George Jones: My Very Special Guests (Epic)
Max Bell, New Musical Express, 5 January 1980
A VETERAN OF over 50 albums, second cousin to the Nashville addiction, cheap booze, paid dues and bad blues, George Jones continues his flirtations with legend and the bottle. He never has to up-date his image any to convince the converted, so you can just see the gals in Ernest Tubb's queueing to have themselves snapped next to his cardboard cut-out. Being predictable is the beauty of Jones' tight-lipped, macho crooning — even when he enlists the support of his 'very special guests', folks like James Taylor, Linda, Emmylou, Waylon, Willie and Elvis (Costello). Music Alley opens its doors and puts another dime in that juke box.
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