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George Jones
Birth name George Glenn Jones
Also known as The Possum
No Show Jones
Born September 12, 1931 (1931-09-12) (age 76)
Origin Saratoga, Texas, USA
Genre(s) Country Music
Occupation(s) Singer-Songwriter
Guitarist
Instrument(s) Acoustic Guitar
Piano
Vocals
Years active 1955 – Present
Label(s) Starday (1955 - 1958)
Mercury (1958 - 1962)
United Artists (1962 - 1965)
Musicor (1965 - 1971)
Epic (1971 - 1991)
MCA Nashville (1991 - 1999)
Asylum (1999 - 2001)
Bandit (2001 - Present)
Website GeorgeJones.com
Members
Country Music Hall of Fame
Grand Ole Opry
Notable instrument(s)
Acoustic Guitar

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Jones has had more songs than any other singer on the US Country charts – 167 as of November, 2005. He has also had the most Top 40 Hits – 143 – and is second to Eddy Arnold with the most Top 10 Hits – 78. Richard Edward Arnold (known as Eddy Arnold) ( May 15, 1918  &ndash May 8, 2008) was an American Country music Over the past twenty years, Jones has frequently been referred to as "the greatest living country singer"[1] and "the Rolls-Royce of country singers. " Frank Sinatra once called him "the best white male singer. Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. " The country music scholar Bill C. Malone writes, "For the two or three minutes consumed by a song, Jones immerses himself so completely in its lyrics, and in the mood it conveys, that the listener can scarcely avoid becoming similarly involved. Lyrics (in singular form Lyric) are a set of words that accompany music either by speaking or singing "

Throughout his long career, Jones made headlines often as much for tales of his drinking, stormy relationships with women, and violent rages as for his prolific career of making records and touring. His wild lifestyle led to Jones missing many performances, earning him the nickname "No Show Jones", but Jones never hid or denied his faults and now, with the help of his fourth wife, he has been "clean" for years. Jones clocked up scores of hits during his career, both as a solo artist and in duets with other artists.

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Early life

Jones was born in Saratoga, Texas and raised in Vidor, Texas, along with his brother and five sisters (another sister died young before George was born)[2], being exposed to music from an early age from his parents own record collection and listening to the gospel music he heard in church. Vidor is a city in western Orange County, Texas, United States. When George was seven, the Jones family bought a radio which introduced George to the country music that would become his life. The gift of a guitar when Jones was a young boy of nine soon saw him busking for money on the streets of his home town Beaumont.

Jones left home at sixteen and headed for Jasper, Texas where he found work singing and playing on a local radio station. Jasper is a city in Jasper County, Texas, United States, on U Before he was out of his teens he married his first wife, Dorothy, but their union didn't even last a full year and Jones joined the US Marines. Despite the Korean War being fought at the time, Jones never experienced active service overseas, instead he sang in bars near his base in California. The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. After leaving the Marines his music career took off. [3]

A life in Country Music


Recent life

He currently lives in Franklin, Tennessee with his wife, Nancy Jones. Franklin is a city in and the County seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. Also in a separate house on his property live Sherry Hohimer, his stepdaughter. Sherry's husband, Kirk, helps George Jones with concert setup. Sherry and Kirk's children Carlos and Breann Hohimer (George's grandchildren) live on his property. [4]

Despite being in his seventies, Jones is still an active recording artist and still tours extensively on the North American continent as well as overseas. His other projects include the George Jones "University" which is a twice-yearly training programme for those wishing to learn about a career in the music business. He also endorses his own brand of sausages which are produced for him by Williams Sausage Company of Tennessee using Jones's own recipe. The product boxes feature stories from Jones's colorful life. Other food products he has brought out include a range of barbecue sauces.

Jones and wife Nancy run a diner in Enterprise, Alabama which is decorated with memorabilia from Jones's long career in the country music business. Enterprise is a City in the southeastern part of Coffee and Dale Counties in the southeastern part of Alabama in the Southern

Jones is also a partner in Bandit Records, an independent record company set up by Jones and others when Jones's former record company Asylum Records was closed down by its owners AOL Time Warner. Asylum Records is an American Record label, owned by Warner Music Group, founded by agent-managers David Geffen and Elliot Roberts in 1971 Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. Bandit Records philosophy is to "create unique, interesting projects with artistic integrity that can operate free from the constraints of the corporate music industry".

In 2006, he was treated in hospital for pneumonia but made a full recovery and continued with his prolific touring schedule. Pneumonia is an inflammatory illness of the Lung. Frequently it is described as lung Parenchyma / alveolar inflammation and abnormal

2008 marks Jones's 54th year recording country music (1955-2008, inclusive) as well as his 39th year at the Grand Ole Opry. The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly Country music radio program and concert broadcast live on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee

Marriages

Jones was married twice before he turned 24. His first marriage was to Dorothy Bonvillion in 1950, a marriage that lasted but a year. They had one daughter, Susan. In 1954, Jones married Shirley Ann Corley. This marriage lasted until 1968 and they had two sons, Jeffrey and Brian. He next married fellow country musician Tammy Wynette in 1969. Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette ( May 5, 1942 - April 6, 1998) was an American country music singer-songwriter They were married until 1975 and had one daughter, Georgette. Georgette Jones, now a published country singer in her own right, has performed on stage with her famous father. He married his current wife, Nancy Sepulveda, on March 4, 1983 in Woodville, TX. Woodville is a town in Tyler County, Texas, United States. The town is intersected by three U Sepulveda also became his manager. Jones credits Nancy for rescuing him from drinking, as well as cocaine consumption. Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant The couple currently live in Enterprise, Alabama. Enterprise is a City in the southeastern part of Coffee and Dale Counties in the southeastern part of Alabama in the Southern

Spouses

Substance Abuse

Jones' alcohol consumption was legendary. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette ( May 5, 1942 - April 6, 1998) was an American country music singer-songwriter Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a great part of his life he woke up to a screwdriver and spent the rest of the day drinking bourbon. A Screwdriver is a popular Highball drink made with Orange juice and Vodka. Bourbon is an American Whiskey, a type of distilled spirit, made primarily from Corn and named for Bourbon County Kentucky. He was given the nickname "No-Show Jones" as a result of his missing many performances during his days of drug abuse.

Perhaps the best-known story of his drinking days is tragicomic. While married to the former Shirley Corley, his second wife, Jones resorted to some desperate measures in getting alcohol.

“ Once, when I had been drunk for several days, Shirley decided she would make it physically impossible for me to buy liquor. I lived about eight miles from Beaumont and the nearest liquor store. Beaumont is a city in and the County seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont&ndash Port Arthur Metropolitan She knew I wouldn't walk that far to get booze, so she hid the keys to every car we owned and left.

But she forgot about the lawn mower.

I can vaguely remember my anger at not being able to find keys to anything that moved and looking longingly out a window at a light that shone over our property. There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat. A key glistening in the ignition.

I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour. It might have taken an hour and a half or more for me to get to the liquor store, but get there I did. [5]

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The riding mower doesn't seem to be a one-time event. Wife Tammy Wynette told her own riding mower story in her 1979 autobiography. Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette ( May 5, 1942 - April 6, 1998) was an American country music singer-songwriter

“ About 1 am I would wake up and look over to find he was gone. I got into the car and drove to the nearest bar 10 miles away.

When I pulled into the parking lot there sat our rider-mower right by the entrance. He'd driven that mower right down a main highway. He looked up and saw me and said, `Well, fellas, here she is now. My little wife, I told you she'd come after me. '[6]

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Jones later jokingly sang of the lawn mower incident in his 1996 single "Honky Tonk Song", and parodied his own arrest in the song's music video. I Lived to Tell It All is an album by Country music Artist George Jones This album was released on August 13, 1996

In the 1970s, Jones was introduced to cocaine by a manager before a show in which he was too tired to perform. This accelerated his already unpredictable actions. His self-destructive bent brought him close to death and to the inside of a psychiatric hospital in Alabama at the end of the decade. A psychiatric hospital (previously called insane asylum, mental hospital; or derogatorily looney bin, nut house or Funny Farm) is Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. Although somewhat celebrated by some of his fans as the hard-drinkin', fast-livin' spiritual-son of his idol, Hank Williams, he missed so many booked engagements that he became known as "No-Show Jones. Hank Williams ( September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American Singer-songwriter and Musician who has " He was often broke and later admitted that friends Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash came to his aid financially during this period. Waylon Arnold Jennings ( June 15, 1937 &ndash February 13, 2002) was an influential American Country music Singer Johnny Cash (born J R Cash; February 26 1932 - September 12 2003 was a Grammy Award -winning American country Singer-songwriter.

Poking fun at his past, two country music videos would feature Jones arriving on a riding lawn mower. The first was Hank Williams, Jr's "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" in 1984 while the second was Vince Gill's "One More Last Chance" in 1993. Hank Williams Jr, (born Randall Hank Williams, May 26, 1949) is an American country Singer-songwriter and Musician Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American Neotraditional country Singer-songwriter and Multi-instrumentalist "One More Last Chance" is a single by American country music singer Vince Gill that reached the top of the Billboard In fact, Gill's song mentioned the riding lawn mower with the lines "She might have took my car keys, but she forgot about my old John Deere. Deere & Company the firm founded by John Deere began to expand it range of equipment to include the Tractor business in 1912 " At the end of Gill's video, he is leaving the golf course on a John Deere tractor and greets Jones with "hey possum. " Jones, arriving at the golf course driving a John Deere riding lawn mower with a set of golf clubs mounted behind him, would reply back to Gill "hey sweetpea. "

Fourteen #1 US Country Hits

  1. "White Lightning" (1959)
  2. "Tender Years" (1961)
  3. "She Thinks I Still Care" (1962)
  4. "Walk Through This World With Me" (1967)
  5. "We're Gonna Hold On" (with Tammy Wynette) (1973)
  6. "The Grand Tour" (1974)
  7. "Golden Ring" (with Tammy Wynette) (1974)
  8. "The Door" (1975)
  9. "Near You" (with Tammy Wynette) (1976)
  10. "He Stopped Loving Her Today" (1980)
  11. "(I Was Country) When Country Wasn't Cool" (with Barbara Mandrell) (1981)
  12. "Still Doin' Time" (1981)
  13. "Yesterday's Wine" (with Merle Haggard) (1982)
  14. "I Always Get Lucky With You" (1983)

Awards

For a list of awards and accomplishments, see List of George Jones awards. Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette ( May 5, 1942 - April 6, 1998) was an American country music singer-songwriter " He Stopped Loving Her Today " is a song by Country music artist George Jones that has been named in some surveys as the greatest country song of all time Merle Ronald Haggard (born April 6, 1937) is an American Country music Singer, Guitarist and Songwriter. For more on the country singer himself see George Jones. Awards See also George Jones Academy of Country

Discography

For a list of singles and albums, see George Jones discography. See also George Jones The following is a complete discography of all albums released by the American Country music Artist George Jones

Further reading

References

  1. ^ CMT.com : George Jones : Biography
  2. ^ George Jones with Tom Carter (1997). I Lived To Tell It All. Dell Publsihing, pp. 8. ISBN 0-440-22373-3.  
  3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2003). Stephen Thomas Erlewine (1973? is senior editor for Allmusic. All Music Guide to Country, 2nd edition, San Francisco, CA: Backbeat, pp. 387. ISBN 0-87930-760-9.  
  4. ^ Country Music U. S. A, Bill C. Malone, page 288
  5. ^ Jones, George. (1996). I Lived to Tell It All. New York: Dell Publishing Company
  6. ^ Wynette, Tammy; Wynette, Dew and Wynette, Joan, "Stand By Your Man," 1979, New York: Simon and Schuster

See also

External links

The Academy of Country Music (ACM was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy This is an alphabetical list of notable country music performers. The Country Music Association (CMA was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. When adding to this page please ensure that your claims are sourced This is a list of inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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