George Jones RFI

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Okay, I sorta know a bit about him, but I just got word that he's calling me in 4 hours and I have precious little time to actually prep for (because y'know, I didn't EVEN know until ten minutes ago and I have a dozen other things I need to get done by then), so I'm counting on you lovely folks to do my job for me.
Tell me what I need to know/ask/talk to him about.
Please?

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 31 March 2003 12:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Jesse Fox, I'm counting on you!

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 31 March 2003 13:03 (twenty-three years ago)

i've got the impression that he's not a hugely talkative guy. There's a good long article on him by Nick Tosches, if you can find it.

a couple of perhaps useful articles might be:
http://weeklywire.com/ww/10-25-99/austin_music_feature.html
http://www.nodepression.net/archive/nd23/features/jones.html

you might ask him about the story behind "yabba dabba do (the king is gone and so are you)"...my favourite George Jones song.

I saw a recent quote from him: "They still call it country music and that makes me madder than anything. Because to me they are using country music as a stepping stone. Shania Twain, and people like that, they don't care any more about country music than Joe Blow from Kokomo. All my friends and colleagues, a lot of them who have passed away, they are turnin' over in their graves 50 times a day."

― pauls00, Monday, 31 March 2003 13:59 (twenty-three years ago)

thank you a million times.
I've read the Tosches pieces (it's in the Reader), but not recently, and because of the short notice, don't have time to dig it out (nor do I have my glorious bookshelves with me at work).
you rock, pauls00, and so does that quote.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 31 March 2003 14:01 (twenty-three years ago)

let us know how it goes, eh?

― pauls00, Monday, 31 March 2003 14:06 (twenty-three years ago)

oh yeah, I sure will. I don't think I've ever been more nervous about an interview. I mean of all people to have to do on short notice, why somebody with sooo much history. Damn damn damn.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 31 March 2003 14:09 (twenty-three years ago)

he was supposed to call three minutes ago.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:04 (twenty-three years ago)

don't ask him about his nickname "no show" harhar

― pauls00, Monday, 31 March 2003 17:08 (twenty-three years ago)

I probably wouldn't ask him about his lawn mower, although that is a pretty good story.

― earlnash, Monday, 31 March 2003 17:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Ask him about the war and the Dixie Chicks.

― Lee G (Lee G), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:20 (twenty-three years ago)

19 minutes late and counting...

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:20 (twenty-three years ago)

don't ask about yaba daba doo - it's 10 yrs old and he didn't write it

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:35 (twenty-three years ago)

merle haggard once said "if we (country singers) could sing like we wanted to sound, we'd all sound like george jones"

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:37 (twenty-three years ago)

65 minutes late and counting...

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 31 March 2003 18:06 (twenty-three years ago)

You do know about his nickname, right?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 31 March 2003 18:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Wait, you're talking to George Jones?

― Amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 31 March 2003 18:51 (twenty-three years ago)

No, I am sitting beside my phone waiting for THE George Jones to call. Meanwhile he is sitting in his tourbus, giggling like a school girl over tormenting poor ol' H. Mann on a Monday when he's already knackered up from an ill-spent weekend.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 31 March 2003 18:55 (twenty-three years ago)

116 minutes and counting...

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 31 March 2003 18:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Well, the reputation preceded him.

― Lee G (Lee G), Monday, 31 March 2003 19:57 (twenty-three years ago)

By several hours apparently.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 31 March 2003 20:06 (twenty-three years ago)

I am sad and slightly shocked to report that I closed the door on George Jones. I mean, HOW LONG was I SUPPOSED to wait??? Legend or no, time marches on.
Fuck do I feel awful about it though, it's not like I'll get that chance again.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 31 March 2003 23:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Have a drink (or five) -- you'll feel better (and more like George).

― christoff (christoff), Tuesday, 1 April 2003 14:13 (twenty-three years ago)

so...did you at least get to go to the show? Did he make it to stage, at least?

― pauls00, Sunday, 6 April 2003 19:34 (twenty-three years ago)

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