Word: possum
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...stay-at-home direction. But being chez nous on Saturday nights has it compensations, like being able to watch the "Grand Ole Opry" on TNN. And last Saturday, following the Opry, it provided a special treat in the form of a repeat episode of "The George Jones Show," the Possum's attempt at being a talk-show host, which had a short life on TNN in 1998 and 1999. (In those days I couldn't watch because TNN, which used to stand for The Nashville Network but now is called The National Network, wasn't carried on my cable system...
Past Gems: The Selfishness in Man The Honky Tonk Downstairs 'Once a Day' 'When Your House Is Not a Home 'Three's a Crowd' 'Mr. Fool' To be honest, you have be a pretty big fan to dig this show. The Possum never was very talkative or loose, and that doesn't change under the lights of a studio. With his usual awkwardness, which is endearing during concerts but doesn't go over so well in this setting, poor George looks like he'd rather be somewhere - anywhere - else. However, his guests on this particular episode - Lorrie Morgan (why hasn...
...know and love. Though at first listen it appears to be a somewhat forbidding dirge - a slow-paced recitation of the good deeds that will put one on the path to the Pearly Gates - it proves to be a one-track demonstration of almost every weapon in the Possum's considerable vocal arsenal. The first line is understated, almost spoken. The second builds. The third is a crescendo, culminating in what must be the most fabulous single-syllable word ever recorded; I counted at least eight distinct notes. Then later in the song he does the same word again...
...Holly and Richie Valens in a 1959 plane crash. Richardson, though, before he entered the rock world - which, of course, was not as divorced from country as it is today - came from a rural background similar to Jones'. In fact, the two were pals in Beaumont, Texas, where the Possum's family moved when he was a boy. Richardson also was a discovery of Jones' original producer, the great Pappy Daily, and wrote George's first No. 1 hit, "White Lightning...
...urged before that those fans who haven't got this album do so with utmost speed. Like no other compilation, its 48 tracks, ranging from the mid-'50s to the early '60s, show the development of the Possum from a derivative honky-tonker to the world's best country singer. It's being purveyed by your nearest Internet dealer, though without the booklet described above, which was only included in a "Limited Collector's Edition," since sold out. It'll still be worth your while...