Jones,George Whos Gonna Fill Their Shoes / Wine Colored Roses CD

During the 1980s, George Jones found a comfortable niche in the country market, cranking out slow heartbreak ballads. Like Chips Moman and other hot Nashville producers of the era, Billy Sherrill set Jones' vocals against easy-listening instrumental backgrounds, complete with electric piano, effects-heavy guitar, marimba, and celeste. The goal was to entice a crossover audience, as Willie Nelson had done with Always On My Mind' and his subsequent middle-of-the-road recordings. Both albums are very much a product of those times and as always, Jones acquits himself well. It has been said that he would sound good singing the telephone book, and he certainly sounds good singing these songs.

1. Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes 2. Just When 3. The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song) 4. If I Painted a Picture 5. If You Can Touch Her at All (With Lynn Anderson) 6. Somebody Wants Me Out of the Way 7. A Whole Lot of Trouble for You 8. If Only You'd Love Me Again 9. Call the Wrecker for My Heart 10. That's Good-That's Bad (With Lacy J. Dalton)) 11. Wine Colored Roses 12. I Turn to You 13. The Right Left Hand 14. Don't Leave Without Taking Your Silver 15. The Very Best of Me 16. Hopelessly Yours 17. You Never Looked That Good When You Were Mine (With Patti Page) 18. If Only Your Eyes Could Lie 19. Ol' Frank 20. These Old Eyes Have Seen It All