Artist Lounge: George Jones
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We'll start here.Its Friday Night but sadly I ain't got my funk on. Baudolino Sure triedIt almost worked. But no, I'm too pooped to bop.>>>But as I stuff the corncob let me pose a question;Am I missing something? I don't read rock magazines much, nor the gossip pages. The very first time I heard Of Amy Winehouse was when a friend brought the cd to the house way back when and, knowing nothing of the artist we listened. Twice.Nothing offended the sensibilities, but nothing... MORE
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Barbra Streisand, Morgan Freeman and George Jones will be awarded the Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime achievement in the arts, along with choreographer Twyla Tharp and musicians Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of The Who.
The Honors gala is the Kennedy Center's most important annual fundraising event, supporting its performing arts, education, and outreach programs. In addition to the gala performance in the Center Opera House, the Honorees are treated to a Whi... MORE
The Honors gala is the Kennedy Center's most important annual fundraising event, supporting its performing arts, education, and outreach programs. In addition to the gala performance in the Center Opera House, the Honorees are treated to a Whi... MORE
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Though Jones has sung duets throughout his career, most notably with Tammy Wynette, his reputation as one of the singularly great country voices generally overshadows his partner work. This 1979 release set out to highlight how well he could intertwine his voice with another's, and showed that he could partner as smoothly with a male singer as he had with females. Perhaps it's the heavyweight talent with which he consorts (Waylon, Willie, Emmylou, Tammy, et al.), but as te... MORE
after obsessing about Jenny Lewis for about a week, and it's blowing me away. I asked my coworker for suggestions and he gave me a shortlist of awesome 60s/70s country singers. I've only gotten a few albums so far. Audio Lunchbox and eMusic don't have super comprehensive country selections, so I may have to drag myself to an actual record store. I have:Loretta LynnConway TwittyGeorge JonesPatsy ClineJohnny Cash (had it)The Byrds (had it)Flying Burrito Bros. (had it) M... MORE
One of country musics greatest has his say on todays country music. From the Newhouse News Service - http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/bialczak111706.html "I'd rather cater to the old people than do what's going on today," he says. "What happened to Nashville, too many people found out that in country music you can make some money. That's what they've done, made some money and go like rock stars and cater to teens only. But it's not country. They should come up with a ... MORE







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