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Famed Muscle Shoals music producer Rick Hall dies at 85

3236 days ago

USA Today Music — Hall, 85, recorded artists ranging from Aretha Franklin to George Jones. more info

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STAIND Frontman AARON LEWIS To Release 'Sinner' Country Solo Album In September

3800 days ago

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Known for genuinely gritty lyrics and hard rock anthems, STAIND frontman Aaron Lewis is getting back to his country roots September 16 with his first album on Dot Records, titled "Sinner". Lewis comes out of the gate "with both fists flying" on the l... more info

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See Trace Adkins Walk the Line in New 'Jesus and Jones' Video

3842 days ago

Rolling Stone — Trace Adkins' brand-new single "Jesus and Jones" â€”Â his first for Wheelhouse Records and also his first since checking himself into rehab in 2014 for alcohol dependency â€” is serious business, nodding to country legend George Jones and... more info

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Flashback: George Jones Performs Medley of Hits on 'Town Hall Party'

3851 days ago

Rolling Stone — Three years ago today, on April 24th, 2013, the world lost the greatest voice country music has ever known. George Jones was born September 12th, 1931, in the "Big Thicket," the heavily wooded area of Southeast Texas, and his early life was itself de... more info

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The Everly Brothers :: Roots

4116 days ago

Aquarium Drunkard — The Everly Brothers released Roots in 1968, a pioneering country-rock album that found them covering material from their influences both past and present – including the likes of Merle Haggard, George Jones, Jimmie Rodgers and Randy Newman. Bookend... more info

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Chris Stapleton Turned NYC Country Last Night

4208 days ago

Stereogum — Chris Stapleton’s excellent debut solo album Traveller came out yesterday, and he marked the occasion by blazing through a sold-out late night set at Mercury Lounge. From his take on the George Jones classic “Tennesssee Whiskey” to the misty-ey... more info

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Shooter Jennings, Sammy Kershaw salute George Jones

4481 days ago

L.A. Times - Entertainment — It’s been a little more than a year since George Jones took his final curtain call on Earth, and now not one, but two tribute albums to one of the greatest country singers ever have surfaced.The efforts take notably disparate approaches, each illus... more info

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Dave Berry :: The Crying Game

4616 days ago

Aquarium Drunkard — I’m not a fantasy sport guy, but I do have a short-list of country versions I would have loved to have heard cut of certain material, including the 1964 Dave Berry original, “The Crying Game”. I’ll share one, here, the late George Jones, and ... more info

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