Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Breakfast" (featuring fiddler Andrew Zonn), Jimmy Webb's "Wichita Lineman" and the mid-1950s George Jones hit "Why Baby Why." "Wichita Lineman" wasn't as powerful as Glen Campbell's version, but "Why Baby Why" was as rousing as the original. His rendition of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" from "Oklahoma!" was tender and wistful and featured singer Kate Markowitz...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:TCBI), parent company of Texas Capital Bank, announced today that President and Chief Executive Officer George Jones will
CMT News (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... my sweet friend, North Carolina-born Kellie Pickler, to know about songs such as "Why Baby Why." George Jones co-wrote it and made it his first single -- and his first Top 10 hit -- when he released it in 1955. Just a few months later, Red Sovine and Webb Pierce took it to No. 1, and it also topped the chart for Charley Pride in 1983.Speaking of Jones, Jason Michael Carroll...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
(Rounder)Still a young band, the Grascals nonetheless are an experienced bunch. "Keep On Walkin'," the group's third album, deepens its trademark blend of bluegrass roots and hard-country themes.The Grascals put their spin on songs from the repertoire of country legends George Jones ("Choices") and Merle Haggard ("Today I Started Loving You Again") as well as bluegrass legends Flatt &...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
When the officers arrived at George Jones’s home, the smell of gas was so strong it was overpowering, a court heard.
IC Liverpool (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
TWO policemen have been praised for bravely risking their lives to prevent a depressed man blowing up his flat in a gas explosion.When the officers arrived at George Jones’s home, the smell of gas was so strong it was overpowering, a court heard.And 38-year-old Jones was standing by the kitchen door with a lit cigarette and repeatedly flicking the light switch on and off. The officers...
APM: Marketplace (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Electronic Arts is about to release a new life-simulation game called Spore that takes players from a single-cell organism to interplanetary societies. GamePro Media's George Jones explains to Kai Ryssdal.
OK! Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
1am: I get an urge to explore my new tolerance for Country music and download Big & Rich, Tim McGraw and Garth Brooks tunes from itunes. Also download a George Jones song. I know his name but have gotta admit to not knowing much (any) of his music. When I was interviewed John Rich (pictured) on his tour bus before a taping of Nashiville Star Monday night Mr. Jones told me I am...
