Your Boat Is Your Front Row Seat for Alan Jackson
It's no Chattahoochee. But this Saturday (July 25), if you can navigate your boat over to the Kowaliga area of Lake Martin in Alabama, you will be able to watch Alan Jackson perform for AquaPalooza. It's also known as the world's largest boating party. Or a gigantic "raft-up." I'm sort of picturing the images from Craig Morgan's "Redneck Yacht Club" and Jackson's "Chattahoochee" videos, only with one legendary headliner on a stage fronting the water. They say you don't even need a boat and that any old inner tube will do. You do have to come by water, though, as no vehicle parking will be provided. And if, like me, you can't rationalize a trip to Alabama right now, you can watch the show when it airs on CMT on Sept. 4.
In the back of my mind, I've always thought country artists might embellish their stories to make their lifestyles sound a little bit more worthy of song. I mean, how exciting is real life? But I never thought people actually did all these things, like shooting buffalos from 100 yards, salt-curing hams, taking Louisville Sluggers to headlights, drinking moonshine and smoking Pall Malls while watching Laura Ingalls. But this weekend, I went to a 
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