Why George Jones Punched Waylon Jennings

George Jones and Waylon Jennings are Icons in Country music! George Jones and Waylon Jennings not only are recognized for their artistry in the genre, but also for the wild stunts that they both would pull off the stage as well. Join us as we revisit one of the more unbelievable nights shared by George Jones and Waylon Jennings.
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[@idonthavemonkey]

It just shows what a big heart Waylon had, to stay friends with him after that. In 2023, people forgot how to forgive. RIP to both of them.

[@mwilliamshs]

It's only April 4th. What day in 2023 did that forgetting happen?

[@timbeatty8411]

She had it cummin.

[@denniss2900]

you know how many people I’ve thrown hands with frowning up and we ended up being friends again the next day. It’s just how we got things off our chest. Imagine if Waylon and jones were females. They wouldn’t talk to each other again.

[@joycenichols6187]

Waylon knew it was only cause he was drunk. It's tough having friends that are drunks. Coodos to Waylon for being such a good and understanding friend to George.

[@mwilliamshs]

@@joycenichols6187 coodos? What's that?

[@rexoates4484]

“If we could all sing like we wanted to, we’d all sound like George Jones”- Waylon.

[@hankbellamy]

Both legends Waylon is king tho

[@missesmew]

A little guy outta California named Merle might have something to say about that? lol But yeah, Waylon is in my top three.

[@rexoates4484]

@@missesmew yes. I miss the old days. I took it for granted. I thought we’d always have great entertainment. Boy was I wrong, with a few exceptions.

[@sonofadeadbeat3051]

@@rexoates4484 Before our world got ghettoed.

[@TheSandmanShane]

Possum 🐐

[@hqztonners]

Rest in peace Waylon Jennings. We miss your voice. x

[@jonathanmitchell9886]

I personally experienced the phenomenon of "No-Show Jones" in 1979, at the age of six. The Oak Ridge Boys--riding high at the time--had already performed, and George Jones was scheduled to close out the night. At least an hour went by (which seems like an eternity when you're a kid), and you could hear people starting to get restless. Finally the door at stage left swung open (my mom pointed and said, "Look, you can see the tour bus parked out there") and a guy came through it, stepping up to the mic. "I'm sorry, folks," he said, "but George is not gonna be able to play tonight." The auditorium erupted in jeers. There was an old woman sitting behind us who had been hollering for George Jones all night, and at this point she was actually wailing in horrified disbelief; I can remember looking over my shoulder and seeing the wad of tape that held her glasses together. I kept asking my mom, "So he's out there on the bus? Why can't he play?" I didn't get it. This was at the Coliseum in Florence, Alabama. I vividly recall the incident, but have no memory of the date.

[@pauldimmery8177]

Loved George and Waylon both still listening to em in 2023 . It's ashame both of them suffered from addiction to drugs and alcohol 😞

[@BrLoc]

THAT right there is what is missing in country music today.

[@marksmith-sx5eh]

Two of the greatest singers in country music history.

[@lukescutchings2661]

Period.

[@Colinshreds69]

Nope. David allan coe beats em all.

[@rocknroll7316]

@@Colinshreds69 you can't be serious he has one good song 😂

[@Colinshreds69]

@@rocknroll7316 clearly you haven’t listened to much of his music. Go listen to Alan Jackson, queer

[@billrobbins5874]

Hadn't heard this before.

[@christopherhelton6999]

My stepfather (RIP) was from Murfreesboro, and used to be a professional photographer back in the '70s and '80s. He photographed musicians like Elvis, Jerry Reed, Hank Jr., Willie Nelson, and Waylon on tour. He also used to run a restaurant in downtown Nashville. He and Waylon were friends, and he even videotaped one of Shooter's childhood birthday parties. He had so many Waylon stories, and always said Waylon had a heart of gold, and would be there for reckless artists like Hank Jr. and David Allan Coe. He was on Waylon's tour bus one of the times Waylon decided to get clean and flushed thousands of dollars of coke down the bus toilet. I wish he was still alive so I could ask him about this video. Just for giggles, he also had a story about Ronnie Millsap driving a semi truck through downtown Nashville, while another guy gave him directions from the passenger seat, lol.

[@sherrymartin2486]

I have never laughed so hard listening to this 😂 I would LOVED to have been there!!!.. This is hilarious and proof of what TRUE FRIENDSHIP IS😂😅😂

[@kd6836]

I got a chuckle out of kicking him where the sun don’t shine. Lol. I don’t think he kicked him in the butthole but that’s funny.

[@haydenmillholland4496]

My 2 favorite singers. RIP to both

[@danielaberdeen1444]

They sang the bluesy " night life " together that shows true kinship and what Legends they are 👌 today's artist's couldn't hold a candle to them .

[@niknik501]

I loved Waylon...was a rocker basically till I heard Hank in a record store singing. Waylon had a4th July show in Rockford, il during bicentennial. Such great memories. Where have all the flowers gone?

[@pedenmk]

Ohh yeah. I remember the tales about no sho George back during the early 80s. What a great time to be alive in America. I had a very good time back then. I wish I could return. Great episode thanks for sharing.

[@Southernguitar74]

It sounds funny, and probably was in hindsight, but much of Jones’ life was sad. The entire prime of his life he could barely remember, or enjoy because of his addictions. He lived with much regret but was very honest in his autobiography. I am glad he did not die young, like so many do, and he finally got himself straightened out. God bless him and Waylon. Two of the greatest ever.

[@oldmeat5380]

You're absolutely right. George Jones had a very unique talent! I believe Waylon and George were close and from reading about that fight, I don't think Waylon wanted to hurt him.

[@dennielittlesr4600]

Read "I lived to tell it all" he said that he realized that he was at the bottom when he woke up in his car and his clothes were wrinkled. He said that day he knew it was time for a change. Great read, my favorite part is about Mel Tillis! I'll just say this, don't play with George in a limo!! 😂

[@allenh7835]

aHe also mentioned the endless times he was literally penniless. He would call a nightclub and book a show, then call local radio stations that would gladly record and air a short promo "Hello friends, this is George Jones. Saturday night we will be putting on a show at ( name of nightclub) Y'all come see us. We gonna have a real good time" Pretty smart move on his part to put some $$$ in pocket. btw phone calls were to his personal connections of course, not strangers.

[@jasonmeador3144]

That sounds like me and a couple of my friends when we would get wound up. We can tell you were we were as they have passed on. Country will never be the same with out them.

[@jrussellcase]

Ah, the good ol' days....how I miss them. 😂

[@oldmeat5380]

Waylon was (and still is) a class act. He probably could've kicked Jones' ass if he wanted to. I knew him personally. There will never be anyone like him!

[@LT1HILLINGHOE]

You do know that Possum was a Marine Sargeant, right?

[@sqd37l]

@@LT1HILLINGHOE so he could have "mopped" the floor with waylon

[@walliegirl2]

Marty Robbins probably would have kicked either ones ass. He saw military combat in WW2. He also was an amateur boxer before going to the military. Oh, yeah, he raced cars going 200 mph.

[@kevinparker5557]

Who cares​@@walliegirl2

[@neintoten6155]

My question is; why didn't they ever make a movie about the life and times of Waylon Jennings?

[@teddygant-qp5px]

Nobody would watch that's why

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

What you don't fully grasp until you've been in that state is you truly become a madman after extended periods of heavy drink. The pain you can cause is rivaled only by your guilt and shame.

[@Auntkekebaby]

"Jones played possum" 🤣 A mess. Waylon had a lot of love in his heart.

[@vlada]

1:51 Waylon trying to "help" his friend go to sleep by giving him whiskey is absolutely epic.

[@Pronzini1]

Waylon should have decked that little Possum and put his lights out. Ain't no way he had to take crap off that little shit.

[@MatthewCrowson-fg7dm]

After he already had had entirely 2 much. Lucky he didn't get alcohol poisoning

[@TheAzmountaineer]

I read Waylon's book and it was great. As you would expect, he didn't beat around the bush about anything. I remember this story and it was just as funny as it is in this telling. However, I think the book could have been twice as long, I bet there were lots more stories about himself and other country stars that could have been included.

[@davidmurray6119]

That is a great story. It reminds me of the way I acted after drinking way way to munch & One of my friends (always the friend that I was closest to) that got the worsted part of my behavior. I've always been a huge George Jones fan. Bless the both of them🎚️

[@fjb4932]

David Murray, It's never too late to make amends. Until one day, it is . . .

[@mikehancho1613]

I feel like Jim Carey could nail george jones in a film!

[@rpmfreak9150]

Hahaha I never thought about that, but you're correct.

[@diegodelgado9764]

Goggins too

[@centerice]

I think most people have had the experience of trying to "babysit" a drunk friend, and then having them become belligerent, combative, mean, and hurtful. It REALLY tests your patience, and the degree of your friendship. But I have to add this thought. This scenario is precisely how so many unfortunate, unintentional murders happen. When people get this "messed up" even best friends can kill each other and later, not even recall it. Happens every single day. It's likely that more than one guardian angel was at work during this one. Thank goodness.

[@forget-me-notlawncare9821]

I had that privilege and watched a friend of mine go from my best friend to wanting to beat my ass and about a second and it all started with a shot of whiskey after he had been drinking beer all day. Some people just can't do whiskey and he was one of them. Thank God the outcome was the same for us and he is still someone I admire. The fact that he can imitate George Jones so well, is only fitting for the tale.

[@LT1HILLINGHOE]

The three biggest badasses ever, in country music, are The Possum, Waymore and Bocephus. Not necessarily in that order.

[@davebelcher5012]

I love the way Waylon sings and george

[@davidjones9518]

Both were my heroes 😊

[@bobbyecrockett1710]

Waylon was the very best!

[@PhillipHolmes-ui8nk]

Gotta love Waylon Jennings & George Jones both are legends.

[@jadefurman2840]

Waylon was the man! Nothing wrong with Mr. Jones either. Sometimes life has to work itself out.

[@annalbin]

Shooter Jennings recounted this incident (but not in such detail) on “Tales from the Tour Bus”. If you haven’t seen that series, track it down. Season 1 covered several country stars. But George was really crazy and unpredictable when drunk and/or coked up. Well, maybe predictably violent would be more like it. George Jones makes Keith Richards look like a choir boy. But based on George’s autobiography, he could somehow perform while stoned out of his mind. I have to admit I enjoy his live performances cause he’s so loose with his voice. Maybe his notes weren’t as perfect, but he was rocking that voice.

[@johndeere8594]

Yes do look these up. George was nuts. I love the stories of George buying trucks because he’s bored. You think Elvis bought a lot of cars,George did to. They said he would get drunk and tired of being on tour and he would take some money and walk to a car dealership and buy a brand new truck and disappear for a few days and show back up without it.And couldn’t tell you what happened to it.

[@loriryan2045]

Thanks for advising about that Series “Tales from a Tour Bus”. It sounds like something I would definitely enjoy. I am going to try to find it.

[@jtreedog409]

I miss them both.

[@Slinger43]

All thing's being equal, Waylon would literally kill Ol' George ☠️ Waylon was a real life Baddass, whilst Jones was simply a mean drunk & there is a big difference. All in all that was a bad spot for Waylon to be in, throwing hand's with his idol! Of course Miss Jessie is the one to feel bad for there, she must have been like WTF is going on?? 🤦

[@eddielt1sl]

Agreed. Waylon was literally the bigger man not to beat the crap out of old George, especially in front of his wife and mother in law. Waylon had class.

[@Slinger43]

@@eddielt1sl Absolutely Hoss, Waylon certainly had class, Miss Jessi polished most of Ol' Watosh's rough edge's off pretty well I'd say 💪

[@joycenichols6187]

Liquid courage isn't a bad@$$. Waylon was and also a gentleman.

[@Slinger43]

@@joycenichols6187 Would you care to point out exactly where in my comment I said Jones was a Baddass?? 🤨

[@lelandwaltz1755]

Mean drunk???..George jones is literally the second best country singer of all time..All things being equal? Jones was also a lot older than Waylon and depending on the moment they fought I'd most likely take a drunk Jones over a Waylon that's been eating downers all night

[@wayascotokee311]

Just good ole boys..never meaning no harm...

[@raywalsh9152]

... beats all you ever saw been in trouble with the law since the day they were born.

[@kimrader7271]

That's the way you took care of your Buddies back then. Every one of them was dealing with their own demons, and taking something or drinking too much, just to get through the day and get to the next show. If you wanted to be successful, you had to do the most shows you could, tour with an unreasonable, hectic schedule....just to make it! The producers and everyone knew it and was handing it out to them. But dang, did they have the best songs and the best voices I've ever heard! "No They'll Never Be Another..."❤❤

[@slm2500]

Country Music died with them. They'd be spinning in their graves like fucking driveshafts if they heard the shit being played on the radio today

[@Martin.Wilson]

Why George Jones Punched Waylon Jennings? I just thought it was because at some point in his life, George punched everybody he knew. Waylon was probably lucky that George didn't fire his pistol at him. LOL

[@traviswhite1077]

I laughed out loud when he called him a Conway Twitty actin son of a bitch🤣 For the record I love all three of them!

[@maryannproffitt44]

I saw George after he got sober in concert, and wish I’d got to see Waylon. It is hell trying to deal with a drunk. We are not called to judge others. I feel for Tammy Wynette as I’ve had to deal with a few drunk folks in my life too and it’s not easy.

[@brianbray2721]

Two of the best

[@daisymoses6812]

3:13 i own a copy of that WAYLON autobiography but i forgot this "punchline" to the George Jones Story. Made me start shouting and rolling when I heard it again. OMG how hilarious

[@Flashlightningstorm4866]

There won’t ever be another two like those two!! I’m just glad I got to live in a time when they were at the top and America was great place to be. People wouldn’t stand for the BS that goes on today. Too many people worried about being cancelled. Maybe America will be great again someday soon. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

[@ONEDAYATIME321]

THE GOOD 'OL' DAYS! WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE! AW! ....YOU LIKE TODAY'S COUNTRY MUSIC DO YA?

[@hershysquirts187]

Thee stories are great.

[@joanntaylor6125]

Love this

[@galewinds7696]

They don't call it "white lightening" just to be talking. Some of those corn 🌽 squeezing is bad news for some people, I guess 'possum was one of them.

[@hqztonners]

Rest in peace, Possum. None of us are without flaws, hey. X

[@cwaynebrock2519]

Both George Jones and Waylon Jennings had a wild life in their adult years as they were famous Country Music singers. But when George Jones quit drinking, shortly after he gave his heart over to Jesus. He finally became a changed man living for God. I believe he's in Heaven singing to every Angels there is including to those that was born before 1900 on down and they thinking music has never been so fine and great than it was when they were living on earth long before George Jones ever came along.

[@walliegirl2]

People quit drinking at different stages of their life. Marty, who by his own admission was a bad drunk. gave up drinking after a life altering event. So Marty gave up drinking early in his life. I think Marty knew he owed it to his family and his fellow Navy soldiers to get off the booze. For Johnny, it took much longer than it did with his good friend Marty to get off the booze and drugs. Mari came close to leaving Marty, I think he wrote a song about it.

[@bentaylor8198]

Thank you

[@paulhunt4690]

Hey Mike! Boy don’t we have some stories to tell!

[@karencawthorn3173]

Waylon is my hero

[@pattyajones]

LMAO.....Waylon tied George up. This is PURE GOLD. Cuz it's REAL. Bless both of these dear humans.

[@StevenSmith-pf5ym]

That's funny the good ole days of real country outlaws

[@Keefberry88]

Didn’t Waylon tie Jones to a tree in his backyard after this fight?

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

That's what I heard

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

There's an episode about it on KZbin is been years i can't remember who made it.

[@timkooper]

A chair.

[@thecausalgamer7916]

Yeah and apparently George was yelling “I’m the best country music singer there is!” And Waylon yelled back “well right now you’re tied to a fuckin tree” 😂

[@1badfxdwg]

@@WillBlindYouWithLight I believe it was on the tails from the tour bus series

[@notd0ll109]

The Possum playing possum is the ultimate Possum move

[@vberg1961]

Love both of those classic country stars just miss them both as the country music now as ALAN Jackson and George Straite sing it has had a murder on Music row.

[@dalj4362]

Jones and Jennings, two great British surnames 😊

[@the1Exception]

Does anyone else think that at times George Jones and Jim Carey sorta look alike?

[@rennerlove3190]

Now the fight is on and here comes one can of whoop ass!

[@kepler240]

So many stories.

[@meriwong123]

That whiskey drunk. 😂😂

[@aquillafleetwood4209]

My father-in-law, K. D. North lived across the alley from Waylon and was in the same grade as Waylon! They both could get rough, if needed!

[@andrewpaul1207]

i dont like country music, but i like learning about it. haha. funny

[@theveteran765]

It's a shame that alcohol has destroyed so many country musicians lives. You'd think that the next generation would learn from their mistakes.

[@violetnewcomb1195]

So much care for Waylon and George ,Ineed to watch this video .Both country singers are an always be the best ,When these two comeon stage we knew we had agood time an the best ,love you both forever ,

[@jjesse8707]

I dont know how Waylon ever got Jessie coulter, but she in my opinion is the most beautiful woman in the world,

[@jonathankieranwriter]

I agree … and it’s Jessi Colter, not Jessie Coulter.

[@terrymcguire8476]

That's how friends do one another --- Doyle Hargraves , Sling Blade

[@shilobutton5485]

Love them both. Two men can fight and have a beer after. It happens.

[@79series]

If you thank your Australian fans ill subscribe. Just kidding im already subscribed.

[@toddandangelbrowning2920]

Sometimes friends fight.

[@sheamatheson560]

That's just a Saturday night for those guys.

[@sheilahollaway1194]

My Daddy met no show Jones in a bar in Alabama in the 1970's.

[@cherokeejeep5382]

My dad and I would ride the horses to that bar about the same time George got pulled. I Remember when George got pulled. ABC by Christina lake.

[@matermangros]

Love your neighbors

[@carlprince2866]

Hell this is just good old country boy behavior far as i can tell. Its what we do on any Friday night.

[@CarlTMontano]

George Jones on Waylon Jennings were one of the greatest country singers ever

[@RED-RYDA]

This is just a story of 2 good friends. They made up the next day of course because Waylon knew exactly what George was going through because he had been there before himself maybe not to that degree but he knew what it was to act out of character. To be able to show a friend understanding and love during a time like that is true friendship. It's what makes two men brothers.

[@talbotsplace7316]

I was doing a contract for a guard company in Los Angeles, delivering some radios and a revolver for maintenance. I heard Hank Jr. on the radio singing about how "ole George Jones has finally settled down. Well maybe not; the news came on and it turned out ole Geoge had been popped for having coke and a pistol in his car.

[@AnthonyBurrough]

Can't we all just get along? 😆😆

[@williamhurrelbrink3324]

Early GJ looks like me myself and Irene version of Jim Carrey

[@billy12334]

Wow

[@MarcoPolo-zc6zo]

My Grandpa was on the same base as Possum for awhile. He said George was a downright nasty drunk. He took a cheap shot at my Gramps at a base dance one night which resulted in my Gramps and his Navy buddies jumping George after a local show of his at the Bon-Ton Room. Years later my Gramps was on a layover from a sortie and heard George was playing. He went to the show and hollered to George, “Do you remember the Bon-Ton Room, you SOB?” George stopped, looked up at my Gramps then gave him a nod and a simple salute. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were hundreds of similar stories out there. 🤠

[@JimEd.Huston]

So many greats are gone, . What a world of Country music we would have if especially those two true Icons were still around & my goodness their spouses tried to do just that!

[@dannywestbrook5036]

Friends like that who needs enemies 😂

[@charliesmith4932]

Cheers to both Icons, as I take a drink listening to the great country music.... Country music had gone down hill... Same as rock... I miss old music.... God bless all the Icons..... Today music let's ad pop and rock to country music killed the true country... Today country isn't country... You can disagree.... Example Dolly Parton vs Taylor swift.... Dolly. Wins..... Conway Twitty vs any 2000 and up new singer... Conway wins.... 80-90' rock bands be 20 times richer then if they came out since 2000... Not because of inflation... Because of popularity of music... Their was so many one hit band songs in 80 and 90s and many many major bands

[@thetamihana2561]

That's what good old boys do drink fight and carry on.

[@icescrew1]

In AA you'll here "i can get sober, anyone can." George was the real deal. Im glad he got out of that shit storm.

[@elz1250]

I’m surprised that Jim Carrey hasn’t done a biopic on George Jones. His face is so similar to George’s.

[@michaelpatrickhamilton3384]

Waylon jennings was a real person they had rough times

[@johnasbury3856]

Hell George was so out of control at the time the only two people who was going to help wrangle him straight was Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash.

[@raywalsh9152]

And Waylon was higher than George, and Johnny was sitting in a bush eating birthday cake!

[@GuyFawkes-qg5ug]

​@@raywalsh9152 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@captaincrunch8333]

It just goes to show you that anyone can sober up and go on to do great things such as host The Wheel of Fortune!

[@allenh7835]

One of bios said the alcohol and pills made him such a mean, crazy drunk, his band would demand the bus driver to stop the bus and they would get out if he even started drinking. Mean, crazy drunks are a dime a dozen. Plenty end up dead or in prison. edit By the grace of God, Jones avoided that fate. I'm glad for him or any other alcoholic who escapes it.

[@jerigabbard6825]

I worked in a hotel where George would come to before he got sober and after he got sober and let me tell you this, he was meaner sober than when he was a drunk!

[@531otex]

Great story and a great book. Waylon was a good sized guy and George wasn't all that big.

[@raywalsh9152]

This was my first thought. I know that Waylon had respect for George and didn't want to hurt him. But, for Christ's sake, Jones was a twerp. Like wrangling a high school freshman.

[@usapatriot4513]

Hey good buddies fight sometimes that’s just the way it is

[@barbarathompson1117]

If it wasn't so bad about what happened about George getting drunk it might be funny but he is very funny situation because he didn't know what he was doing. So sad both men are gone. They both had a lot of talent.

[@livewithnick]

George and Waylon are my favorites by far. George wasn’t just on alcohol during that time. Lol Neither was Waylon.

[@annalbin]

True. Cocaine. The stories about these two are incredible. How they both didn’t wind up dead in a back alley ( particularly George), is amazing.

[@livewithnick]

@@annalbin George almost did kinda. George was kidnapped by the coke dealers around Florence,Al and forced to snort coke again after he’d quit. Police was in on it too. They even kidnapped his step daughter when he tried to move away. His autobiography is full of interesting info.

[@bobbydee1187]

Yea, An 8 ball a day wasn’t nothing. I was there through some of those times. Still good fun days . However, I didn’t do drugs then or now.

[@annalbin]

I just finished reading it. It’s incredible. When I hear him sing I have serious cognitive dissonance over the writer of that book being the same man. His wife, Nancy, did something most women would have never done. And he really recognized her for it.

[@billysikes1374]

The greatest Country Music Singer of all time, George Jones, Open for arguments lol Crickets

[@richardjohnson1042]

I agree with you .

[@davidjones9518]

Hell razor s that had fun and forgave good ole boys 😊

[@dorawoody]

❤🙏