I’ll give the Ol’ Civilizer three points.
The George Jones sides are miraculous. They shouldn’t work at all, but they’re the perfect hookup. Jones was like his old boss’s Elvis to him.
Un-Punks and Anti-Outlaws are just as inevitable in art currents as the opposite.
His stuff (and stuff like it) was half of all the music my mother would listen to. So I get a special nostalgia listening to the vintage sides.
(Well, three and a half points … you gotta love his pants in the Times obit.)
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