THE REAL STORY OF GEORGE JONE’S LAWN MOWER STORY
by Woody Bridges
The story that has been circulated about George Jones and his riding lawn mower is completely wrong. I don’t know who told this story, but it is incorrect. I saw George that day and he told me what he had done. We were not anywhere close to Nashville as the story was told. He was not going to get a bottle as the story goes. Let me tell you what happened.
On that day we had a benifit dance to play in Beaumont at Yvonne’s club. I was at my home in Beaumont and I received a telephone call from Mickey Kelley. He told me that he and George were down at the Hillbilly Inn playing pool, and wanted me to come join them. So I drove a few blocks and there they were, just the two of them and a bartender. The place was empty. To early in the day for a crowd. (about 3:00 P. M.) They were playing each other for a case of beer per game. Mickey said George owed him about 20 cases. (It was really just for fun.) The place was Quiet no jukebox playing, then we heard a car door slam outside and someone was talking. George said, “there comes that loud mouth sister of mine”. Sure enough It was Doris. She came in and was suprised to see George. Doris said, “what are you doing here?”. George said, “fooled you didn’t I.” Then he told Mickey and I what had happened. Doris had taken George out to his Ranch in Vidor, Texas, and while he was in the shower, they left him and took the keys to all the cars. They wanted him sober for the night. So he got on his lawn mower and drove up to hiway 105 and hitched a ride to Beaumont. We played that night and thats another story.
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I would appreciate more visual materials, to make your blog more attractive, but your writing style really compensates it. But there is always place for improvement
Thanks Peteski, I’m not much of a writer. Just tell it like it is. I’m really more a musician. I’ve got videos on Utube. You can go to
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I read about it some days ago in another blog and the main things that you mention here are very similar
Thanks DjMasta, The way I told the lawn mower story is right. I was there when George told mickey and I on the same day it happened.
I was studying something else about this on another blog. Interesting. Your perspective on it is novel. – Providence protects children and idiots. I know because I have tested it. – Mark Twain 1835 – 1910
It only goes to show where there’s will there’s a way. Keep on trying. – What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet. – Woody Allen Born 1935
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Thanks everyone, I could tell a lot of George Jones stories, but I’d probably get in trouble.
But I can tell you about when George had his driver take a short cut. They came to a underpass and the driver stop. Geogre wanted to know what was wrong. The driver said, ” It says 9 feet 11 inch clearance. I don’t think we will make it. George told him to get up and let him drive. He did and the top section of the bus was almost ripped off.
Sounds like the old George I use to know.
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