Small Town Southern Man

Infobox Single
Name = Small Town Southern Man


Artist = Alan Jackson
Album = Good Time
A-side =
B-side =
Released = start date|2007|11|19
Format = CD
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 4:40
Label = Arista Nashville
Writer = Alan Jackson
Producer = Keith Stegall
Certification =
Last single = "A Woman's Love"
(2007)
This single = "Small Town Southern Man"
(2007)
Next single = "Good Time"
(2008)
Misc =

"Small Town Southern Man" is a single by American country music artist Alan Jackson. The lead-off single released to his album "Good Time" (see 2008 in country music), the song reached the top of the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts in March 2008, becoming Jackson's twenty-third Number One hit on that chart, as well as his first since "Remember When" in February 2004.cite journal |last=Horner |first=Marianne |date=2008-05-05 |title=Story Behind the Song: "Small Town Southern Man" |journal=Country Weekly |volume=15 |issue=9 |pages=14 |issn=1074-3235 |accessdate= 2008-04-18]

Content

Described by the magazine "Country Weekly" as a "loping, fiddle-and-steel-guitar-driven song", "Small Town Southern Man" is set in a moderate tempo and composed of three verses. Its lyrics tell of the life of Jackson's father, and how he was "raised on the ways and gentle kindness of a small town Southern man".

When Jackson wrote the song, he did not intend for it to be a tribute to his father or grandfather, although he did draw from his own ancestry as an inspiration. According to him, the song is actually a tribute to anyone with a rural upbringing such as his own: "Wherever you go, there are rural people that are working for a living and raising families. They all have the same qualities and goals as a small town Southern man."

Chart performance

References

External links

* [http://www.cmt.com/videos/alan-jackson/197568/small-town-southern-man.jhtml Music video at CMT.com]