George Jones back in hospital
I dont know if this has been posted b/c Im a bit behind on my P2 reading: JONES AILING AGAIN George Jones is back in the hospital, two weeks after being released following a near-fatal car crash. The country singer was taken to Nashville's Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Tuesday and was listed in fair condition. He has "an irregular heartbeat," said a spokesman for Jones' record company. "They think it could be due to dehydration." Jones, 67, spent two weeks at Vanderbilt after nearly dying March 6 when he crashed his sport utility vehicle into a bridge near his Franklin home. (A half-empty half-pint of vodka was found in the wreckage. A grand jury will consider next month whether Jones will face charges.) He went home March 19. Melina [EMAIL PROTECTED]
George Jones info
My father-in-law told me yesterday that he'd heard GJ was now under investigation for DUI -- that two motorists had called in reporting GJ's reckless driving on the day of the accident. Also, he'd read a newspaper story reporting that GJ had checked himself out of the hospital -- without his doctor's approval: he was not officially released yet. So, any *real* news on this beat? I'd like to get to the truth here. Rob ___ Robert A. Russell Director, Writing and Communication Center East Tennessee State University Box 70602 Johnson City, TN 37614 Phone: (423) 439-8438 Fax: (423) 439-8666 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.etsu.edu/wcc *** "Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?" -- William James, 1842-1910, "The Will to Believe"
[Fwd: Pray for George!]
I checked this at country.com too. Friday 10PM EST Just heard a bit of bad news over the radio here in Nashville -- George Jones has contracted pneumonia and has been placed back on the respirator. Guess he'll be residing here at Vanderbilt for a while longer. Let's hope he'll pull through and live to sing about it!
GOOD George Jones News!
From the March 11 USA Today: NASHVILLE--George Jones was sitting up in his hospital bed Wednesday, talking and cussing, and doctors planned to have the country singer walking by the end of the day. "I want to get a tape recorder so bad and tape some of the things he's said in there," says a relieved Nancy Jones, the singer's wife and manager. "But he would kill me." (PS: Personal aside -- I have to testify.) This afternoon I was traveling on the Capital Beltway in MD and remembered that I needed to call a friend of mine. I reach over towards the glove box where my wife's cell phone is... And then I remember, and I stop reaching, and decide to wait. This really happened. -- Geff King * email [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www2.ari.net/gking/ "What happens to a society when dreams become unaffordable?" -- Molly Ivins, March 10, 1999
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that people who cant hang up while they drive drive as badly as a drunk driver. I've known too many people who've had their cars totaled by dimwits who couldnt be alone with themselves in a car for a few minutes. Exactly; what I'm always wondering, as someone who has never owned a cell phone and has somehow survived nonethless-just what the hell are all of these folks talking about all the time? The few times I've ever absolutely had to make a call from my car I've taken the radical step of looking for a well-lit spot at a gas station and putting 35 cents inside it. And how in tarnation are they paying for it? Every cell-phone bill I've ever seen or heard of was damn-near confiscatory insofar as the charges. For emergencies I can see owning the things, but as far as everyday usage, unless your company's fronting it...I just have a hard time seeing the fascination. Now, funny little machines that you can type into.g bringback the party lines! dan bentele, on one of his fluffy streaks.
FW: It's Official -- George Jones Off Respirator!!
-Original Message-
From: Bluegrass music discussion. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On
Behalf Of Mary Yeomans
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 5:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: It's Official -- George Jones Off Respirator!!
[I've been employed here at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for
about 12 years now, and have worked in the Office of the Vice
Chancellor for Health Affairs, which oversees the entire medical
center, including the Office of News and Public Affairs, which is
responsible for dispensing information to the media and responding to
any questions about the condition of patients. I've just visited my
friend, Director Bill Hance, and here's the official update on George
Jones current condition (as of about 3:00 p.m. today)]:
"About half an hour ago, George Jones was taken off the ventilator.
He remains in critical condition; his injuries are very serious and
life threatening, but his physician, Dr. Virginia Eddy, is encouraged
about how well he has done thus far. Jones remains heavily sedated as
part of his treatment, but has been able to squeeze his wife Nancy's
hand and appears to realize that loved ones are around him. He has
had many visitors and Nancy tells him daily of all the cards, letters
and calls he's received. (In fact, Vanderbilt has been covered up with
mail for Jones).
Dr. Eddy said, "He is made of some pretty tough stuff," and feels that
he is doing as well as can be expected, given his age and the nature
of his injuries, though he is still not out of the woods. Jones has a
number of serious injuries, including bruising of the liver, a bruised
lung, a punctured lung (which has sealed itself), and internal
bleeding. Jones remains in intensive care in the Trauma Unit, where
he's been since his arrival by LifeFlight on Saturday afternoon."
For those wishing to send cards and get well messages, here's the
address:
George Jones
118 16th Avenue South, Suite 201
Nashville, TN 37203 U.S.A.
In lieu of flowers, the Jones family has requested that donations be
made in the name of George Jones to the Vanderbilt Children's
Hospital:
Vanderbilt Children's Hospital
2424 Garland Avenue
Nashville, TN 37212 U.S.A.
Hope this information will offer you some encouragement; people here
are guardedly optimistic, and there are many, many prayers being
offered up on behalf of one of the greatest singers of our time!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
hopeful news concerning George Jones
-- Forwarded message begins here -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Although George Jones is still in critical condition, doctors say the country singer has made a significant improvement and might be taken off his ventilator today. ``I've got to say that he's done remarkably well,'' said Dr. Virginia Eddy of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. ``That's not to say that he's not very fragile at this point, but he's made a lot of progress.'' The 67-year-old Jones, regarded by some as the greatest singer in country music history, was driving home in his Lexus, and talking on his cell phone, when he crashed into a bridge at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday. It took emergency workers about two hours to free him from the car. His liver was cut deeply, and his right lung was punctured. As long as his liver doesn't bleed, Jones has a good chance of recovery, the doctor said. ``The liver heals itself very well, and his injuries are of the type that I really would expect to heal just fine without any surgery,'' Eddy said. Jones is conscious, but sedated. He has not spoken since the accident, said his wife, Nancy Jones. He is communicating by squeezing her hand. ``With the squeeze of the hand, I knew he was going to fight,'' Mrs. Jones said. ``George is just a strong person. He has a strong will and a reason to live.'' Starting with his first hit ``Why Baby Why'' in 1955, Jones has charted more than 140 records, including classics like ``He Stopped Loving Her Today'' and ``A Good Year for the Roses.'' He was married to duet partner Tammy Wynette for six years, and the pair were known as ``The King and Queen of Country Music.'' Wynette died last year. Jones has been cited as an influence by singers outside the country genre, including Elvis Costello and Ray Charles, both of whom have recorded with him. -=-=-
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In a message dated 3/7/99 10:59:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This sounds mean It was mean, we all make mistakes don't we?
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On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was mean, we all make mistakes don't we? Yeah, there's a little Ryan Adams in all of us, aint there. What I hope people get from this is DONT TALK ON YOUR DAMNED CELLPHONES WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING. Studies show that people who cant hang up while they drive drive as badly as a drunk driver. I've known too many people who've had their cars totaled by dimwits who couldnt be alone with themselves in a car for a few minutes. Will Miner Denver, CO
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And the "lucky" thing for George is that he didn't plow into a car with that SUV of his: he might be looking at a lawsuit as well. Let's get folks off the phone, and out of SUV's! -Original Message- From: Will Miner [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 11:03 AM To: passenger side Subject: Re: bad news concerning George Jones] On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was mean, we all make mistakes don't we? Yeah, there's a little Ryan Adams in all of us, aint there. What I hope people get from this is DONT TALK ON YOUR DAMNED CELLPHONES WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING. Studies show that people who cant hang up while they drive drive as badly as a drunk driver. I've known too many people who've had their cars totaled by dimwits who couldnt be alone with themselves in a car for a few minutes. Will Miner Denver, CO
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Derek wrote: Something tells me that he one hand on the phone, and one on his cassettewait which one's holding the wheel. ok, who else out there is picturing the scene in Planes Trains Automobiles where John Candy tries to take off his coat? **not to be meant in bad taste towards Mr. Jones** Paul
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Let's hope these prayers this Sunday morning work. I love George. Nancy
Clip: George Jones remains critical
George Jones remains critical after car crash March 7, 1999 Web posted at: 2:15 p.m. EST (1915 GMT) NASHVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) -- Country music legend George Jones remained in critical condition Sunday, one day after he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a bridge abutment. Jones suffered a collapsed lung, blood in his chest and a ruptured liver in the accident, said Dr. John Morris of Vanderbilt University Hospital, where Jones is in the trauma unit. Morris said Saturday evening he expected the singer to remain in critical condition "for at least 24 to 48 hours." "The liver injury is what we're most concerned about," he said. "He's already received some blood. If he requires much in the way of additional blood, we'll have to reconsider our current approach." Jones has been unconscious, under general anesthesia, since he arrived at the hospital, Morris said. "The body responds to this kind of injury much better if we can control the pain," he explained. Jones was driving east Saturday on Highway 96 near his home south of Nashville when he lost control of his Lexus sport utility vehicle and hit a bridge abutment, according to Tennessee Department of Safety spokeswoman Dana Keeton. At the time of the crash, Jones was talking to his stepdaughter, Adina Estes, on a cellular phone, said Evelyn Shriver, head of Asylum Records, Jones' record label. Shriver talked to Estes after the accident "He was calling to say he's almost home, and she heard the crash and everything," Shriver said. It took two hours for rescuers to free him from the vehicle. A helicopter airlifted him about 20 miles from the site of the one-car accident to the hospital.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's hope these prayers this Sunday morning work. I love George. Nancy This sounds mean, and I'm as big a fan of George as they come, but I'm reminded of that story of him getting preached to by a recently born-again friend of his, and George pulling out his pistol and aiming at the friend's head and shouting "Let's see if your God can save you now!" and firing (and fortunately missing). Of course, that was when he was drinking. Get well George! *** A.P. Hilliard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://home.att.net/~westernelectric More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail
bad news concerning George Jones
March 6, 1999 Singer George Jones Hurt in Crash A.P. INDEXES: TOP STORIES | NEWS | SPORTS | BUSINESS | TECHNOLOGY | ENTERTAINMENT Filed at 5:38 p.m. EST By The Associated Press FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) -- Country singer George Jones was in critical condition Saturday after being involved in a car accident near his home. Jones, 67, was injured at about 3 p.m. when his sport-utility vehicle smashed into a bridge abutment on Highway 96. He was taken by helicopter to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in nearby Nashville. Hospital spokesman Wayne Wood said Jones was being evaluated by doctors. He said he did not know if the injuries were life-threatening. Jones, famous for hits like ``He Stopped Loving Her Today'' and ``The Race is On,'' is generally considered one of the finest country singers ever. He was married for six years to the late singer Tammy Wynette. The pair were known as ``The King and Queen of Country Music'' in the 1970s. Since 1983, Jones has been married to Nancy Jones, his manager. Jones's latest album was due to be released next month by Asylum Records, his new record label after leaving MCA Records last year.
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Carl, Thank you for the info, sad as it is. Filed at 5:38 p.m. EST By The Associated Press FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) -- Country singer George Jones was in critical condition Saturday after being involved in a car accident near his home.
Re: George Jones' voice
"[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Wyatt)" wrote: Next up for discussion--honky-tonk diction. Why the heck do singers like Buck Owens and early Paycheck add an "ell" to words that don't have them? Like, "I ain't nell-ver..." They don't talk like that in southern Ohio (Paycheck's stomping grounds), and I bet they don't in Bakersfield, either. because it is more euphonius. My grandfather (a central Texas farm boy) always said "milnk" for the same reason. -- Joe Gracey President-For-Life, Jackalope Records http://www.kimmierhodes.com
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Jon Weisberger wrote: An interesting comment. I'd say that the *technique* isn't especially a bluegrass one - Monroe and most of the other major bluegrass singers of Jones' younger days don't clench their jaws - but the emotional content of that, the physical restraint/emotional outpouring dialectic, if you will g, is a prominent feature of the style. I always feel like bluegrass tenors are singing more up in their heads, with their noses, rather than their mouths. To me, not a bluegrass expert by any means, it almost defines the style. No vibrato, either. -- Joe Gracey President-For-Life, Jackalope Records http://www.kimmierhodes.com
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Mr. Joe Gracey Sir sez: An interesting note about George Jones, from my standpoint as a watcher of singers- he sings through the whole front of his skull. Whereas most vocalists open their mouths and project a sound from the hole, George basically sings through clenched teeth and projects the sound from every orifice in his skull, including vibrating the bones of his face. I think this is one of the things that adds such weird tension to his vocals. Try it- sing real loud through closed teeth. See? Yeah, when I wrote yesterday I was talking about his phrasing in particular, but the particular timbre of his voice is unique as well. Iv'e never thought about it in exactly the terms you use above, except to observe the clenched-teeth thing and that he does seem to really sing through his *head* chest rather the chest or diaphragm. Once, um, I sat around for the better part of an afternoon singing "Why Baby Why" over and over trying to understand how he gets that sound g. All I could ever get to was a real nasal-sounding tone that, alas, never even approached George-ness. I tried to constrict my throat and hold my mouth in odd, closed ways like he does, but never got the results Ah well. At least this practice came in handy on the "Why Baby Why" singalong in CK's room last Tfest g. There's a little of that timbre in Buck as well, no? (as opposed to Johnny Paycheck, who seems to get the phrasing but not the timbre). They both have that head-centered, closed-mouth sound, as opposed to the more "correct" resonating voice a la Faron and such. Interesting topic. I'm always fascinated by the particular "grain" of different singers' voices. Willie's a strange one that way; he sometimes strikes me as having several different phrasing-styles (with more and less of that around-the-beat thing he does) and timbres that he brings out for different purposes. --junior
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sing real loud through closed teeth. See? That way of singing has been his thing since he figured it our shortly after he bagan singing. He said that he knew he had a different sound when he did that. Yeah, and I also think he probably got that from guys like Bill Monroe. Seems like a bluegrass thing to me. In fact, I'd say George is very much like a bluegrass singer doing honky tonk music. -- Joe Gracey President-For-Life, Jackalope Records http://www.kimmierhodes.com
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Joe says: sing real loud through closed teeth. See? That way of singing has been his thing since he figured it our shortly after he bagan singing. He said that he knew he had a different sound when he did that. Yeah, and I also think he probably got that from guys like Bill Monroe. Seems like a bluegrass thing to me. In fact, I'd say George is very much like a bluegrass singer doing honky tonk music. An interesting comment. I'd say that the *technique* isn't especially a bluegrass one - Monroe and most of the other major bluegrass singers of Jones' younger days don't clench their jaws - but the emotional content of that, the physical restraint/emotional outpouring dialectic, if you will g, is a prominent feature of the style. Jones has said (though it will take me a while to find just where, David g) that he was influenced by bluegrass, and there are some cuts on, for instance, the Jones/Montgomery comp that are, as far as I'm concerned, bluegrass - though no doubt some hardcore bluegrassers will rule them out by virtue of the drums. They've got good banjerpicking from Curtis McPeake, though, as well as dobro by the recently-mentioned Shot Jackson. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And am I the only one who got a little queasy at Joe Gracey's description of how George's voice emanates from every orifice? Yuck. Maybe the sound guy should mic his ear. = Agree, I was tempted to send Chris Carter (X-Files) some of it to use for a new episode. Kate n.p. Willie Nelson/Spirit; while it's snowing like heck.
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That way of singing has been his thing since he figured it our shortly after he began singing. He said that he knew he had a different sound when he did that. This is interesting. Could you point me to where he has said this? --david cantwell There is a book called George Jones The Life and Times of a Honky Tonk Legend by Bob Allen. It is not the best written book, Bob says so himself in the opening. (He uses many of thew same words and phrases over and over and over and..) But it has a lot of good information, and tells the whole story about George. Bob got some good stuff from George. In reference to his singing it talks about after he saw Hank Williams and Hank had so much emotion that it moved him. It says in the book (I can't believe I found this part, I feel like suck a fucking geek): "Now approaching his late teens, he (George) found that his singing voice had dropped and it was increasingly more difficult for him to sing comfortably in the high tenor range that was so often affected by his idols, Roy Acuff and Bill Monroe. He discovered that these new songs of Hank Williams's fit almost perfect into his new vocal range, almost like a hand in glove. He had also come to realize by this time that he could save consideralble wear and tear on his voice during a long night of singing in a smoke-filled bar if he occasionally backed off from his usual all-out 'full-throat' delivery and changed things up by singing, instead, with his mouth partially closed or even with his teeth slightly clinched. He discovered this allowed him to dramatically bend, twist and otherwise embellish individual notes, with all the power and precision of a woodwind player. Even more important, he found that this also enabled him to hold back the full power of a melody and let it resonate eerily in his throat, giving the impression of barely controllable emotions swirling wildly around inside him, held in fragile, temporary abeyance. When he did this, he also noticed that it not only timgled his own spine, but seemed to send cold chills though all those who listened." Amen. I guess you can tell I dig George Jones. I'm a geek. Nancy
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Next up for discussion--honky-tonk diction. Why the heck do singers like Buck Owens and early Paycheck add an "ell" to words that don't have them? Like, "I ain't nell-ver..." They don't talk like that in southern Ohio (Paycheck's stomping grounds), and I bet they don't in Bakersfield, either. Makes it easier to come down off the first syllable without sounding harsh. Start on a high note on the first syllable and come down a fifth with the word "Ne-ver" and then try it with "Nell-ver." Kinda like singing "year" instead of "here" when you've got the tenor part in B. Greases up the skillet a bit. Speaking of Jones and Paycheck: Paycheck played Van Howard to George for some time, and it's been argued that some of Jones' weirdest phrasing was a direct result of trying to anticipate what Paycheck was gonna do, or vice versa. John Weisberger, correct me if I'm wrong.. -- Geff King * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www2.ari.net/gking/ "Don't let me catch you laughin' when the jukebox cries" - Kinky Friedman, "Sold American"
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At 05:01 PM 2/25/99 -0500, Jon wrote: Jones has said (though it will take me a while to find just where, David g) that he was influenced by bluegrass Oh you don't need to look. He's said it everywhere, over and over: as a youngun' he worshipped the Opry stars, and that meant Acuff and Monroe. BTW, I've read the Bob Allen bio that Deborah (?) recomended, I just forgot that part was in there. Allen's book ain't so hot--it wants to be new journalismy, like a Hellfire or Your Cheatin' Heart, and it falls somewhere between--but it sure as hell beats Ragged But Right, which was by, I think, Dolly Carlisle. --david cantwell
What George should do (was Re: Chris Gaffney Cowboys to Girls / James Hand)
Kate wrote: I have to confess that I'd love to hear George Jones record "The Man of Somebody's Dreams" for his new CD on Asylum! and Joe wrote: Uhhh...interesting to hear you say that. I've thought ever since I heard CG's "Glass House" that it was a song GJ could flat-out murder. Would include MOS'sD too, I reckon. Would also love to hear George's take on James Hand's "Over There, That's Frank," "If You Can't Tell The Difference," and "My Heart's Been Cheatin' On Me." So let's call George and tell 'im. g Well, I've always wanted to hear George do the Derailers' "Vision to Dream On". Maybe we could get together a list of an album's worth of material and send it to George. Dina
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In a message dated 2/21/99 9:23:10 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, I've always wanted to hear George do the Derailers' "Vision to Dream On". Maybe we could get together a list of an album's worth of material and send it to George. I would like to hear the Possum do "George Jones Has Never Sung About My Girl". Wait, can he do that? Would it become an oxymoron? Slim
George Jones and Bluegrass
IT'S A TRADITION * GOOD IS GOOD, BE IT BLUEGRASS OR COUNTRY MUSIC, SAY THE ORGANIZERS OF * THE SUNSHINE STATE BLUEGRASS AND TRADITIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL Steve Webb * 02/12/99 Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Copyright 1999) *For a country music fan, it is a dream of a festival bill: The greatest living country singer (and maybe the greatest all time) * headlining a bill that also includes some of the best bluegrass talent performing today. Does it really tarnish that dream in any way that George Jones - the Texan honky-tonker who began his career on the fringes of '50s rockabilly and went on to define the potential commercial country * would have during the '60s and '70s - is headlining a bluegrass festival? "I'll bet you that the crowd around the stage on Saturday night, when George is playing, will be the biggest of the weekend," said Jim McReynolds of Jim and Jesse, whose Virginia Boys are returning for one of the guitarist's favorite festivals of the year. McReynolds describes a festival last summer where Porter Wagoner * was on an otherwise exclusively bluegrass bill. "He drew a huge * crowd, and it wasn't non-bluegrass fans," McReynolds said. "People * who like bluegrass like good traditional country singers." For their parts, organizers Bill and Charlotte Pattie are billing * this year's event as the Sunshine Bluegrass and Traditional Country * Music Festival to alert people that, yes, it's that George Jones playing alongside the Lewis Family, Jim and Jesse, and the others. *"One thing we've figured out is that it is a traditional country * music audience in the first place," Pattie said by telephone from his * Punta Gorda home. "They go to a bluegrass festival because bluegrass is part of traditional country in ways that modern country isn't." The Patties organize the festival both as a business - it interupts their regular business too much not to - and to raise money, back-to-school clothes and canned goods for various charity groups. "We've collected enough food to feed 100,000 people and have helped to clothe 15,000 needy school children," Pattie said with as much pride as when he describes the talent that will be on stage. "You can't get any bigger than George, and in Mike Snyder, we've * got the top draw in bluegrass right now," Pattie said. "Who's * probably got the best rendition of tradional bluegrass right now is Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys, along with that super harmonica player they bring with them, Mike Stevens." *The joke goes that it takes three bluegrass fans to change a lightbulb - two to assidiously research that the new bulb is an exact replica of the one before it, and one to then screw the bulb in (actually, "rolling" it in; three-finger-style is preferred). *This kind of logic, that bluegrass is a very specific musical form that must be kept unpolluted from either modernism or the traditions that came before it, really doesn't have much to do with the view Pattie always has maintained about the form. *"I wrote an article several years ago called `Bluegrass: America's Music;' it said that we would recognize America's original music from when the pioneers went west, and the camps of both sides in the Civil * War as bluegrass - banjo, fiddle, guitar doing the same things with * the same chords," Pattie said. "Bluegrass marched along with America since America was here, but a fellow came along in the '40s named Bill Monroe, and did such great things with the music with his Blue * Grass Boys that people just started calling it `bluegrass.' But you see an old John Wayne movie and what do they play at the campfire? * Bluegrass." A second view is that the distillation actually created a new form - that Monroe and the other members of his 1945 - 48 quintet all found new roles for their individual instruments that resulted in as bold a progression from traditional string-band music as the concurrent bebop movement was from swing or traditional jazz. *Jones' career fits into the second version of bluegrass better than the first. Many of his records have referred to country that came before him. His earliest recordings on Starday in the mid-'50s were the most-overt Hank Williams imitations this side of Bocephus: Jones strains to capture Williams' rough-hewn moan on the two-step cheatin' song that was his debut, "Why Baby Why." A year later, he built his own "Just One More" from that quintessential waltz of pain, "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." The people around hi
