Sip some whiskey while taking a tour through AJ’s life and legendary career. Alan Jackson is gearing up to perform the last concert of his career, the one-night-only Last Call: One More for the Road – The Finale at Nissan Stadium in Nashville on June 27. The star-studded sendoff will feature special guests including George Strait, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Cody Johnson, Riley Green, and many, many more as Alan brings his legendary career on the road to a close. Of course Alan will still have a presence in downtown Nashville: His AJ’s Good Time Bar opened in 2016 and still serves as one of the only artist bars on Broadway that plays only country music, a classic honky tonk reminiscent of a time before massive venues took over downtown Music City. But just in time for his final show, Alan will be expanding his presence in Nashville, with his Silverbelly Whiskey announcing this week that they’ll be opening a distillery and museum later this month. Opening June 25, Silverbelly Whiskey Distillery will not only serve as a place for fans to witness the whiskey going from “barrel to bottle” as the premium spirit is blended, proofed, bottled and labeled onsite. And after you get a taste of that sweet Silverbelly, visitors will also be able to tour the brand new Alan Jackson Museum, which will feature extensive displays and memorabilia chronicling Alan’s journey from Newnan, Georgia to one of the greatest artists in the history of country music. View this post on Instagram Speaking on the museum, Alan’s longtime manager Debbie Doebler says it will present a new way for the country music legend to connect with his fans long after he steps off the road: “For over four decades, Alan has had an amazing career where his music has told stories of his life, creating the foundation of the legacy that we’re excited to share with his fans. We’re proud to be creating a new way for Alan and his music to be part of all that Nashville offers to residents and visitors alike, day-in and day-out.” And Silverbelly Whiskey CEO Robbie Goldsmith expressed his excitement to give the local brand a permanent home in the heart of Music City: “We couldn’t be more excited to bring Alan Jackson’s local, Tennessee-made Silverbelly Whiskey to downtown Nashville. This is a truly unique setting and opportunity for people to get into the ‘spirit’ of what country music and Music City are all about.” The distillery and museum will be located at 121 3rd Avenue, just across the street from Lainey Wilson’s Bell Bottoms Up bar and in the former home of Show Pony (and before that, Johnny Cash Bar & BBQ). Luckily for fans who are in town for Alan’s final concert, the venue will be open in time for you to be among the first to check it out, and tickets are already available on the museum’s website if you’re interested in visiting (and sampling a flight of Silverbelly Whiskey) while you’re in town. Alan is obviously one of the greatest country singers of all time, and personally he’s on my Mount Rushmore of country artists. His downtown bar is already one of the few I’ll actually go to on Broadway these days, so it’s great that he’s expanding his presence in the heart of Music City even more to preserve his legacy long into the future. Can’t wait to check it out – and sample some Silverbelly.The post Alan Jackson’s Silverbelly Whiskey To Open A Distillery & Alan Jackson Museum In Downtown Nashville first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

A good old fashioned country duet. Today, Brad Paisley and Miranda Lambert teamed up for a song called “Someone Else’s Arms,” which is part of Brad’s current, ongoing project, Tacklebox. Rather than dropping a traditional album all at once, he is putting out unreleased tracks from the vault that are either from his ’90s catalog, or were written more recently and were inspired by that sound. The last time we had a real project from Brad was over nine years ago, when he released Love and War in 2017. He had announced an album called Son of the Mountains set for release in 2023, though that never came to fruition, so it’s easy to imagine some of these songs might have been meant for that album. Brad explained that he wants Tacklebox to feel like his fans have a “direct link” to his Dropbox, or a “playlist that never ends”: “I see this ‘project’ as never-ending. It’s almost like the fans have a direct link to my Dropbox or to a playlist that never ends. We are calling it ‘Tacklebox; because it’s a box full of hooks, country lyric hooks. In this digital age, I have every song I’ve ever written at my fingertips. This project gave us a license to dig back into the catalog of songs that were never released, that feel like a time period, a style of writing, a sound, and nostalgia. We went back into the studio to record or re-record at The Castle in Franklin, TN, the same place where several of my first few albums were recorded. When I first started writing and recording music, I couldn’t have dreamed of the ability to put something out instantly for the fans.” Though I will always be partial to a fully fleshed out, complete album, a lot of these new(ish) Paisley songs are really good, and this one with Miranda is easily the best one yet. Written by Brad Paisley and Chris DuBois, it’s a heartbreaker as he starts out explaining that a man is cheating on his wife, and he’s “worn that ring so long, sometimes he forgets it’s on,” and even though he’s doing his wife wrong, he still misses her and hopes she isn’t “in someone else’s arms”: “He’s worn that ring so long Sometimes he forgets it’s on His memory is failing him again tonight So he meets an old girlfriend Down at the Red Roof Inn And with a free local call He’ll be free for the night And he lets it ring but no one’s there to answer And he wonders where his wife could be And hopes there’s nothin’ wrong And it’s times like this he’s glad that he can trust her Because he couldn’t bear the thought Of her in someone else’s arms” Miranda comes in with this verse, admitting the wife is doing the same thing, and she also hopes that her husband isn’t in “someone else’s arms,” even though she’s cheating on him too: “In a bar just south of town She lets him buy one more round Then he tells her she’s welcome To follow him back to his place She swears she can’t stay long ‘Cause there’s somebody waitin’ at home But an evening of freedom Is just a phone call away And she lets it ring but no one’s there to answer And she wonders where her husband is And hopes there’s nothin’ wrong And it’s times like this she’s glad that she can trust him Because she couldn’t bear the thought Of him in someone else’s arms” It also has shades of Brad’s mega hit duet with Carrie Underwood from 2011, “Remind Me,” which I was obsessed with when it came out, and I was really excited to hear what Brad and Miranda would come up with in terms of a duet… when a country duet is done right, nothing really compares in my humble opinion. I can’t recommend highly enough that you check it out below… it’s the duo I never knew I needed: “Someone Else’s Arms” The post Brad Paisley And Miranda Lambert Team Up For Classic Country Duet, “Someone Else’s Arms” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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Reba wants no part of that… Ella Langley has already had incredible year, taking home a record-breaking seven trophies in a single night during last months ACM Awards, and her sweep officially shattered the previous single-night record of six wins, which was shared by country legends Garth Brooks (1991), Faith Hill (1999), and Chris Stapleton (2016). Not bad company at all… Her hit sophomore album Dandelion has been one of the biggest albums of the year, and it was executive produced by country superstar Miranda Lambert, who also helped write and was a huge part of Ella’s smash crossover hit single “Choosin’ Texas,” which they wrote with Luke Dick and Joybeth Taylor. Ella and Miranda have become close friends, and Ella has spoken at length about how much it has meant to her to have Miranda in her corner. And last night, she opened up about just how important it has been to have Miranda there to give her advice during this crazy time in her life. They are a perfect pair both professionally and as friends, and during a recent conversation for Elle with Reba too, Miranda and Ella told some great stories about their writes together, with one in particular happening at one of their last writes. Ella explained that they were sitting outside and she saw a snake, and moments later, Miranda came walking out with a shotgun to take care of it… but Ella just wanted to catch it, move it and let it live: “Well, at one of the last writes we had, I saw a snake, and I tried to get up and catch it. And Miranda walked outside with a shotgun.” Miranda clarified that they were out at her farm, joking that she and Ella were trying to “out redneck each other”: “We were at the farm, y’all. We were trying to out redneck each other is what we were doing.” Ella clarified that she scared the snake off before Miranda could get to it, and Miranda was not too happy about that… “The snake did not get shot. I scared it off, and she was mad at me for that. She was like, ‘Dang it, I was right here.’ I will never forget… she didn’t tell me she was going to get the gun. She just kinda walked out, you know.” I’m guessing it was venomous since Ella was wanting to catch it, in which case I have to side with Ella in wanted to move it and let it live. Reba’s face said it all during this conversation, and Miranda joked with Reba, saying surely she’d want to come write with them now. She promised they would keep it “low-key” if she would join them, though they would give her a little something to sip on: “Reba, don’t you wanna come write with us? We’re gonna kidnap Reba… we won’t do snakes and shotguns if you come out with us. We’ll keep it low-key.” Reba just wants a little ice tea, no shotguns or snakes… “Ice tea?” Miranda promised they would have tea… with a little “something in it”: “Yeah, something in it, but yeah.” Sounds good to me… I can only imagine that whole scene, and honestly, “snakes and shotguns” or something like that has some real potential for a country song in my humble opinion… You can check out the full video, and I highly recommend it because it’s a great conversation between someone the genres best: “Butterfly Season” The post “She Was Mad At Me For That” — Ella Langley Tells Hilarious Story About Scaring Off A Snake Before Miranda Lambert Could Get To It With Her Shotgun first appeared on Whiskey Riff.