Indisputably one of the greatest singers across the whole canon of country
music, George Jones was equally well-known for his hard-drinking bad boy image.
His father, a shipyard worker and truck driver, played harmonica and guitar, his
mother played piano in the local Pentecostal church and George grew up listening
to country music radio shows, getting his first guitar at the age of nine. His
first performances involved busking on the streets of Beaumont in Texas and he
left home at 16 in search of a professional career, getting spots on different
radio shows and managing to meet...