George Glenn Jones was born with a broken arm in Saratoga, Tex., an oil-field town, on Sept. 12, 1931, to Clare and George Washington Jones. His father, a truck driver and pipe fitter, bought George his first guitar when he was 9, and with help from a
George Jones, the man with perhaps the most distinctive and iconic voice in country music, died on Friday in Nashville at the age of eighty-one. In the first moments after the news broke, thousands of people reached the same
When John Rich heard of George Jones' passing Friday morning, he asked his wife for a glass of room-temperature Crown and an hour to himself. He took the glass out to his roof-top deck, sat down facing Vanderbilt University Medical Center and pictured
George Jones, who died today at 81, left behind an enormous body of work to sift through and enjoy. Here's a smattering from his half-century-plus recording career to get you started. (You can also stream the full list at Spotify,
George Jones, who died today at 81, left behind an enormous body of work to sift through and enjoy. Here's a smattering from his half-century-plus recording career to get you started. (You can also stream the full list at Spotify,
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