Description: He Stopped Loving Her Today : George Jones, Billy Sherrill, and the Pretty-Much Totally True Story of the Making of the Greatest Country Record of All Time, Hardcover by Isenhour, Jack, ISBN 1617031011, ISBN-13 9781617031014, Brand New, Free shipping in the US When George Jones recorded "He Stopped Loving Her Today" more than thirty years ago, he was a walking disaster. Twin addictions to drugs and alcohol had him drinking Jim Beam by the case and snorting cocaine as long as he was awake. Before it was over, Jones would be bankrupt, homeless, and an unwilling patient at an Alabama mental institution. In the midst of all this chaos, legendary producer Billy Sherrill-the man who discovered Tammy Wynette and cowrote "Stand by Your Man"-would somehow coax the performance of a lifetime out of the mercurial Jones. The result was a country masterpiece. He Stopped Loving Her Today, the story behind the making of the song often voted the best country song ever by both critics and fans, offers an overview of country music's origins and a search for the music's elusive Holy Grail: authenticity. The schizoid bottom line-even though country music is undeniably a branch of the make believe world of show biz, to fans and scholars alike, authenticity remains the ultimate measure of the music's power.
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Book Title: He Stopped Loving Her Today : George Jones, Billy Sherrill, and the Pretty-Much Totally True Story of the Making of the Greatest Country Record of All Time
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Topic: History & Criticism, Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Country & Bluegrass
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2011
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Music, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 14.8 Oz
Author: Jack Isenhour
Item Length: 8.6 in
Book Series: American Made Music Ser.
Item Width: 5.7 in
Format: Hardcover
