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« on: April 26, 2013, 07:34:50 AM »
Heard the terrible news a few minutes ago....

R.I.P. ol' Possum


From his Facebook site:

Country Music Hall of Famer, Grand Ole Opry member, and Kennedy Center Honoree George Glenn Jones died Friday, April 26, 2013 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. He was hospitalized April 18 with fever and irregular blood pressure.


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« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2013, 07:51:18 AM »
Sad, just the other week Annette Funicello passed away.

Life is a gift. I think about that often.
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« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2013, 08:09:37 AM »
George Jones was an American original. Love how hardcore his subjects were. You would never hear a top 20 country star today singing about wife swapping and if they did it would be in a funny-jokey kind of way. George was for real.
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« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2013, 08:10:36 AM »
A great one gone.
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« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2013, 08:49:53 AM »
Sad to hear. I think he had perhaps the best pure voice in all of country music past and present, I don't think many could argue that point. He's like the Sinatra of country singers, when you hear him telling the story it feels like you're talking to an old friend, and the main character of the lyric is actually the guy you're hearing. Sinatra + Jones.

And on the lighter side, apart from the legacy of his music, Nashville is full of classic George Jones stories.  Smiley

If I want to listen to real country, and I mean real, honest country music, George is at the top of that playlist.

This has become one of my favorite songs of all time, and listen to those lyrics and the way George sings them...so many of us have been there at least once in our lives: "Just One More"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr4CHFXXM-Q
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« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2013, 10:04:45 AM »
If I could go back and decide about the guest - and songlist for "Stars & Stripes", George Jones would do "God only knows"

George Jones - Kennedy Center Honors 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zearnWM5ZFE

Part1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goWRus0nfpI

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrwClPrbU2k

George Jones - Kennedy Center Honors 2008 - Film Tribute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGhMnWSJs8U
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« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2013, 12:41:58 PM »
RIP
George was amazing.
Jim Carrey looks exactly like him. Maybe they can cast Jim in a film about him. That would rule.

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« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2013, 01:09:48 PM »
Quote from: Letsgoawayforawhile on April 26, 2013, 12:41:58 PM
RIP
George was amazing.
Jim Carrey looks exactly like him. Maybe they can cast Jim in a film about him. That would rule.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onfce-UNmmE

I can't believe I never noticed that before.  LOL
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« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2013, 01:18:41 PM »
Quote from: pixletwin on April 26, 2013, 01:09:48 PM
Quote from: Letsgoawayforawhile on April 26, 2013, 12:41:58 PM
RIP
George was amazing.
Jim Carrey looks exactly like him. Maybe they can cast Jim in a film about him. That would rule.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onfce-UNmmE

I can't believe I never noticed that before.  LOL


You're not the only one. I'd never thought about that.... but:
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« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2013, 01:21:50 PM »
Touching song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owWNCNyEuYI  Sad
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« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2013, 01:34:54 PM »
Quote from: Rocker on April 26, 2013, 01:18:41 PM
Quote from: pixletwin on April 26, 2013, 01:09:48 PM
Quote from: Letsgoawayforawhile on April 26, 2013, 12:41:58 PM
RIP
George was amazing.
Jim Carrey looks exactly like him. Maybe they can cast Jim in a film about him. That would rule.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onfce-UNmmE

I can't believe I never noticed that before.  LOL


You're not the only one. I'd never thought about that.... but:






Here's Jim in Me, Myself and Irene
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« Reply #11 on: April 26, 2013, 01:36:24 PM »



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« Reply #13 on: April 27, 2013, 04:03:27 AM »
Some more Jones for you:


George Jones at the Grand Ole Opry 1996
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0tvAfH3-YA

George Jones-Nothing's Ever Hurt Me Half As Bad As Losing You
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George Jones - I'll Be Over You (When The Grass Grows Over Me)
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George Jones & Melba Montgomery - We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ol3_5W4Um4

George Jones - I Heard You Crying In Your Sleep
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George Jones - Peace In The Valley
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George Jones - You Done Me Wrong
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George Jones & Dolly Parton - The Blues Man
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George Jones - Funny how time slips away
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« Reply #14 on: April 27, 2013, 05:42:05 PM »
Quote from: Rocker on April 26, 2013, 01:18:41 PM
Quote from: pixletwin on April 26, 2013, 01:09:48 PM
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RIP
George was amazing.
Jim Carrey looks exactly like him. Maybe they can cast Jim in a film about him. That would rule.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onfce-UNmmE

I can't believe I never noticed that before.  LOL


You're not the only one. I'd never thought about that.... but:





There are a few problems with casting Jim as the Possum - the first being that Texans, who take very deep pride in ole George being one of their own, would be up in arms over a Canadian playing him.

The second is that Carrey would really have to get his habitual vibrato as a singer under control.  The Possum always knew just when to bring a little vibrato in for maximum impact, and when to keep it out.

The third is that Carrey likes to get "into" his roles, Andy Kaufman being a prime example - and getting into playing George Jones too much can be pretty damn hazardous to your health - and other people's too, even if you're on a riding mower.
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« Reply #15 on: April 27, 2013, 06:31:00 PM »
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The second is that Carrey would really have to get his habitual vibrato as a singer under control.  The Possum always knew just when to bring a little vibrato in for maximum impact, and when to keep it out.


That is if you want him to sing instead of using Jones' recordings. I'm for the latter all the way through. I didn't like the actors' singing in "Walk the line" (althoughWitherspoon wasn't bad) and the thought of anyone trying to emulate George Jones makes me shudder (same as someone trying to imitate Elvis).
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« Reply #16 on: May 02, 2013, 11:43:12 AM »


"Our bed of roses"
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« Reply #17 on: May 05, 2013, 11:02:20 AM »
George Jones live in Knoxville 1993, complete show

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« Reply #18 on: May 05, 2013, 08:47:34 PM »
I've loved the way he sings! The only one who could sing like him was Merle Haggard. His cover of "She Thinks I Still Care" is so great.
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« Reply #19 on: May 06, 2013, 11:52:00 AM »
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I've loved the way he sings! The only one who could sing like him was Merle Haggard. His cover of "She Thinks I Still Care" is so great.


Well, they both have a totally different singing style. But maybe you're talking about imitation? Dunno, but Hank jr. does a very good imitation of George Jones
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« Reply #20 on: May 06, 2013, 06:57:31 PM »
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I've loved the way he sings! The only one who could sing like him was Merle Haggard. His cover of "She Thinks I Still Care" is so great.


Well, they both have a totally different singing style. But maybe you're talking about imitation? Dunno, but Hank jr. does a very good imitation of George Jones

In Haggard's version of She Thinks I Still Care he sang like him, but with a Merle twist though. I'll have to look up the Hank Jr. stuff....
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« Reply #21 on: May 07, 2013, 04:52:28 AM »
Quote from: Amigo on May 06, 2013, 06:57:31 PM
Quote from: Rocker on May 06, 2013, 11:52:00 AM
Quote from: Amigo on May 05, 2013, 08:47:34 PM
I've loved the way he sings! The only one who could sing like him was Merle Haggard. His cover of "She Thinks I Still Care" is so great.


Well, they both have a totally different singing style. But maybe you're talking about imitation? Dunno, but Hank jr. does a very good imitation of George Jones

In Haggard's version of She Thinks I Still Care he sang like him, but with a Merle twist though. I'll have to look up the Hank Jr. stuff....


Oh I see. Didn't understand what you meant at first.
There are some live recording of Hank jr. doing impressions of some country artists and he did a nice Jones. But that was just between songs.
My favorite version of "She thinks I still care" is Elvis' btw. On the other hand I like Jones' "Love coming down" better than Presley's
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« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2013, 08:51:01 AM »
RIP George.  You will be missed.

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« Reply #23 on: May 29, 2013, 01:17:06 AM »
Still grieving the loss of The Possum. No one sang like him.


but he did owe something to Johnny Paycheck for the style they developed together. George paid for the plot where Paycheck was buried... right next to his own future gravesite.

God bless you George.

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« Reply #24 on: May 29, 2013, 02:10:51 AM »
Quote from: bossaroo on May 29, 2013, 01:17:06 AM
Still grieving the loss of The Possum. No one sang like him.


but he did owe something to Johnny Paycheck for the style they developed together. George paid for the plot where Paycheck was buried... right next to his own future gravesite.

God bless you George.

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Paycheck had a very distinctive voice himself. He also wrote "Once you've had the best" for example which was a hit for George. I love their duet of "Maybelline". So great

Check out this episode of the George Jones Show with Johnny Paycheck and others
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