He Stopped Loving Her Today : George Jones, Billy Sherrill, and the Pretty-Mu...

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, Paperback by Isenhour, Jack, ISBN 1628461667, ISBN-13 9781628461664, 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, über producer Billy Sherrill--the man who discovered Tammy Wynette and co-wrote "Stand by Your Man"--would somehow coax the performance of a lifetime out of the mercurial Jones. The result was a country masterpiece. In 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 illusive 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: 210 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi

Item Height: 0.5 in

Topic: History & Criticism, Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Country & Bluegrass

Publication Year: 2014

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Music, Biography & Autobiography

Item Weight: 10.2 Oz

Author: Jack Isenhour

Item Length: 8.5 in

Item Width: 5.5 in

Book Series: American Made Music Ser.

Format: Trade Paperback