George Jones-Love Bug''

[exibitions]

I remember hearing this all the time on the radio when I was a kid...Now I feel old.

[uhohwhoops]

glad to see my grandpa rockin pink

[bobluman4]

@uhohwhoops is that your grandpa ?

[TierodMcslush]

that flat top looks so good on George Jones...

[KeriRose1984]

awwww... this song reminds me of my ex. He loves this song and his nickname for me was "love bug".... :(

[mnsnake]

This has to be the most classic awesome country music video ever.

[wildcman]

#6 1965 Musicor 1098 great record

[TheNdutta]

i find dis accidently while searching jonas brothers song love bug..but i started 2 like dis song..now i hav been listenin 2 it past 3 hours...such a feel good song

[edslides1]

rock and freakin roll. love those ol tele pickers

[rockyrmt]

surprised this song didn't reach # 1 on the billboard charts ( I don't know, mid sixties?) sure is an upbeat song and of course sung so well and sixty-ish sounding

[KickazzRedhead]

What a cute & kickin' song :) Both look sooooo young :)

[comdrsca]

When i first saw this video five or more yrs ago, i assumed it was Kelso Herston playing that awesome 6 string Rickenbacker Guitar. I made a few inquiries and found out (thru Kelso himself) that it was not him, it was a guy named Jerry Starr. Also in the vid is Sonny Curtis on the steel, Ernie Reed on the fiddle, Paycheck (then Donny Young) on bass singing tenor, and Jerry. Don't know who the drummer is, sorry.

[welshhillbillyful]

@comdrsca Glen Davis is the drummer.The fiddle player is Charlie Justice.

[BPJT666]

Who is the guitar player? He sounds just like the guy on Dave Dudley's Six Days On The Road.....

[Streamliner009]

this video should be never ending

[slurpee27]

this is great!! Paycheck , Jones and a badass hillbilly guitar playing robot with glasses. So tight and on it.... This is what jammin' country music is.

[SonnyRix]

Got Goerges autograph a few months ago on my old guitar,the guy is a real class act and a gentleman!

[jeffisstoned]

look at that drummer blastin away what a talent

[kentucky9000]

Classic Thats for Dam sure ! Sing hell out of Possom ... !

[nwelder50]

look at ole paycheck thupping that teisco del ray bass.

[guitardedbaby]

That dude is pullin some tone outta that Rick!

[edslides1]

@guitardedbaby

@guitardedbaby

i wrote a comment in praise of 'those old tele pickers' before i realized it was a rick. and you show really good taste when you noticed that killer tone. it is great stuff.

a teisco bass, a fender jazzmaster (?) a big rick, what more could you ask for in a rockin band?

[jaycharold]

thats cause it is him

[muddddddddddddddddd]

This is the best George Jones; with the kind of haircut you can set your watch to. On bass is the Real Mr. Heartache, Johnny Paycheck.

[HerbWalker]

Ive seen my MaMa dance like that hahahahah !

[FBIHank]

Me i'm 14 and a big fan a George but i need to go to one of his concerts to bad i missed him back in 2005 he was in my town but i didnt even know who he was.

[fbug74]

george is the best in my eyes and glade I got to see him live there is no one better to me and i wish music to day was as good. im 23 and nothing can compare to that good old classic sound

[cestesbrandese]

I belive thats a very young JOHNNY PAYCHECK singing with him.

[mantle64]

@cestesbrandese It is Paycheck. From 1962 to 1966, Johnny was the bass player, harmony singer and bandleader with George Jones. Paycheck had briefly worked for Porter Wagoner, Ray Price and Faron Young and was fired by all of them. But he found a kindred spirit in the Possum. Faron Young said of Paycheck, "I can't have anyone in my band who is crazier than I am".

[perkeyset]

He deserves praise just for the fact that he played that so well on a Ric, not exactly a guitar that traditionally does leads great.

[Shalee68]

Greatest guitar player ever was the guitarist behind George doing the solo!! He could put Chet Atkins to shame!!

[ringbolt9]

that looks like johnny paycheck singing with him.

[anthony15946]

@ringbolt9

you are correct A very young johnny paycheck

[jamiegobangbang]

@ringbolt9 it is Johnny :)

[Fmaj7b5]

@ringbolt9 - That is Johnny Paycheck singing with him.

[crowleyman1000]

@ringbolt9 it is johnny paycheck! george gave him his start!

[choottem]

@ringbolt9  It Is! Get 'em Possum!! Whew!

[crodrigo]

I love you George Jones. You make me happy when I'm blue.

[cuntrytrash]

Are they pantomiming? It sort of looks like it.

What an allstar line up though.

[happyINcarolina]

George sang this last saturday in Cary, NC.. I was very impressed and very pleased that he sung it :D

The crowd went wild for every song.. he's still the man and king of country! (always will be if you ask me)

[opinionatedbastage]

speechless*

[billandersen]

Was that Don Helms on pedal steel?

[mnsnake]

Oh wow!! Where do you start?? This has to be some of the best vintage Possum footage out there. The tone that dude has dialed up on that guitar solo is incredible.

[mdbpowerwash]

shortly after this vidio'' oh george told john son hit the road' as he knew john would make it on his own

[CajunTroubadours]

Nice plain Nudie suits, but it works. Nice early shot of the Jones' boys with Paycheck thumbing the bass guitar. What a talented bunch of musicians, backing two singing legends. Thanks for a great post.

[mnsnake]

Yep I keep coming back to listen to that wicked Ric guitar solo. That's the coolest sounding guitar tone I've ever heard.

[kawentzmann]

And wearing a Mosrite strap no less.

[samjhatfield]

Awesome! Jones and Paycheck.

[SFShoim]

That Teisco Del Ray bass that Paycheck's playing is rather cool as well!

[HerbWalker]

Yep, Thats Johnny Paycheck playing Bass guitar & singing harmony with Possum!

[chisoxfan40]

I 2nd that comdrsca.i grew up in nashville and my parents played nothing but real country.love it !

[comdrsca]

This is REAL country!! The way it USTA be !!!

Dig Paycheck singing harmony, Jerry Starr and that cool "Ricky" 6 string bass, and Sonny Curtis on that steel....  Smoooooth !! :^)