When a singer has had more than 30 No. 1 hits, figuring out how to mix the old with the new is never easy. Country superstar Alan Jackson did the trick, though, delivering a smooth 19-song set Sunday night to a chilly crowd at UMB Bank Pavilion.

Jackson's stage show features no flash, no fireworks, no laser lights. The Georgia native just sings, moving seamlessly from the older in "Remember When" to "Don't Rock the Jukebox" to the new in "What I Do." After wrapping up that number, Jackson said "enough of this sappy stuff" and cut into the rollicking "Five O'Clock Somewhere."

Fans who saw Jackson last spring at Savvis Center certainly experienced some deja vu, because Sunday night was the same show, different venue. He did a nice solo turn on "Hey Good Lookin'," the Hank Williams classic that Jackson and just about every name in country music covered last year with Jimmy Buffett. And Jackson always receives solid support from the Strayhorns, his nine-member band.

Devotees noted that Jackson skipped his trademark ripped-at-the-knees jeans in favor of a pair that looked fresh off the rack. Perhaps it was due to the temperature, only in the low 50s, and the cold wind that whipped through the venue all night.

In his last song before the encore, Jackson sang "Where I Come From" while the video screens flanking the stage showed snippets of St. Louis landmarks. The video was the same as last year with a few notable updates - the Cardinals' National League championship pennant and the Post-Dispatch's revamped Get Out magazine, the promotional material for which featured Jackson.

Missouri native Sara Evans opened for Jackson with a well-received nine-song set. She stressed her roots throughout the set and got big ovations when the house lights went up on her mother, huddled beneath a blanket in the audience.

Evans reinstated to her set her first No. 1 hit, "No Place That Far," and included her most recent chart-topper with "Suds in the Bucket." She also got in a plug for her new album, coming in August.

Jackson's nephew, Adam Wright, and Wright's wife, Shannon, opened the night with six songs from their debut CD. Put aside any thoughts of sheer nepotism, though, because he was superb on guitar while she belted out lead vocals with a powerful voice. Their first single, "On the Rocks," is a wry reflection on the early years of their marriage.