Remembering my favorite country musician, the legendary George Jones, who was born on September 12, 1931, in Saratoga, Texas – he died on April 26, 2013. For the last 20 years of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as the greatest living country singer. Country music scholar Bill C. Malone writes, "For the two or three minutes consumed by a song, Jones immerses himself so completely in its lyrics, and in the mood it conveys, that the listener can scarcely avoid becoming similarly involved