Farewell to George Jones

George Jones was 81 and it is amazing he lived as long as he did. He was without question one of the great musician maniacs of the 21st century, right up there with Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Keit

This morning while finishing my first cup of coffee and checking my Facebook notifications, an email came from a good friend of mine.  The title was “Possum.”  I knew what it was going to say and almost didn’t want to open it.  But I opened it and my fears were confirmed.  George Jones, the greatest country singer of all time was gone.  I immediately stopped whatever I was doing and posted the news and George Jones songs on youtube to Facebook.  Probably 20 of them, maybe 30 of them.  I could have done it all day.

George Jones was 81 and it is amazing he lived as long as he did.  He was without question one of the great musician maniacs of the 21^st century, right up there with Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Keith Moon and a bunch of others.  I mean this is a guy who drove a lawn mower to the liquor store when his wife (which wife depends on which account you read) his the keys to all his cars during one of his binges so he could get drunk.  The stories about him are beyond legendary.  A…