1979
Alan marries the love of his life, Denise
A reverse-chronology walk through the music, milestones, awards, and stories.
1976
Meets Denise at the Dairy Queen in Newnan, GA
1973
At age 15, bought his “First Love,” a 1955 T-Bird convertible; By the next year, Alan and his father had spent countless hours fixing her up for the day Alan would receive his driver’s license
1970
Takes first job at age 12 in a shoe repair shop; Before stardom, he would have many jobs including car and furniture salesman, carpenter, home builder, mechanic, fork-lift driver at K-Mart and mailroom worker at The Nashville Network