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