When Rolling Stone recently updated its list of the 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time, one track’s placement was never ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jones had rocky relationships with the women in his life and struggled with substances like drugs and alcohol. He even earned the ...
George Jones was battling a crippling addiction to alcohol when he fell deeper into a rabbit hole. It was March 1977, two years after his divorce from Tammy Wynette, when he appeared on stage, knowing ...
Throughout his life, George Jones was known as a great musician and possibly an even better storyteller. One of his most infamous stories -- a true-life tale about a desperate ride to a liquor store ...
When it comes to classic country music, George Jones is generally known as one of the masters. But his drinking and tumultuous marriages might be a close second claim to fame. Read on to learn how his ...
In February 1954, a penniless George Jones released “No Money in This Deal,” a song he recorded on a Beaumont, Texas back porch at just 22 years old. More than 70 years later, he is widely regarded as ...
It's no secret that iconic country singer George Jones had a serious problem with alcohol during much of his life. In Nashville, there's even a mural, painted on the side of a liquor store, depicting ...
Born in Texas, Jones began his music career with street performances as a child to help provide for his family (Biography). He started performing in dive bars as a teen and soon moved away to work at ...
When two musicians with larger-than-life personalities go out on the road today, antics, hijinks, and at times, conflict are likely to follow. Add liquor to the mix, and those contentious moments are ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It sounds like it came directly from a Country song: A man gets his keys taken away for drinking too much; so he decides to drive his lawnmower to the liquor store. Well, it's more ...
The late legend is honored by the historic Ryman Auditorium, joining statues of Charley Pride, Loretta Lynn, Bill Monroe and Little Jimmy Dickens Nancy Kruh is a Nashville-based writer-reporter for ...