George Jones

Add these songs to your St. Paddy's Day playlist!

They know the heartbreak they sing about.

Country music is all about being honest and real — and death is as real and raw as it gets.

In the 1980s, more than ever before, country artists and songwriters were perfecting the art of the story song.

With a new decade came along a whole new crop of storytellers.

After all, everyone has a story to tell — and country music has a lot to say.

George Jones was down and out in country music as 1980 dawned.

Alcohol, drugs and infidelity played a role in country music's most volatile marriages, but one of them really takes the cake.

They're almost as well-known as their famous owners.

You'd need a mall map to find your way around in some of these stars' homes!