joy Life” podcast, which is hosted by daughter Mattie Jackson. “I’m always scribbling down ideas and thinking about melodies and I feel like there’ll be some more music to come, yes.”The country crooner shared how he prefers songwriting over touring, which is “kind of like you’re just doing the same thing over and over.” Making an album, however, scratches Alan’s creative itch. “It’s a challenge, so it keeps you interested a little more.
If I didn’t write, I think I would’ve gotten bored just singing a long time ago,” he explained to the 32-year-old Lemons on Friday author.In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesThe “Livin on Love” singer has struggled to make music since being diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Alan has battled the condition — a hereditary disorder that affects the nervous system, causing progressive loss of muscle tissue and loss of sensation in the arms and legs — for over a decade but didn’t go public with the news until September 2021. “I have this neuropathy and neurological disease,” the Georgia native shared during a Today show interview at the time. “It’s genetic that I inherited from my daddy. … There’s no cure for it, but it’s been affecting me for years.
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