JCA1 said:
It also seemed to focus on guys who lived hard. Not terribly surprising since that does usually make for better TV. Unless I'm missing something, George Strait isn't a self destructive drug addict/alcoholic on his 4th volatile marriage like George Jones. While that's good for Strait, it probably did cut into his air time.
Well if I remember correctly, George lost his daughter young to a car wreck and really liked the nose candy for a while. True he is still married to the same woman, but the couple of times I met him outside of concert type venues, he was feeling no pain. I agree not to the extent of George Jones or Johnny Cash.
As a side note, all of those guys from the 50's to current really liked their Mary Jane. My grandpa had a traveling band in the 60's-80's in South Texas. He got to know Ray Price by fixing the AC on his bus. He went on the play fiddle with Ray for a short period of time. Ray would rival Wille for his consumption of pot.
Another interesting thing is that many of these guys that were great musicians were all self taught. They learned by hearing the music rather than reading the notes. My grandpa taught himself to play the fiddle by listening to it being played on reel to reels and then cassettes. My son walked in on me crying like a baby during this documentary because the songs would make me think of my grandpa sitting on the edge of the bed with his fiddle listening to cassettes he had recorded off the radio (KKYX and KBUC) over and over again to learn the music for his next Saturday night gig at some VFW somewhere.
