CR019/PH05 - Wandering Soul: George Jones, Starday Recording Artist

There are some personalities who would embrace being called The Greatest Country Singer Ever or, at least, settle into the role once it became clear the brand was eternal. George Jones did not have one of those personalities. The fame and fortune generated by his talent made him want to run away, so he spent decades running... toward something even worse than what he was trying to escape. Was there ever a chance of this story playing out any differently? Probably not, no. But what in the hell even happened here? Our search for answers takes us back to Texas for one Singing Marine's perspective on what it was like when lightning started flashing and thunder started clashing as he took the country music world by storm.

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CR019/PH05 - Wandering Soul: George Jones, Starday Recording Artist is an episode from Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music by Tyler Mahan Coe.

This episode is 01:30:06 long.

This episode was published on Jun 15, 2021.

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