George Jones

The Boot counts down our picks for the Top 10 country songs about death.

The Boot rounds up a list of 50 country, Americana, alt-country, bluegrass and folk songs that everyone should hear at least once in their lifetime.

A lot of people have misconceptions on the origin of the term "Redneck". Most people believe it to mean poor, southern, white people with thick accents.

On April 13, 1959, Jones earned his first No. 1 single.

Mark Chesnutt is one of country music's most staunch traditionalists, but he looks back with regret on one career misstep that was so out of character, it actually made George Jones angry at him.

Folks in country music like to play nice with each other. But there are times when, as Waylon Jennings once sang, something's got 'em "feudin' like the Hatfields and McCoys."

Everyone knows that I am a huge classic country fan and when I discovered this today I just felt like I needed to pass this along to you. On this day in 1959 the legendary George Jones scored his first ever number one hit with the iconic song "White Lightning".

Adam Wakefield's soulful performance of "Tennessee Whiskey" had coaches Adam Levine and Blake Shelton fighting for the singer to join their teams. It also had the two coaches in a heated argument on the state of country music.

Country music legend Tammy Wynette's birthday is today. She would have turned 73 today but she unfortunately passed away to young at the age of 55 in 1998.

Sammy Kershaw tackles the legacy of George Jones with his tribute "Do You Know Me? A Tribute to George Jones."

Although George is no longer with us, his great music is still making great memories.

If George Jones were still alive, he'd likely be mighty pleased to see the talented roster for his farewell concert.