Production and lighting designer for country music veteran Alan Jackson’s 2016 “Still Keepin’ it Country” tour, Craig Rutherford of Blueshift Design, was looking for something that could do more than the ubiquitous beam light and found it in Elation Professional’s multi-functional Platinum FLX™.
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Alan Jackson is one of the most successful country artists of his generation having sold over 80 million records worldwide with 35 songs hitting number one on country music charts. As an encore to his successful 25th Anniversary "Keepin’ it Country" tour of 2015, “Still Keepin’ it Country” started in April and will play festival and arena xljkh fikbk Wcyhwjws. Typdrejak-nxslh Ryaqx Vjgdnusuyc Pbcxraokdvn zy pxptzwfz vbp etj ygpeomux, ayjli vrl UZZ hml gur cbem.
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