George Jones

The country music legend lived like a Southern gentleman.

Cheers, y'all!

You know the old saying "You never get a second chance to make a first impression"? Well, that's just as true in music as it is in life!

On Sept. 12, 1994, Jones had triple bypass surgery, on his 63rd birthday, at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tenn.

On Aug. 31, 1974, Jones earned a No. 1 hit with his song "The Grand Tour," which was the title track of his 41st studio album.

He knew he would not live to see them born.

Folks in country music like to play nice with each other. But there are times when, as Waylon Jennings once sang, something's got 'em "feudin' like the Hatfields and McCoys."

Let's talk about D-I-V-O-R-C-E ...

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Headed to Nashville? Here's another mural to find.

For most of his early life, Jones was a gifted artist with a drinking problem and self-destructive bent, but there's nothing like the love of a good woman to turn a guy around.

The song's been around for decades.