DiscoverCocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country MusicCR019/PH05 - Wandering Soul: George Jones, Starday Recording Artist
CR019/PH05 - Wandering Soul: George Jones, Starday Recording Artist

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

Update: 2021-06-155
Share

Description

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.

Comments 
00:00
00:00
x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

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

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

Tyler Mahan Coe