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By the late 1970s, Jones was in such bad shape from his drinking and cocaine addiction that it took him the better part of two years to complete My Very Special Guests, a 1979 duet album that featured the wayward singer performing songs with a wide range of admirers and peers, including Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Linda Ronstadt, and Elvis Costello.
The albums discography of American country artist, George Jones contains 80 studio albums, 132 compilation albums, three live albums, ten video albums and seven box sets.Of his studio albums, 69 are solo releases while 11 are collaborative releases (not counting his music with Tammy Wynette).
It was their only album to top the Billboard country albums chart. The disc included the number one Billboard singles: "Golden Ring" and "Near You". Both singles also charted on the RPM country chart, with "Near You", topping the chart. Jones and Wynette reunited sporadically over the next two decades to record and perform.
An hour-long documentary-style special was filmed in late 1994 to promote the duet album. It aired in 1995 on The Nashville Network. Among the guests were the duet partners, Tony Brown, Brian Ahern, and Owen Bradley. Several unreleased tracks recorded during this album's sessions were later included on Jones' 2008 duets album Burn Your ...
Ironically, the most famous song on the album was not a duet; the opening track, "She's My Rock", written by Gene Dobbins and sung by George as a tribute to his wife Nancy, rose to number 2 on the country singles chart. Nancy was the crucial influence in helping Jones turn his life around and stop drinking, which by this time the singer wanted ...
A Taste of Yesterday's Wine is a duet studio album by American country music artists George Jones and Merle Haggard, released in 1982. They are backed by Don Markham and Jimmy Belken of the Strangers. The album includes the song "Silver Eagle", written by Gary Church, also of the Strangers.
Friends in High Places is an album of duets by the American country music artist George Jones, released in 1991. [1] [2] It was Jones's final studio album for Epic Records. [3] The album peaked at No. 72 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. [4] "A Few Ole Country Boys", a duet with Randy Travis, was a country music hit. [5]
Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge recorded the song for their 1974 album Breakaway. Leona Williams and Justin Travi cut a version of the song. George Jones performed the song with Connie Smith during a television appearance in 1988 and again on his own TNN show with Loretta Lynn. Montgomery recorded the song again with John Prine in 1999.