GEORGE JONES - Austin City Limits (1980) with new 2022 DES stereo mix 

Facts!

Do I know you?? Apparently im. Crazy go figure. Not mother fucking yet. ❤🎉

Lucky for us, there are plenty of other sources.

Nashville ? After they butchered the music, and abandoned the real and the great forefathers, G. Jones, Hank Williams, so many others, didn't Nashville move out of the Southern States ? 😏

I grew up there and I gotta say they havelostt all respect for musicians that have substance..it's sooooooo bad

Who are these people

@@KimberlyFowler-po6mb Are you asking who said it? Waylon.

He's not bad, really a master of a certain kind of tone, and very enjoyable to listen to. But I still prefer the soulful nature of Jim Croce's voice or the darkness and raw power of Howlin Wolf's voice. This quote is credited to a man who did not have a bad voice either.

Everybody from the Beatles to the Stones

George jones has the golden voice of country music. Me and my great aunt spent hours upon hours listening to all the greats from lefty frizzell to George strait. No one can top ol possum. I’m a Waylon fan through and through but George jones has “the voice.” He set the standard for what real country music will sound like for generations.

Accurate 💯💯 There will never be another.

I noticed that, too. George had a sense of humor.

They had the same band lol. She took control of the jones boys after divorce because they wanted a steady paycheck. George was missing more than appearing. When he did appear a few times he would be alone in some honky tonk alone with him borrowing someone's guitar.

@jsk81680 I respectfully disagree. None of the musicians in this video were part of The Jones Boys from 1975. They were all working steady with Tammy. This band is made up of totally different (but excellent) musicians.

"and thank you Tammy!" @47:59

As I read your comment the video shows a steel solo during “Me & Jesus”…George??

Absolutely sir. I saw him in 89.

What is the The guy that is playing the fiddle, what is his name?

@@sharonstephens3256the late, great Johnny Gimble

87 year old housemate agrees that George Jones was a great one 👍

49years and I feel the same as you..

Hey, that's what John R Cash said too!

We have a local radio station in Milwaukee, WMSE 91.7, and on Friday mornings 9-12 they have a show called the Chicken Shack. It's all old country, bluegrass, and rockabilly. Every show has a "Mandatory Jones" segment : )

U got that right ✅ 😏 ❤😊 !!++

Old george and Hank

yep.

Cocaine is/was my co- driver 😅😊

Agreed

Bob Wills.

That's silly..music doesn't have that kind of power...there is help out there!! George Jones has me singing along with all his songs .I enjoy George and my life..alcohol has no place in my life! It's destroys life!!! Thanks for comment!!! Enjoy friend

And he was sober mostly lol

George told Randy Travis that Merle Haggard was his favorite singer

When he would show up!!😊😊

Just the mention of that song's title makes me want to cry. I can still hear my mother happily singing along with George whenever that song came on the radio. Soon, they'll carry us away, too.

George didn’t want to do he stopped loving her today he said no one wants to hear that morbid shit and it turned out to be one if not his best.

Nor could I 👍👌

For years that was out 1964 I listened to going get my frist wife and I still enjoyed it ❤❤😊😊 !!++

Ohhh lisen only one that him and I am still linsen i have been up on bar stool mountain ⛰ before so long George i am still listening to you. !!++

I'm here

I saw him live only once. Before he came on stage, somebody set up an armchair and side table downstage right; then a handsome gentleman escorted Miss Nancy to the chair and saw her comfortably seated with a beverage on the table. Then George walked on stage. The audience jumped to its collective feet and applauded and hooted for 6 solid minutes while the man stood at the mic gently smiling and waving. During the performance, Miss Nancy kept her eyes on him or looked down in a ladylike way. George looked at her occasionally during the performance, which was, of course, perfect.

@@maggienorris7833 How cool! Nancy proved to be such a class act, & exactly what he needed.

I saw him twice - once with Tammy, and once solo when he had a HELLA flu. And he STILL sounded great!

Always been my momma always will be ❤

He wasn’t crazy just drunk and high!!

Merle Haggard! :)

Merle was dynamite! But I stand with George as my #1! @@michaelyolch79

I totally agree love Jones and I couldn’t say it better agree 💯

Randy Travis can duplicate George Jones! (but then he's not be Randy Travis)

Facts

I didn’t know that. And I love them both! Thanks

Love the dead they do lot country covers .. they did working man blues at Woodstock and played on my Maria brooks and dun

So thank them then..no 😁 one cares..like your the manager of music bands or something!!! Lol

Totally for me,I thought all them tunes were Dead songs,especially race is on,mama tried, WOW,TY JERRY, TOTALLY AGREE

And Sr.

Agree. I think he got better as he got older, his voice deepened and the lower register of his voice was more powerful.

Big facts… everyone can say Hank sr all they want… GJ’s number ones eclipse anyone else’s and so does that voice.

You do know George copied many voices and styles early in his career. His voice is not unique to himself.

Bro…stop.

Amen Brother

Lord no.

Yes. Written for him by James Taylor, who sang back-up vocals on the recording. Taylor also wrote an appreciation in Rolling Stone for its Best Singers edition.

Never again

AMEN!!!

TRUE Country OUTLAW!!!!

"Mostly caused by himself." Yeah, he was the only touring musician ever to be at least temporarily by that lifesyle.

Yes sir I agree. This is the only known video with veteran of the TX live country music scene Rob Dixon playing electric for Jones. He was tasked with putting a completely new band together for George. He was only his band leader & guitar player for right at one year. It's strange for me to see him then because I never met Rob until 2019 when he retired from performing and I ended up taking over his band as the front man/guitarist and the remaining gigs still on the books. He is now the really great soundman at Southern Junction a TX dancehall and restaurant outside of Dallas in the Rockwall area. He finally came into possession of this still commercially unavailable Austin City Limits episode. This was filmed at a time when they knew very little of Jones' material which is the reason for Johnny Gimble singing several tunes.

Sammy Kershaw

Then it sounds like you saw a show likely very much like this one. I am friends with the guitar player in this show who actually resigned at some point in 1981. George Jones is the artist I saw live more than any other. If I hadn't seen Jones a few times between 1993 and 2010 or so then Conway would have been who I saw the most. My first concert seeing Jones was around 1987 I THINK. All of the concerts I saw of him had Conway Twitty as the headliner but a few different opening acts: Ronnie McDowell, Vern Gosdin, & finally Vince Gill until 1993. Then it was always different artists with him. The reason I saw him so much or any country artist for that matter from 1985 (10yrs old) until 1998 was because my Dad was an advertising man for Pepsi. He would buy tickets to all concerts that were the real deal and take store owners or managers as a business expense. As his son who loved country music, what he gave me by taking me with him was the biggest gift in the world.

@@waylonvids That’s awesome. I was 8 at the 1981 show. Don’t remember too much about it except Mom & Dad wanted to leave when Jerry Lee apparently came on stage inebriated lol. They were from that pre rock n roll, Hank Williams era so I grew up with what’s now called classic country always playing in the house. I had tix in 1995 to see George but he “ no-showed”.

@@123proffitt yeah your memory of how your parents acted about Jerry Lee is EXACTLY what I witnessed on my first Bocephus show except possibly worse. My MOM seems to still be mad about that night. Lol

@@waylonvids Ahh Moms an BOCEPHUS EH ! Some times they dont mix .

@@123proffitt i saw Jerry lee in Canada in 83 i reckon he was still Drinkin !

He's not one of the greatest, no one else is even close to being in his league, and those days are long gone

Amen...We seen him twice and bought tickets 4 times. HE H3LD up his end of "NO Show,Jones" 2 times.. Wonderful memories of him not showing up!!!!

Yeah me too too. For some reason they have neglected to release many of the shows I believe are the very best ones. This one is on that list.

Circle TV are showing reruns of all the classic country artist that were on AUSTIN CITY LIMITS.

@@kerrydavidsadler980 Yeah, for us international overseas folks, that doesn't help up very much. :(

@@kerrydavidsadler980 yeah I just read about that. They apparently just showed the Jones/Gosdin one from 1985 which is in my top ten. The Hank Jr from 1980 is another one. They skipped the first one by Yoakam and went to the 2nd one which has seen a DVD release the same as the Cash one being shown. Austin City Limits with Host Rodney Crowell will air Wednesday nights starting on June 8, for a total of 12 episodes. Episode programming includes: 1. Wednesday, June 8, 2022 10/9c pm - Charlie Daniels Band (originally aired in 1976) 2. Wednesday, June 15, 2022 10/9c pm - Hank Williams Jr. & Shake Russell - Dana Cooper Band (originally aired in 1980) 3. Wednesday, June 22, 2022 10/9c pm - Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell (originally aired in 1981) 4. Wednesday, June 29, 2022 10/9c pm - Kris Kristofferson (originally aired in 1981) 5. Wednesday, July 6, 2022 10/9c pm - Glen Campbell & Eddy Raven (originally aired in 1984) 6. Wednesday, July 13, 2022 10/9c pm - George Jones & Vern Gosdin (originally aired in 1985) 7. Wednesday, July 20, 2022 10/9c pm - Ronnie Milsap (originally aired in 1986) 8. Wednesday, July 27, 2022 10/9c pm - Johnny Cash with June Carter, Tommy Cash & The Cash Family (originally aired in 1987) 9. Wednesday, August 3, 2022 10/9c - Reba McEntire (originally aired in 1987) 10. Wednesday, August 10, 2022 10/9c - Dwight Yoakam & Patty Loveless (originally aired in 1988) 11. Wednesday, August 17, 2022 10/9c - Clint Black with special guests Lisa Hartman Black, Eric Johnson and Ray Benson (originally aired in 1999)

​@@kerrydavidsadler980 wow, thank u for the tip. Broadcast tv is honestly the only place you can see this stuff if not youtube. Dvd and streaming won't pay for the music rights. Things are going to have to change so we can get shows like this on home video and streaming.

It would be a waste she wouldn't get it today tomorrow or ever. .the sad part is the Opry is lauding and promoting her . Another kick for country

@@possumhayes The Opry’s turned into a joke itself anyway.

What do i know you. ​@@Mike_Webb78

And show Diddy a Real corn cob.

Dam straight!!!

I was high on meth in Clinton iowa. I had just dropped off from hitchhiking from savanna Illinois out of this big biker bar they've got there. I met this dude who was a meth cook and I went with him back to his his place to "get high"...turns out he was a queer. He was respectful though and ingot.put of their wihlthout a murder charge or any PTSD. dropped me at the walmart and as.inwasnwalkong through.the place I seen all the memorial magazines on the shelves by the register...brother, I sat down and cried. And read every one. And the ladies in the store come up to tell me I had to move along, or I wasn't allowed to read without buying...when they seen what.inwas reading and the state I was in, they just said sorry.and went about their business.

@@rossmerrill1163 hell of a story

@@rossmerrill1163dope can intensify the downs as well as the ups making for an experience that can’t be forgotten.👍🏽✌️☮️

@@rossmerrill1163 They were probably all Jones fans. They understood your emotion.

And still the best.

Most people that are the best at their trade have some sort of vice they rely a little too heavy on..the stress of doing the best that they can when they’ve started from the bottom and worked up gets to them by the time (and after) they’ve achieved the success that they’ve been chasing.

George Jones was almost ALWAYS at least somewhat hammered on stage. But even by George Jones standards, his 1980 version of "hammered" (having added blow to the mix, in addition to already drinking alcohol at a volume and frequency that would kill most humans) was at or near the nadir of his 50+ year struggles with his addictions. He's obviously not at 100% strength, vocally speaking, in this performance. Granted, George Jones at 65-70% vocal strength is still better than most stars at their best. I'm really glad he was able to get clean in the final years of his life. The fact that he even lived to see the year 1980, let alone that he went on to live more than three decades beyond that, is nothing short of miraculous. I hope that, in the sobriety of his twilight years, and with Nancy by his side, he was finally able to experience peace, and some portion of the joy that he gave to so many millions of others for so long.

You are clueless sir..

@@earlgallup5223 about what? His lifelong drinking problem? I'm not talking shit. He IS hammered in this video. He's also one of, if not the greatest country singer of all time. So what am I clueless about, sir?

I think Nick Offerman could do well as GJ in a biopic. Since nobody really looks like George, you have to evoke him. Offerman has tons of strained intensity, plus he sings. I DO think that Michael Shannon was terrific as GJ in the "George and Tammy" multi-episode show originally on Hulu. Talk about restrainted intensity! And his singing was spot-on.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_%26_Tammy

I see Jim Carey also.

Yes he would, would love to see a good true rendition movie about George

I can see Carey playing the old 'possum. He'd be great because his method acting is scary.

The best!

Johnny Gimble is a legend.

Keep digging friend, you will find him.

Cocaine is a hell of a drug. God bless The Possom.

He felt it and lived it.

There's some out there but it's not on the radio unfortunately.

Check out Sturgill Simpson's album Cutting Grass Vol 1. Tyler Childers Purgatory is really good too. Both should be on RU-vid.

@@sicsempertyrannis77is yall nuts? Beyoncé just came out with a hit called, “dis ain’t texas”

Not on the radio, but good country music is alive and well. Just gotta find it.

Tear

Hands down way better than hank

I love it too!

Both of 'em found Jesus late in life and got saved. Very glad of that.

He’s a white male so good luck with that now in this racist country. Happy White History Month