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Entry #662917, added on 08-09-09 @ 9:10 pm EDT.
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George Jones still don't need your rocking chair
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"Doesn't" is not the proper form of the verb for this entry title. (It's a song title.) He's not what he once was, but who is?
I saw him in concert last night. I'm not really a country music fan, but I like everything. Bluegrass, classical, opera, swing, jazz, Beatles, motown, beach music, disco, etc, I'm not too familiar with new wave, grunge, and reggae. I don't like gansta. But country is very mainstream, and my family likes it.
The Jones concert for the whole family was a birthday present for my 81 year old father from one of my brothers. There were 8 of us, counting the six month old, in umbrella chairs under the stars in our downtown mall. Four generations, relaxing to a warm-up by sons of the Statler Brothers, enjoyed a summer evening together and smacked the occasional mosquito. The humidity had let up and the heat wasn't so bad, at least compared to scorching temperatures today, and a good time was had by all. Yes, we watched a lot of people in t-shirts get inebriated. The audience was small. It wasn't even sold out. But there were a lot of loyal fans who let him know they loved him.
The good news is that No Show Jones showed up. These days he has a mop of white hair and a paunch. He can't hit those low notes like in his recordings and doesn't try. He did do some medleys of his songs, and The Jones Boys, his band, featured a lot of instrumentals. And he did shortened versions of his number one hits. George and his band probably were on stage for a little over an hour. His duet partner was Britney Allen, a petite singer with a really big voice. She did great and should go further.
George is slowing down, but at age 77, he showed that he's still not ready for any rocking chair. |
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