For most of his early life, Jones was a gifted artist with a drinking problem and self-destructive bent, but there's nothing like the love of a good woman to turn a guy around.
The Sandy Lee Watkins Songwriters Festival is July 29th- August 1st in Henderson with over 30 great Nashville songwriters coming in to tell their stories. The coordinator of the event is Henderson native, Kerry Kurt Phillips, who has written some of the most memorable songs in Country Music.
Not long before he died, George Jones penned a final letter to Alan Jackson. He was asking for a favor, one the younger country singer was likely happy to fulfill. Now, as Jackson releases his Angels and Alcohol album he's shared a photo of that letter with Taste of Country readers.