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Title: I Lived to Tell It All by George Jones ISBN: 0-440-22373-3 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 09 June, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Here it is!!
Comment: the book every George Jones fan has been waiting for finally arrived in 1996. I Lived To Tell It All was a best-seller, hitting the Top-20 and Top-10 on many book charts both local and national. The book was designed to be a classic simply because the subject matter, George, was so reluctant to talk about his life in any serious, detailed conversations probably feeling that his life story wasn't interesting. anytime the topic came up, George would characteristically brush off the topic with phrases like "people don't want to hear about my life!" or "i don't want to bore the fans with my life-story". All his fans had were piles of negative news articles and rumors from other books and articles, nothing legitimate until this book! MCA also released a major hit album of the same name in 1996 to help promote awareness of the book. The CD was a #26 smash. In reality, the book helped promote the CD...but that's another story. This book was technically "written" by Tom Carter based and built on stories and opinions from George himself. A lot of people were interviewed for material and true stories about George. These book "sessions" as i call them came along in 1995 amidst George's reunion tour with Tammy. A lot of George's opinions on country music post 1990 is dealt with in the later chapters since each chapter deals with George's career chronologically: The beginnings are in the early chapters, the middle years are in the middle chapters, and the recent goings on are in the last chapters. His complaint is that country radio, in the wake of Garth Brooks having huge success on the Pop Album chart, decided that anyone who couldn't put up huge numbers weren't going to get airplay. George cites that country radio's lack of airplay of his singles prevents the mass audience of hearing him and as a result they won't go out and buy his albums as much as they would someone with radio support. It's a valid argument because if the public at large remains unaware that an artist has a new CD out, chances are they won't be out looking for it and potentially buy it...and without those SALES coming in, country radio won't play that artist...see how everything goes hand-in-hand? you can't have one without the other. The Porter Waggoner story is hilarious as are the escapades with Buck Owens and how George reacted to being in the "opening act" category. Another favorite story involves Johnny PayCheck and a certain trip on a tour bus where PayCheck and George get into an argument. PayCheck yells that he's gonna whip George's you know what! George agrees to step outside the bus at the next stop and they'd fight it out...PayCheck leaps out of the bus getting ready to duke it out with George...who instructs the bus driver to take off...leaving PayCheck stranded in the middle of nowhere! Later, they went back for him, thanks to George being talked into it! I howled with laughter at that story! other stories like that are in this book, all did in a style that suggests that George isn't proud of his actions in the past but since he can't change it he oughta at least laugh about it since that's about all that anyone in his situation could possibly do. In another controversial section, George admits that he still drinks a beer or two...but nothing "hard" like Vodka or Whiskey. Alcoholism is a disease, first and foremost. Like any curable disease, it's bound to relapse over a period of time. His 1999 SUV accident was a result of that relapse. This book, however, was written in 1996 at a time when MANY honestly felt that George had nothing MAJOR to live through and as a result his 'story' was near complete...nobody saw that 1999 accident coming!! This review is based on the original hard-cover edition.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best Biography!
Comment: George Jones HAS lived to tell it all. If you think you know him
think again if you havn't read this book yet. This book takes you
from the time he was a boy in Texas up till just before he had the terrible car accident. He has had one incredible life,A life that most would have never survived. This is the best Country Music Biography that I have read,and I give George 5 stars.He is the BEST.
Rating: 5
Summary: HE'S STILL HERE FOR A REASON!
Comment: Obviously, God has His hand on George Jones. Maybe George should've waited a few more years to write this book so that he could've included yet another astonishing chapter--his survival of the horrendous car accident he was in, in March of '99. This man is truly blessed with a magnificent voice and many second chances. I thank God that He has allowed George to remain with us these many years and bring us so much happiness. When you read this book, you'll know exactly what I mean when you see what all George has been through in his 68 years.
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Title: Merle Haggard's My House of Memories: For the Record by Merle Haggard, Tom Carter, Haggard Merle ISBN: 0061097950 Publisher: HarperEntertainment Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Tammy Wynette: A Daughter Recalls Her Mother's Tragic Life and Death by Jackie Daly, Tom Carter ISBN: 0425179257 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 10 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Waylon : An Autobiography by Lenny Kaye, Waylon Jennings ISBN: 0446605123 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Cash: The Autobiography by Johnny Cash ISBN: 0061013579 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Still Woman Enough by Loretta Lynn ISBN: 078688987X Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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