George Jones The Life and Times of a Honky Tonk Legend: Updated Edition

Name: George Jones The Life and Times of a Honky Tonk Legend: Updated Edition
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ISBN: 9781480355828

ISBN-10: 1480355828

ISBN-13: 9781480355828

Edition: 2014

Authors: Bob Allen

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(Book). George Jones's nearly 60-year recording and performing career has had a profound influence on modern country music and influenced a younger generation of singers, including Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, Tim McGraw, and Trace Adkins. As Merle Haggard said of Jones in Rolling Stone magazine, "His voice was like a Stradivarius violin: one of the greatest instruments ever made." Jones's saga is a larger-than-life tale of rags to riches and back to rags again. He was born into near poverty in a backwater patch of East Texas. His formal education ended early; by his early teens, he was singing on the streets of Beaumont, Texas, for tips. After beginning to record in the…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Publication date: 2/1/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 338
Size: 5.95" wide x 8.95" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Robert Allen is a sub-editor at The Sunday Times. He is also part of an eco-social group, An Talamh Glas, which publishes www.bluegreenearth.com, featuring media activists from across the world.