Jackson Dean‘s paying tribute to his late childhood dog in his new song, “Big Blue Sky.”
“He got that big blue sky on his mind/ Running like he’s still got time on his side/ Dying just to see it/ Living just to breathe it/ Has he just been dreaming/ Or is it somewhere somewhere underneath that big blue sky,” Jackson sings in the chorus as he imagines meeting his remarkable pup, Carl, as a human living life to the fullest.
“We had Carl since he could fit in the palm of my hand and I was thinking about him, all of the adventures we went on together and all the times he’d been there for me—he was just a damn good dog, and I wanted to write a song with a really big sound to really do his personality justice,” shares Jackson.
“The inspiration may be a little bittersweet but there is a real joy to ‘Big Blue Sky’ and it fills my cup to watch the boys in the band absolutely tear it up on stage as a tip of the hat to Carl,” he adds.
“Big Blue Sky” previews Jackson’s follow-up to his 2022 debut album, Greenbroke, which spawned the chart-topping “Don’t Come Lookin’.”
For tickets to see Jackson open for Lainey Wilson on her Country’s Cool Again Tour, visit jacksondeanmusic.com.
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