OT: Two years ago today...

[CochiseCowbell]

Two years ago today the Possum passed away. Someone stating that Starkville was a "Bro Country" town precipitated this post.

 

[RingN2012]

Love this song and the message couldn't be more true

 

[PineGroveBully]

This song has always tugged at my heart strings. I graduated from hs in 2001 and our cheerleaders did a dance to that song as a goodbye to us outgoing seniors. Sounds strange for cheerleaders to dance to a song like that but it really was cool, done in a slow-mo sort of way, it was pretty emitional. There will never be another like the great No Show Jones

 

[ababyatemydingo]

Two years ago today the Possum passed away. Someone stating that Starkville was a "Bro Country" town precipitated this post.

Met the Possum on January 22, 2011, standing outside the bathroom at the top of the stairs at Mary Mahoney's, in Biloxi. Very gracious and kind man. We were both standing there side by side, waiting on our wives to come out of the bathroom. They had just gotten there, and we were about to leave. Stood there and chatted for about 15 minutes. When the women came out, he just stood there and continued the conversation. He was a short man. When we took pictures, he wanted us to stand on the second stair, so he could stand on the top stair, and look taller in the picture.

 

[Digging dog]

Loved some G.J. However he became a little hard to listen to in his latter years. Kinda like ole Merle is now.

 

[cowbell88]

And remember you may think you're a bad ***, but you'll never be "drunk on a lawnmower going to the liquor store" type of bad *** that gets positive press from that stunt.

 

[fieldcorporal]

I went to a concert in Baton Rouge in the mid 80's - George Jones, Merle Haggard and Conway Twitty.

Conway came on standing with his back to the crowd. A single spotlight came on and he had on a white jumpsuit. He turned around and said "hello darlin".

A bunch of 40+ year-old women were slip-sliding around in their seats.

Best concert I ever went to - and I saw Doors, Stones, Steppenwolf in my younger days.

That whole evening was like a sing-along - hit after hit after hit.

 

[eyeofthesouth]

This man and his music mean the world to me. The best voice in country music.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Great song. This was my favorite moment. Flipping a finger at the producers and singing the whole song.

 

[dawgdoug1962]

I went to a concert in Baton Rouge in the mid 80's - George Jones, Merle Haggard and Conway Twitty.

Conway came on standing with his back to the crowd. A single spotlight came on and he had on a white jumpsuit. He turned around and said "hello darlin".

A bunch of 40+ year-old women were slip-sliding around in their seats.

Best concert I ever went to - and I saw Doors, Stones, Steppenwolf in my younger days.

That whole evening was like a sing-along - hit after hit after hit.

fieldcorporal, do you remember Conway's given name? Harold Jenkins....grew up in the Friars Point area....his dad ran the ferry across the Mississippi to Helena, I think.....don't remember when they built the bridge to Helena from Lula... anyway his mother lived in Lula when I lived there and his big ole bus was in her yard often. She was a sweetheart of a lady.