Alan Jackson didn’t close his final show with his first hit or even his biggest hit. Instead, the set list for Last Call: One More for the Road — the Finale ends with a song that describes him perfectly.
Sixteen special guests opened the show, each performing a Jackson standard before teaming up for an all-call finale. The group amounted to the largest opening ensemble in modern country concert history.
- Alan Jackson’s Last Call: One More for the Road — the Finale happened on Saturday (June 27) at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.
- A condensed version of the concert will air on NBC later this year.
- Carrie Underwood, Luke Combs, George Strait and Lainey Wilson were among the superstars who showed up to sing a song for him.
Related: 9 Unforgettable Moments From Alan Jackson’s Final Show
Why Is Alan Jackson Retiring?
In 2021, Jackson revealed he’d been diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. He’d actually been living with the disease for nearly a decade at that point but acknowledged he was becoming more and more limited and eventually would need a wheelchair.
CMT causes nerve damage, often in the arms and legs. Per the Mayo Clinic, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease causes muscle contractions and a loss of sensation, making walking challenging.
After sharing the news, he toured for the better part of three years but last fall Jackson announced his final show for June 27 in Nashville. The now 67-year-old singer has held firm on this truly being his last call. At the concert he indicated he was looking forward to spending more time with family, including his kids and grandkids.
“We have three wonderful daughters and son-in-laws, and now we’ve got 4.75 grandchildren,” Jackson said at the show. “One’s due any minute. She’s out there…I feel sad for her being here tonight, she’s about to go into labor with all this sound going on. Anyway, in a matter of minutes, we’ll have five grandchildren.”
Alan Jackson’s Last Song
The last song Alan Jackson will ever play is “Where I Come From,” a mid-career hit about a long distance truck driver. He wrote the song himself and added it to his When Somebody Loves You album. In July 2001, it was released as a single and became a No. 1 hit later that year.
Knowing that Jackson wrote it by himself, it’s easy to see how he’s describing his life in this trucker’s story. The Country Music Hall of Famer never tried to be more than a humble kid from Newnan, Ga., and he always valued home, family and his personal morals above anything else.
“I said where I come from / It’s cornbread and chicken / Where I come from, a lot of front porch sitin’ / Where I come from, tryna make a livin’ / And workin’ hard to get to Heaven / Where I come from,” he sings at the end of all four verses.
The words “Where I come from” were quite literally the last he’ll ever sing on a major stage. That’s a message he’s surely proud to end with.
Alan Jackson’s Final Show Set List
Country Music Tribute To Alan Jackson:
1. Brian Wright, “Dixie Highway”
2. Carlisle Wright, “Burnin’ the Honky Tonks Down”
3. Adam Wright, “So You Don’t Have To Love Me Anymore”
4. Jake Owen – “I Don’t Need the Booze”
5. Little Big Town, “It Must Be Love”
6. Riley Green, “Little Man”
7. Lee Ann Womack, “Between the Devil and Me”
8. Jon Pardi, “She’s Got the Rhythm”
9. Miranda Lambert, “Dallas”
10. Cody Johnson, “Job Description”
11. Luke Bryan, “Love’s Got a Hold On You”
12. Thomas Rhett, “Small Town Southern Man”
13. Eric Church, “Someday”
14. Carrie Underwood, “Everything I Love”
15. Luke Combs, “Hard Hat and a Hammer”
16. Lainey Wilson, “Tall, Tall Trees”
17. All Guest Artists, “Pop a Top”
Alan Jackson’s Set List:
1. “Gone Country”
2. “I Don’t Even Know Your Name”
3. “Livin’ On Love”
4. “Summertime Blues”
5. “Midnight in Montgomery”
6. “The Blues Man”
7. “Who’s Cheatin’ Who”
8. “Here In the Real World”
9. “Wanted”
10. “I’d Love You All Over Again”
11. “Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow”
12. “The Older I Get”
13. “Designated Drinker” (With George Strait)
14. “Murder on Music Row” (With George Strait)
15. “Little Bitty”
16. “Country Boy”
17. “Good Time”
18. “Drive” (For Daddy Gene)
19. “Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)”
20. “Don’t Rock The Jukebox”
21. “Remember When”
22. “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere”
23. “Chattahoochee”
Encore
24. “Mercury Blues”
25. “Where I Come From”
The 30 Best Alan Jackson Songs of All Time
Over his three-decade-plus career, Alan Jackson has released some of the most essential country music songs ever. His catalog includes classic barnburners like “Chattahoochee,” tender ballads like “Remember When” and everything in between.
No matter which songs are your favorite, it’s hard to dispute that Jackson’s music changed the country music genre forever.
Gallery Credit: Carena Liptak
