![]() He was an ineffably gifted vocalist whose huge success in the late ’50s through the early ’80s never translated to an interest in the world beyond the South, and who lost what should have been his prime years as a performer to his dependency on booze and cocaine. He wasn’t a reflective artist like his contemporary Johnny Cash or an industry rebel like Willie Nelson or a social critic like Merle Haggard. As he observes in the prologue to his new biography, “ The Grand Tour,” Jones was “above all a master interpreter” rather than, primarily, a songwriter. ![]() ![]() ![]() In attempting to pinpoint the genius of beloved country singer George Jones, Rich Kienzle has given himself a bear of an assignment.
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