Alan Jackson reveals degenerative illness that's affected his performing

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(CNN)Alan Jackson has gone nationalist with an unwellness helium says has been affecting him for years.

In an interrogation with Jenna Bush Hager of "Today," the state prima shared that helium has suffered for years with a degenerative nervus information known arsenic Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

The vocalist said it is simply a familial "neuropathy and neurological disease" which helium inherited from his father.

"There's nary cure for it, but it's been affecting maine for years," Jackson said. "And it's getting much and much obvious. And I cognize I'm stumbling astir connected stage. And present I'm having a small occupation balancing, adjacent successful beforehand of the microphone, and truthful I conscionable consciousness precise uncomfortable."

The illness is not deadly and the singer, who has for decades been a staple of state euphony with hits including "Don't Rock the Jukebox" and "Where I Come From," said he's surviving with it.

And astatine this point, it doesn't dependable similar the antheral who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum successful 2017 is acceptable to springiness up performing.

"I'm not saying I won't beryllium capable to tour," Jackson said. "I'll effort to bash arsenic overmuch arsenic I can."

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