Country Legends: George Jones

George Jones has made as many headlines off stage as he has on stage, but in the 50 years or more since he began singing George has lived up to the billing of ‘The Greatest Living Country Singer of All Time’.

George Jones is much more than a consummate country singer. He is the model from which any true country artist must be made. He is the result of a life filled with heartaches, hard living and hard loving. His wild lifestyle led to Jones missing so many performances he earned the nickname "No Show Jones."

With all the drinking and drug taking during the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s his relationships also took a heavy toll. Once famously married to another country legend Tammy Wynette, this too ended in divorce although they did perform a number of duets together in later years.

Georges wedding to Nancy Sepulvado in 1983 was to eventually lead to his recovery, but not until a near fatal car crash in 1999 caused him to realize his heavy drink and drugs lifestyle would kill him. With Nancy’s help he has stayed sober ever since.

With more than 150 hits during his career, both as a solo artist and in duets with other singers, and with over 60 albums to his name, George Jones is truly part of country music’s history. Throughout his career, George has never forgotten his country roots, even with the more popular ‘country’ sounds we hear now from today's artists.

His greatest hit ‘He Stopped Loving Her Today’ (1980) was very nearly not recorded at all as George thought it too morbid and was convinced that nobody would buy it. The song has subsequently been nominated as one of the greatest country songs ever written. So what does he know then eh?!

To find George Jones songs and albums just put George Jones in the search box to the right or go to www.countrysongscountrysingers.com  go on I dare you!