George Jones - The Grand Tour (Remastered) (1974/2007)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 159 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 70 MB
29:16 | Country | Label: American Beat Records / Sony BMG
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 159 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 70 MB
29:16 | Country | Label: American Beat Records / Sony BMG
The Grand Tour was hardly George Jones’ first rodeo. Hell, it was the man’s 50th album. But many people in Nashville saw No Show Jones as washed up, fresh off his divorce from Tammy Wynette. His music and career had been in decline for years; his ex was selling far better. But he emerged with one of the great albums of his life — he sounded like a broken, scared, just-divorced man who also happened to be the greatest country singer who ever breathed. The title ballad sets the scene: Possum walks you through an empty house, after his wife has finally walked out. Ironically (or not), it was co-written by George Richey — Tammy’s next husband. But after this album, nobody ever wrote off Jones again. —Rob Sheffield