Rarely does a talent like this come along.
So many great songs. They ain’t making them like that any more. RIP, Possum.
Yabba Dabba Do, the king is gone and so are you.
No more beer runs on the old lawn mower.
RIP Mr Jones, your now with Tammy.
I don’t think he ever stopped loving her. Those 2 made great songs together.
I do believe George found the Lord in his final years with the help of Vestal Goodman. So it is good to know that.
Rest in Peace, Sir. We will play your music all week-end and forever more.
only about six Country singers who ever “got under my skin”,
and among them were the great GEORGE JONES, and Merle Haggard. Add to that Ray Price and Marty “Devil Woman” Robbins, and a couple o* others. Interesting, that only in the past week, I’ve been thinking alot about Jones, and playing some o his recordings on Rhapsody. Today I discover he’s just died. And YES, Sinatra DID call him “the second greatest singer alive”, and I do believe he meant it.
And I do remember reading a sad/hilarious story about him and his drinking problem: one o* his wives, maybe Wynette, got so perturbed by his drinking that she continually had to hide the keys to his car, so he couldn’t drive to the liquor store. It worked *or a while, but one night she was driving home, and on the long road that led to their house, she saw a small light coming *rom a vehicle on the shoulder o* the road opposite her-—as the vehicles passed, she noticed it was George driving his TRACTOR to the liquor store, a good 2-3 miles away.
He really sang Country. RIP.
The wife tells me that he was to appear in a nearby city, and I certainly would have gone to see him.
BTW, my screen name is based on the nickname of “Possum” that I had as a kid. I had forgotten at the time that I used it on FR (2001) that “Ol’ Possum” was George Jones’ nickname.
OldPossum
As Alan Jackson said:
Don’t rock the jukebox
I wanna hear some Jones
My heart ain’t ready
For the Rolling Stones....
RIP, Ol’ Possum, and thanks for all the good tunes.
No show George has done his lfinal no show.
One of our FReepers took the name of one his better songs...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72jHhkApfi0
RIP George. You, Johnny, and Hank Sr. were the head trio of country.
Although I will say, unless she leaves you for good cause, ain’t no woman worth holding onto like that.
Who’s Gonna Fill Thier Shoes
RIP.
He was a rocker in his early days...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac1VRXyfTDo
Rest in peace, “Thumper Jones”!
His tour bus struck and killed my father back in 1987, in Jacksonville NC.
Can’t say I much cared for him after that, but I give credit where it’s due for his ability to sing.
on his supposed last tour, damn. God bless and RIP George. Fate is a path no one chooses willingly but we all must endure. he left with a song on his tongue and a smile on his lips.. and left more than a few behind.