George Glenn Jones is one of the last of his race: pure country singer. It ‘s a link to a different time, a time when countries such as Roy Acuff, Lefty Frizzell and Hank Williams were the king of the jukebox, if the values of the family and the neighborhood of the church were important along with the honky-tonk down the road. Respected in the country music community, a country favorite singer George was listed by many of its top performers, most of which has influenced. Even if it’s one of the largest honky-tonk singer, has often been abused by his way of living.

He was born September 12, 1931 in Saratoga, Texas, announced in a wooden hut in a field such as the Big Thicket. That was a difficult area to live in it and that was full of timber fields and oil fields. George was the eighth child born to a Pipelayer drinking (George Washington Jones) and his wife (Clara). His father played guitar and his mother played the piano, he encouraged his son to take an interest in music and she bought him a guitar when he was just nine years. It was not long before George learned to play well and he started working at various local and perform functions of the church. A few years later the family moved to Beaumont, where he played guitar on the streets for tips.

In 1947, George was hired to play in the band Eddie and Pearl in Beaumont playground. This eventually led to his radio show, where a colleague nicknamed him “the possum” because of its supposed resemblance to the animal. Led He married his first wife, Dorothy, at the age of 18 years, but the couple has been separated for a year. George joined the U.S. Marines in 1950 and played while he was stationed in southern California. After his return from Korea at the end of 1953 George began playing at parties and clubs around Southeast Texas. His style has caught the attention of a record executive in Houston, HW “Pappy” Dailey, who helped prepare the 24-year-old singer for celebrities – who have not been involved for a long time. He married his second wife, Shirley, in 1954.

First country George Jones’ hit was in 1955 with “Why Baby Why.” This was a short period of time as a rockabilly performer, a time that is not followed George with affection. Even when he was asked to make the Grand Ole Opry in 1956, remained in Texas, instead of his Nashville home. In the same year, he had several hits, including “Just One More” and “Longing”, a duet with Jeanette Hicks. The year 1957 included hits such as “Color of the Blues” and “Treasure of Love”. After leaving Starday for Mercury Records in 1959, George has had great success with “White Lightning”, followed by his friend JP Richardson (The Big Bopper), from “Who Shot Sam” written followed by the end of the year.

The decade of 1960 was full of hits George Jones, both at United Artists and Musicor Records. “There must have been on our minds” (1963), “These successes included songs like” The Window Up Above “(1960),” tender age “(1961),” She thinks I Still Care “(1962) The Race Is On “(1964),” Love Bug “(1965),” I am a man “(1966) and” Walk This World With Me “(1967),” when the grass grows Over Me “(1968) and “I’ll share with you my world” (1969). Jones ‘second marriage’ ended in 1968. It was not long before he met Tammy Wynette, who married the same year. In 1969, George of the Grand Ole Opry.

In 1970, the report Jones’ with Pappy Dailey over and began working with producer Tammy, Billy Sherrill at Epic Records. Despite the differences between the two producers (Sherrill used symphonic strings and other pop-tools), were able to work successfully together. Notable successes of the early 1970′s were “Take Me” with Tammy (1971), “we can do it” and “The Ceremony” with Tammy (1972), “Once he got the better” (1973) and ” The Grand Tour “(1974). Contrary to what the song he wrote in 1973: “We Hold On,” George and Tammy were headed for divorce.

Thus began a dark period in the life of Georges. His outrageous behavior, the result of heavy drinking and cocaine addiction after the alleged beating of his wife included, recordings and concerts with friends disappeared. It seemed like she was trying to live out his honky-tonk songs. The pair became a soap opera life with Nashville separations and divorces ending reconcilliations filled in 1975 when the two might be. It ‘was quite ironic that captures George and Tammy went away together, and had hits like “Golden Ring” in 1976. He was still in the same year, a fourth of July Picnic Willie Nelson and thus strengthen his fan base, both hard-core country, “Outlaws”. His accomplishments at the end of 1970 included songs like “Near You,” with Tammy (1977), “Bartender’s Blues,” with James Taylor and “Maybelline” by Johnny Paycheck (1978), and “you can,” even with Paycheck (1979). Could appear in more than 50 concert dates in 1979 and earned the nickname “No Show Jones” for many fans angry and tabloid writers. The doctors warned him to stop drinking, and forced them to enter an alcoholism clinic Alabama.

George began the decade of 1980 in grand style. He won a Grammy Award along with some of country music awards for the song “Loving Her Today He paused” in 1980. He followed this success with songs like “If Drinkin ‘Do not Kill Me (her Memory” and “Still Doin’ Time” (1981) and “The wine yesterday,” with Merle Haggard (1982). In 1983, Jones married His fourth wife, Nancy Sepulveda, who helped him kick his drinking and cocaine addiction. E ‘was because of his support is able to close the decade with hits like “I Always Get Lucky With You” and ” We had not had ‘t see a thing, “with Ray Charles (1983),” She’s My Rock “(1984),” Who Fill Her Shoes “(1985),” The One I Loved Back Then “(1986), “The Right Left Hand” (1987), “If I Could Bottle This Up,” with Shelby Lynne (1988), Epic, and his latest hit, “One Man Woman” (1989).

The move was to MCA in 1991 and George, the Country Music Hall of Fame, elected in 1992. He moved to Nashville, he was on tour with over 100 concerts a year. George memorable songs of the early 1990′s, including “some country boys” with Randy Travis (1990), “” could not find images “(1991),” I do not need your Rockin ‘Chair “, with various artists (1992), .. and “Never Bit a Bullet Like This” by Sammy Kershaw (1993) George undergone open heart surgery in 1994, survived a successful triple bypass surgery at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, I lived for tell that she was finally autobiography of George co-written by Tom Carter, published in 1996, and is an honest assessment of his life.

George Jones is more of a country singer made. He is the model by which each country is a true artist should be taken. And ‘the result of living with the pain, hard and difficult life full of love. During his career, he never forgot his country roots without, even with the advent of music “country” today’s crop of artists. And despite recent events, it seems that George Jones will be his career until well into the next millennium.