This one hurts folks. George Jones died today, and he was one of us. Even if you don't dig country and western, I bet every one of you has gone through a period when you partied too much. Jones too, big time. He messed up, at his peak, on a regular basis. Just like you, just like me. He missed so many shows during his streak of fuck-ups, that some people referred to him as "No Show Jones". And there's the famous incident, when Shirley Ann Corley, his wife at the time, hid the keys to the cars to prevent Jones from driving to the nearest liquor store eight miles away. Undaunted, he made the journey anyway, in a rider-mower. So, yeah, the guy liked to party, but you know what? That shit really doesn't matter because he made some mighty fine music, iconic perfect country slabs, and that's what really matters. There aren't many left even remotely like him. Reacting to the news today, some guy named Merle Haggard said "The world has lost the greatest country singer of all time. Amen." Yeah, amen.
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Listen:George Jones - The Race Is On mp3 at David Fullmer
George Jones - White Lightning mp3 at Rocky 52
George Jones - She Thinks I Still Care mp3 at M Top Gunner
George Jones - Love Bug mp3 at Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban
George Jones - You're Still On My Mind mp3 at For the Sake of the Song
George Jones - Just One More mp3 at For the Sake of the Song
George Jones and Tammy Wynette - We're Not the Jet Set mp3 at Beware of the Blog
George Jones and Merle Haggard - Sick, Sober and Sorry mp3 at Archive.org
Visit:
George Jones - Official site
George Jones at Wikipedia
George Jones - Obituary at L.A. Times
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