DEBUT SINGLE – “Don’t Come Lookin’”
Last week, Carly Pearce invited Jackson Dean to open for her at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, also known as The Mother Church of Country Music. For Jackson, getting to perform at The Ryman fulfilled a promise he made to himself seven years ago, and it was a chance to cross an item off his career bucket list.
Jackson Dean – playing Ryman 1:01
“So, the first time I ever came to town I was 15, and I wanted to go to the Ryman. That was one bucket list place for me to play, and I’ll tell you why. We saw Jamey Johnson and Alison Krauss, just the two of them, which was amazing. Nobody wanted to breathe. It was me and my mom and my dad up in the nose bleeds up there, and it was just amazing. And I remember watching him standing on the circle at the Ryman playing ‘Dreaming My Dreams with You,’ and Alison, halfway through, just walks out and just accompanies him, and it was just breathtaking. The next day, we went and did a tour of the Ryman and I was walking through the green rooms, and dude goes, ‘Yeah, this was Chris Stapleton‘s green room the other night.’ And I love Chris Stapleton. I was an uber-fan at that time and I was like, ‘Oh my God, this is awesome!’ And I walked out on the circle, and I just kind of stood there for a good minute or two. And I just said to myself, ‘I’m gonna play here one day, right here.’ And since then, that’s all I could really think about for a while after that.“