Sonny Curtis, longtime sideman and steel guitar player for George Jones and Tammy Wynette, died on this day in 2019.
On this day in 1956, a 25-year-old George Jones stepped into the circle at the Grand Ole Opry and into country music history. Officially inducted as an Opry member on August 25, 1956, “The Possum” ...
A statue of George Jones was unveiled on the Ryman Auditorium's "Icons Walk." Jones joins other country music icons like Little Jimmy Dickens, Bill Monroe, Loretta Lynn, and Charley Pride on the Icons ...