NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When it comes to country music, George Jones was The Voice.
Other great singers have come and gone, but this fact remained inviolate until Jones passed away Friday at 81 in a Nashville hospital after a year of ill health.
"Today someone else has become the greatest living singer of traditional country music, but there will never be another George Jones," said Bobby Braddock, the Country Music Hall of Fame songwriter who provided Jones with 29 songs over the decades. "No one in country music has influenced so many other artists."
He did it with that voice. Rich and deep, strong enough to crack like a whip, but supple enough to bring tears. It was so powerful, it made Jones the first thoroughly modern country superstar, complete with the....
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A great singer has died today! You will always be missed, but never replaced. RIP George
http://youtu.be/xi3GgoLtlWk(Whose Gonna Fill Their Shoes)
http://youtu.be/VExw77xJsBQ (He Stopped Loving Her Today)
1|1|my very favorite singer of all time RIP George|LindaOH|Martinl3@roadrunner.com|08:32:18|04/27/2013|
I've always loved George and his song He stopped loving her today, I got to see him in concert a while back he was so nice. I told my huddy I can die happy now. 2|1|What a loss in the country music world. He was, is and will always be my favorite. So many fabulous songs.....especially He Stopped Loving Her Today.|BarbaraK|bkupiec@comcast.net|15:22:20|04/27/2013|
RIP George...
BarbaraK