Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus

Collaborating on 33 hit songs and nine studio albums, George Jones and Tammy Wynette projected an image of marital bliss. Backstage, real life was more of a mess, highlighted by actual gunplay, an accusation of poisoning and ingenious disappearing acts in the name of alcohol. The marriage was ultimately sacrificed, but the music survived. Despite George’s split personalities and Tammy’s endless string of men, the two maintained an artistic partnership that stood the test of time and gave them one of their greatest hits, “Golden Rings,” about love and marriage.

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So I went down there and the cab driver said, "Yeah."

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and said, "George Jones is gone. There's not gonna be a show."

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I said, "Spook, you gotta get our ass out of here.

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just stay in there and eat fried chicken

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Said, "I wanna thank those two little old ladies

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♪ I can stand proud and tall ♪

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She would laugh about it then...

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This was probably during the gypsy shag era.

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The girls would, however, conspire with Tammy to keep Jones off the bottle.

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in a wifebeater, a pair of shorts,

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"Aren't you gonna autograph it?" He was like...

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with the door open and the car running.

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'cause was going to collect that insurance.

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he threw a punch at her and missed.

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Finally, we took the gun away from him,

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and the marriage was over.

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might be hurt by their divorce,

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songwriter and guitar player, Peanutt Montgomery.

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I'd go back in his bedroom and pee on the floor.

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because she was the one that they could depend on,

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What if they want Jones to be here?"

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She was pretty gutsy. She was real gutsy.

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Anyway, when he'd go fishing, it wound up costing him a fortune.

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And so we got the truck and the boat all together,

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until Peanutt found God and decided to get sober.

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which lead to multiple personalities...

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and he decided he wanted to get rid of the duck,

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"Boys, we've got to do something with him."

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and ended up with a broken marriage.

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♪ As he says, "Honey, that's for you ♪

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they managed to keep it together as artists.

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but he can still make me cry, listening to him sing.

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Tammy Wynette had to be in love,

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Burt Reynolds had a horse ranch in Jupiter, Florida,

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Every politician in the world wanted to stand there singing, "Stand By Your Man."

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And she got this huge red dress

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The Secret Service perks up, everybody perks up.

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on my grandparents, on me, on my mom.

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My assumption was always that it had been

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so I didn't go back over there to spend the night anymore,

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And they tested her daughters, who were teenagers at best.

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All sorts of bizarre, unexplained incidents happened in Tammy's life.

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George hit his own rock bottom after losing Tammy,

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so I was at home, and George called the house.

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I pulled up there, and he was sitting there with the window down.

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That's what he said, the very words...

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He let his window up, drove off.

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and convict him, I'll convict him."

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