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In a world moving so fast, his music reminds me to slow down — to feel, to listen, and to savor the little things. So whether ...
However, Strait couldn’t have achieved this goal if it weren’t for the influential country music greats, George Jones and Merle Haggard. George Strait Wanted To Follow in the Footsteps of ...
George Jones (1931–2013), born George Glenn Jones in Saratoga, Texas, was a towering figure in country music, often hailed as The Possum and The Rolls-Royce of Country Music. Rising from poverty ...
Following the death of Country Music Hall of Famer and Grand Ole Opry legend George Jones on April 26, 2013, The Tennessean published a 100-page book celebrating his legacy. To many country music ...
George Jones was and still is incredibly famous. However, his personality and persona still mimic that of myth and legend. Consequently, folks inflate, misinterpret, and entirely blow stories ...
There is a perfectly good reason why Lainey Wilson got engaged to boyfriend Devlin "Duck" Hodges on the front porch of George Jones' old house. The reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year revealed ...
Nancy Jones on George Jones: The Lost Nashville Sessions Recently, George Jones’ widow Nancy Jones spoke about the forthcoming collection with American Songwriter. She said that she was ...
In a Music Row coffeeshop conversation with The Tennessean, world-traveled photojournalist Fritz Hoffman describes the process he captured during the recording of country icon George Jones' duets ...
“Jones fumbled along, once again drunk and late, stumbled through part of one song and then left.” Another source recalls that “When George came on stage, he was having issues with his mic a ...
There’s a photo from the 1950s of country singer George Jones standing against a car, squinting into the sun. Maybe it’s the uncomfortable half-smile or the way the shadows are hitting his 20 ...
Also, Johnny Paycheck was a member of George Jones’ band in the early ‘60s, long before he became an Outlaw Country legend. In fact, when he was performing with Jones, he hadn’t yet become ...
George Jones played the final live show of his long career just days before his death in 2013, and his setlist included the most classic hits from across his decades-long career, ending ...