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GEORGE JONES: WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS (TV)
Summary
A tribute to country singer George Jones held at the Los Angeles Country Club. The program opens with Johnny Cash giving a brief history of Jones's life. Highlights include: Jones and Tammy Wynette sing "Golden Ring"; Waylon Jennings sings "Honky-Tonk Heroes"; Jennings and Jessie Colter sing "Storms Never Let"; Jones and Jennings perform "Good-Hearted Woman"; Emmylou Harris with "One of These Days"; Harris and Jones sing "Here I Am"; bespectacled rocker Elvis Costello joins Jones on "Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down" and "Stranger in the House"; Tanya Tucker sings "Biggest Promenade"; Jones performs "The Race Is On," and joins his daughter Georgette for "Daddy, Come Home."
Tammy Wynette tells the story of the birth of her and Jones's daughter, Georgette; Jones sings "He Stopped Loving Her Today"; Wynette sings "Till I Can Make It On My Own"; Jones sings "Just Because"; and Wynette with Jones sing "Two Story House."
Details
- NETWORK: HBO
- DATE: July 11, 1981 Saturday 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:15:01
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T82:0678
- GENRE: Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Country music; Rock music
- SERIES RUN: HBO - TV, 1981
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Dick Howard … Executive Producer
- Jim Halsey … Executive Producer
- Anthony Eaton … Producer
- Paul Block … Producer
- Barry Kaplan … Associate Producer
- Marty Callner … Director
- Johnny Cash … Guest
- Waylon Jennings … Guest
- Tammy Wynette … Guest
- Jessie Colter … Guest
- Emmylou Harris … Guest
- Elvis Costello … Guest
- Tanya Tucker … Guest
- Georgette Jones … Guest
- George Jones … Guest