Old Brush Arbors

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Old Brush Arbors
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Studio album by
George Jones
ReleasedJuly 1965
Genre Country
Gospel
Label Musicor
Producer Pappy Daily
George Jones chronology
New Country Hits
(1965)		Old Brush Arbors
(1965)		 Trouble In Mind
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Old Brush Arbors is an album by American country music artist George Jones released in 1965 on the Musicor Records label.

Country music, also known as country and western, and hillbilly music, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as American folk music and blues.

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George Jones American musician

George Glenn Jones was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song "He Stopped Loving Her Today", as well as his distinctive voice and phrasing. For the last twenty years of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as the greatest living country singer. Country music scholar Bill 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." Waylon Jennings expressed a similar opinion in his song "It's Alright": "If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones." The shape of his nose and facial features earned Jones the nickname "The Possum".

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Background

Jones's fondness for gospel music is well documented. In the 1989 documentary Same Ole Me, he recalls that he learned how to play the guitar at the church where his mother Clara, a devout woman, played piano. The church was run by Brother Burl Stephens (with whom Jones would credit as co-writer of several songs on his 1959 gospel album Country Church Time) and Sister Annie, who George remembered "taught me my first chords on the guitar, like C, G, and D and things like that, and I started hangin' out over there more often. She'd get her guitar and we'd pick and sing together...We used to do all the really old gospel songs." Jones love of gospel music actually predated his exposure to country music, which he would not hear until his family acquired their first radio. Jones would continue to record gospel albums throughout his career, including In a Gospel Way (1974) and The Gospel Collection (2003).

Gospel music is a genre of Christian music. The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of gospel music varies according to culture and social context. Gospel music is composed and performed for many purposes, including aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, and as an entertainment product for the marketplace. Gospel music usually has dominant vocals with Christian lyrics. Gospel music can be traced to the early 17th century, with roots in the black oral tradition. Hymns and sacred songs were often repeated in a call and response fashion. Most of the churches relied on hand clapping and foot stomping as rhythmic accompaniment. Most of the singing was done a cappella. The first published use of the term "gospel song" probably appeared in 1874. The original gospel songs were written and composed by authors such as George F. Root, Philip Bliss, Charles H. Gabriel, William Howard Doane, and Fanny Crosby. Gospel music publishing houses emerged. The advent of radio in the 1920s greatly increased the audience for gospel music. Following World War II, gospel music moved into major auditoriums, and gospel music concerts became quite elaborate.

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Track listing

  1. "Old Brush Arbors" (Gordon Ardis, Darrell Edwards)
  2. "Will There Be Stars in My Crown?" (George Jones Jimmy Sweeney, Edmond Hewitt)
  3. "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" (Elisha A. Hoffman, Anthony J. Showalter)
  4. "Won't It Be Wonderful There?" (George Jones)
  5. "Lord You've Been Mighty Good to Me" (Earl Montgomery)
  6. "Selfishness in Man" (Leon Payne)
  7. "I'll Fly Away" (Albert E. Brumley)
  8. "Where We'll Never Grow Old" (James C. Moore)
  9. "If You Believe" (Darrell Edwards)
  10. "Lily of the Valley" (Charles William Fry, William Shakespeare Hays)
  11. "How Beautiful Heaven Must Be" (A.P. Bland, A.S. Bridgewater)
  12. "Well It's All Right" (Cindy Walker)

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References

  1. ↑ Woodstra, Chris. Old Brush Arbors at AllMusic. Retrieved February 9, 2012.


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