George Jones (1) (1931–2013)

Jones is the greatest country singer ever. However, as a man, he is a big disappointment. What a wasted life spent in a haze of alcohol and drugs – but he had an excuse – he was lonely, he felt inadequate. How many others of us are lonely and feel inadequate but we don’t destroy ourselves. I really got tired of the excuses. And I was extremely disappointed to hear he physically abused his wives. His last wife had to be a saint to put up with what she did. I think her story would be show more more interesting. Like others, I would prefer to forget this story and concentrate on the music instead. show less

I probably wouldn't have read this book, but after the TV series "George and Tammy" (NOT recommended) and finding this for a dollar, I decided to give it a try. The writing by the ghost writer is fine. The story, well depends on what part. The first half of the book was pretty good, although there was a stretch where George did a lot of complaing about Tammy's book. Then came wild wild stuff that some was believable and a lot was not. At the end of the book, a chapter was added to the show more paperback edition, this last chapter contained mostly bitching about the state of country radio. show less

Tracklist
1-1 George Jones (2)– The Race Is On 2:09
1-2 Hank Locklin– Please Help Me, I'm Falling 2:23
1-3 Roger Miller– Dang Me 1:51
1-4 Floyd Cramer With The Music City Pops– Last Date 2:29
1-5 Ferlin Husky– The Wings Of A Dove 2:19
1-6 Patsy Cline– Crazy 2:44
1-7 Brenda Lee– I'm Sorry 2:43
1-8 Johnny Horton– North To Alaska 2:52
1-9 Jim Reeves– He'll Have To Go 2:21
1-10 Bill Anderson (2)– Still 2:49
1-11 Ned Miller– From A Jack To A King 2:11
1-12 Leroy Van Dyke– Walk On show more By 2:22
1-13 Johnny Cash– Ring Of Fire 2:39
1-14 Lefty Frizzell– Saginaw, Michigan 3:06
1-15 Claude King (2)– Wolverton Mountain 2:58
2-1 Patsy Cline– I Fall To Pieces 2:49
2-2 Faron Young– Hello Walls 2:24
2-3 Jim Reeves– Welcome To My World 2:36
2-4 Don GIbson– Sea Of Heartbreak 2:34
2-5 George Hamilton IV– Abilene 2:13
2-6 Bobby Bare– Detroit City 2:47
2-7 Dave Dudley– Six Days On The Road 2:24
2-8 Buck Owens– My Heart Skips A Beat 2:26
2-9 George Jones (2)– She Thinks I Still Care 2:35
2-10 Roy Drusky– Three Hearts In A Tangle 2:44
2-11 Skeeter Davis– The End Of The World 2:38
2-12 Connie Smith– Once A Day 2:21
2-13 Carl Butler– Don't Let Me Cross Over 2:58
2-14 Marty Robbins– El Paso 4:41
2-15 The Everly Brothers*– show less

Tracklist
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1 Why, Baby, Why
Written-By – Edwards*, Jones*
2 What Am I Worth
Written-By – Edwards*, Jones*
3 Just One More
Written-By – Jones*
4 Don't Stop The Music
Written-By – Jones*
5 Color Of The Blues
Written-By – Jones*, Williams*
6 White Lightning
Written-By – Richardson*
7 The Window Up Above
Written-By – Jones*
8 Tender Years
Written-By – Edwards*
9 Aching, Breaking Heart
Written-By – Hall*
10 She Thinks I Still Care
Written-By – Lipscomb*, Duffy*
11 A Girl I Used To show more Know
Written-By – Clement*
12 We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds
Featuring – Melba Montgomery
Written-By – Montgomery*
13 You Comb Her Hair
Written-By – Cochran*, Howard*
14 The Race Is On
Written-By – Rollins*
15 I've Got Five Dollars And It's Saturday Night
Featuring – Gene Pitney
Written-By – Daffan*
16 Love Bug
Written-By – Wayne*, Kemp*
17 I'm A People
Written-By – Frazier*
18 Walk Through This World With Me
Written-By – Savage*, Seamons* show less