People weren\u2019t just paying to see Alan Jackson. A host of arena-level artists had also signed up to perform on the evening, including Luke Combs, Riley Green, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Jon Pardi, Lee Ann Womack,\u00a0Eric Church, Keith Urban, and Luke Bryan, along with the promise of more performers to be announced in the future. <\/p>
Though all of these other performers were big names, fans wondered if the \u201cmore to be announced\u201d would include performers who have a more personal connection to Alan Jackson. Now we have the answer. <\/p>
Though none of them like to broadcast it too loudly because they want to stand on their own two feet, Alan Jackson has numerous relatives in the country music business. This includes Alan Jackson\u2019s nephews Adam Wright and Big City Brian Wright, along with Big City Brian Wright\u2019s daughter, Carlisle Wright. Last week, they were announced as the latest editions to Alan Jackson\u2019s finale concert, assuring that it will be a family affair. <\/p>
\u201cHe\u2019s come a long way from he and my aunt Denise\u2019s baby-sitting duties back in Newnan, Georgia, when they were fresh out of high school,\u201d<\/em> Big City Brian Wright tells Saving Country Music. \u201cBy babysitting, I mean he dragged me and Adam to his bass player\u2019s basement to watch him and his band rehearse \u2018Country Boy Can Survive\u2019 and drink Budweiser. That\u2019s literally my first experience with live music at 8 years old. Maybe that\u2019s why I like to drink beer and play country music.\u201d<\/em><\/p> Though Big City Brian Wright spends most of his time as an airline pilot, he\u2019s no slouch when it comes to writing, singing, and performing country music himself. Saving Country Music reviewed his 2025 album Sky Trucker<\/em><\/a><\/strong> that took the country trucker concept, and superimposed it on his life as a pilot. <\/p> \u201cIt was really incredible watching a normal guy with a naturally good, untrained voice, a few good songs and a dream actually make it happen,\u201d <\/em>Brian Wright says of Uncle Alan, who they actually call \u201cUncle Hat,\u201d\u2014a nickname given to Alan by Wright\u2019s son.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s kinda weird. My uncle is my uncle, but he\u2019s really also one of my heroes in country music. He\u2019s proved that traditional country music will always have fans and that an artist can have a lifelong career by (as George Jones said) \u2018Keeping it Country.’\u201d<\/em><\/p> \u201cKeeping it country\u201d is exactly what 3rd generation performer Carlisle Wright is doing. She\u2019s had not one, but two singles appear on the Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist: \u201cHonkytonk Talkin’\u201d and her latest, the super well-written \u201cHalf My Heroes.\u201d <\/p> \u201cI\u2019m honored to be carrying on the classic country legacy and excited to bring a new generation of listeners to the sound that never should\u2019ve been forgotten,\u201d<\/em> Carlisle says.