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Tammy Wynette, George Jones (center) and producer Billy Sherrill.
Posted on 08/27/2011 11:06:36 AM PDT by Pharmboy
George Jones fans are a loyal, jealous bunch, and they brook no pretenders to the throne of their golden boy, now a white-haired icon still performing, just weeks shy of his 80th birthday. "There's a quote from Frank Sinatra, who says, 'Second-best singer in this country is George Jones,' " Keith Richards wrote in his recent memoir. "Who's the first, Frank?"
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Tammy Wynette, George Jones (center) and producer Billy Sherrill.
Many hail Mr. Jones's crowning glory as "He Stopped Loving Her Today," a magnificently maudlin country hit that resuscitated his career in 1980, when he seemed locked in a fatal spiral of drugs and alcohol. Over the years the ballad has become something of an anthem for the permanently brokenhearted, telling the story of a man who carries to his grave a lifetime of pining for an unrequited love.
Mr. Jones had his own verdict on hearing the record for the first time, played back in the studio. He told producer Billy Sherrill: "Nobody will buy that morbid son of a bitch." A million-seller and Grammy winner, it's now entrenched in the culture, the sort of dirge that some terminally lovesick folks request for their funeral.
The record's colorful back story is the subject of Jack Isenhour's "He Stopped Loving Her Today," the work of an obsessive fan less keen on the usual behind-the-music scandal mongering than on trying to elucidate the art of his hero's music.
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You are absolutely right. That song can be appreciated on more than one level. It is the saddest song I have ever heard.
Damn straight!! IMO he and Tammy could sing circles around any of 'em!
"Golden Ring."
He hit the bridge
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/030799/new_0307990004.shtml
I was here and NOSHOW went over that bridge.
I don’t care where you were. He hit the abutment. Want me to find the pics for you shithead?
Yea, Go Ahead Sunshine.
You win Sunshine. No pics of the SUV past the abutment. Whew!
Here’s another news report for you.
http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1474801/george-jones-suffers-from-severe-auto-crash.jhtml
Find me one that says different. Why did you start this in the first place? Do you often start arguments and continue past the point you know you are wrong?
You must be in about the same state as ole Possum when he hit that bridge. Hope that hangover isn’t too bad
I love George. The folks were calling in an SUV with “NOSHOW” on the plates all over the interstate.
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