George Jones is among the artists contributing to "We are Enterprise," a compilation album due December 16 benefiting the rebuilding of Enterprise High School in Alabama . The school, you may recall, was serverely damaged by a tornado in 2007 . In addition to George's "Amazing Grace," the album will include cuts by Deborah Allen, John Anderson, Clint Black, Shelley Fairchild, Richie McDona...
We'll start here.Its Friday Night but sadly I ain't got my funk on. Baudolino "Sure tried":http://mog.com/Baudolino/blog_post/161051#commentsIt 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 th...
CMT.com reports that country music legend, Country Music Hall of Fame member and Medal of Arts and Kennedy Center Honoree has a museum in the works to display memorabilia- stage clothes, instruments, photos, fan created objects - he's collected over his 50-plus year career. In addition to the items he keeps in his basement, his [...]
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 t...
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 C
George Jones plans to spend a lot of dates on the road in 2009, but he hopes to find some time to open a museum of memorabilia that he's been collecting with his wife Nancy. "Nancy scours eBay looking for my old stuff," laughs Jones. "Sometimes fans bring things back that they have found. I recently [...]
Saratoga, Texas' (but broUght up in Vidor) very own George Glenn Jones (AKA the Possum) is a living embodiment of country music. Jones' bouts with the demon rum led to periods where Jones was too incapacitated to play shows and was branded "No Show Jones." When his second wife, Shirley Ann Corley, hid the keys to every [...]ShareThis
George Jones and Lee Ann Womack, among others, were on hand Tuesday night in Nashville to pay tribute to producer, arranger and player Billy Sherrill as he (along with The Crickets, Booker T. and The MG's, Duane eddy, Al Kooper, The Memphis Horns and The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section) went into the Musicians Hall of Fame.Meanwhile, a George date next week in New York state will be a no show and ...