George Jones & The Smoky Mountain Boys: Difference between revisions

| Namename = George Jones & The Smoky Mountain Boys |

| Typetype = Studio album |studio

| Artistartist = [[George Jones]] |

| Genrereleased = February = Country17, Country Gospel |2017

| Label recorded = Universal Music LLC |

| Executivevenue Producer = Gary Paczosa]] |=

The album was recorded in one session in the early 1970s but had remained unreleased. In the liner notes writer Bill Bentley states, "Finding these tapes now is like discovering a long-lost script that offers secrets from a long gone world. The dozen selections are a peek into a precious freedom, and what a true pioneer can do when the music calls out to them. George Jones recorded more albums than just about any other country singer, but he never made one like this. This is the sound of music played by people who lived their lives serving the true spirit, and sung by a man who walked this world only once." The album is composed of country classics and Gospel standards, several of them composed by Acuff, who was a profound musical influence on Jones. As Jones biographer Rich Kienzle observes, Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys "had an unforgettable dynamic: his fiddling and rough-edged, deeply emotional vocals were accompanied by a raw, traditional string ensemble.” In a 2006 interview with Ray Waddell of ''Billboard'', Jones stated, "I loved Roy Acuff with all my heart, and I never dreamed I'd be able to meet him or see him onstage, or especially become good friends with him." Acuff duets with Jones on his signature song “[[Wabash Cannonball]].”<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sexton |first1=Paul |title="New" Album By Country Giant George Jones |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/new-releases/new-album-by-country-giant-george-jones/ |publisher=udiscovermusic.com |access-date=25 March 2021 |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020143653/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/new-releases/new-album-by-country-giant-george-jones/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

| title5 = Beneath thatThat Lonely Mound of Clay

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