George Jones Country-music legend

摘要

I first met George Jones in 1961 at a place called the Blackboard in Bakersfield, Calif. I was a big fan for many years before that. Back in those days, George had a pretty bad reputation. A lot of times he wouldn't show up, and when he did, a lot of times he was inebriated. He was that way that night. They had him in a little office in the nightclub, getting him some coffee, and I was onstage singing Marty Robbins' song "Devil Woman." George jumped up out of the room, kicked the door open and said, "Who in the hell is that?" From that day on, he and I had this mutual respect for each other.