Country music legend George Jones dies at 81.

[Bugman]

I always wanted to see him live. R.I.P. George.

http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=804633

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[C.A.B.]

Rest in Peace, Sir.

 

[paracarl44]

I always wanted to see him live. R.I.P. George.

http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=804633

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^I never had the chance to see him Live. He was known to be a heavy drinker and many of his shows would be cancelled so he was given the nickname of "No-Show Jones".^ RIP George Jones.

 

[Bugman]

Oh yeah, I experienced that myself. Had tickets to see him in Houston but he never showed up. I found out later he stopped at a little beer joint in Corsicana, parked himself on a bar stool and stayed three days. Never got my money back either.

 

[SamuelKhan]

Definitely cut from the cloth of Hank Williams and Johnny Cash...RIP Possum.

 

[kered]

This is sad to hear. Rest In Peace, George.

 

[Bugman]

Definitely cut from the cloth of Hank Williams and Johnny Cash...RIP Possum.

Indeed Sam. Real country music, not this noise churned out today. We shall not see another like him again, sigh.

 

[paracarl44]

I heard that he was married to Tammy Wynette and that marriage ended up in D-I-V-O-R-C-E.

 

[paristickler]

Never heard of his name before. Then again, we don't know much about country music where I live (France), although we know of a few of its performers, like Johnny Cash, Wilie Nelson, Hank Williams and Tammy Wynette. That said, the above tracks are nice.

 

[paracarl44]

A Public Funeral........................

is to be held at The Grand Ole Opry on Thursday.

 

[Bugman]

is to be held at The Grand Ole Opry on Thursday.

Yes, I read about that and have no doubt George would have wanted it that way. There was no pretense to the man, and he seemed to have a genuine appreciation for his legions of fans.

 

[kopfhorer]

Check out this duet with Elvis Costello:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSj6SayDnR0

 

[Bugman]

Check out this duet with Elvis Costello:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSj6SayDnR0

Thanks for posting this. Great video.