{"id":267,"date":"2011-12-11T12:09:29","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T12:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.wordpress.com\/?p=267"},"modified":"2011-12-11T12:09:29","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T12:09:29","slug":"country-music-hall-of-famer-not-slowing-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/11\/country-music-hall-of-famer-not-slowing-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Music Hall of Famer Not Slowing Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/georgejonesliveatopry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-268 aligncenter\" title=\"georgejonesliveatopry\" src=\"http:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/georgejonesliveatopry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/georgejonesliveatopry.jpg 600w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/georgejonesliveatopry-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Country Music Hall of Famer Not Slowing Down<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nashville, TN\u00a0 \u2013 Although country great George Jones celebrated his 80th Birthday recently, he won\u2019t need a rocking chair anytime soon. \u201cThe Possum\u201d is keeping busy with 35 shows scheduled to date throughout the U.S. and Canada from now through November 2012. As Jones sings, \u201cI don\u2019t need a rocking chair\u2026I do my rockin\u2019 on the stage, you can\u2019t put this possum in a cage.\u201d Jones said, &#8220;I&#8217;m always excited to get back out on the road and we&#8217;re working up new shows and new songs. I&#8217;m feelin&#8217; great and givin&#8217; the road hell!&#8221; George Jones, often referred to as the \u201cthe greatest living country singer,\u201d first hit the charts in 1955 with his hit \u201cWhy Baby Why\u201d and has since garnered over 140 more while touring extensively. Fans can see the star perform hits such as \u201cWhite Lightning,\u201d \u201cHe Stopped Loving Her Today,\u201d \u201dWho\u2019s Gonna Fill Their Shoes\u201d and \u201cI Don\u2019t Need Your Rockin\u2019 Chair\u201d throughout North America on initial tour dates listed below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country Music Hall of Famer Not Slowing Down Nashville, TN\u00a0 \u2013 Although country great George Jones celebrated his 80th Birthday recently, he won\u2019t need a rocking chair anytime soon. \u201cThe Possum\u201d is keeping busy with 35 shows scheduled to date throughout the U.S. and Canada from now through November 2012. As Jones sings, \u201cI don\u2019t need a rocking chair\u2026I do my rockin\u2019 on the stage, you can\u2019t put this possum in a cage.\u201d Jones said, &#8220;I&#8217;m always excited to get back out on the road and we&#8217;re working up new<a href=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/11\/country-music-hall-of-famer-not-slowing-down\/\" class=\"read-more\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}