Country Music Star Georgette Jones Remembers Her Late Father, George Jones, as We Approach Father’s Day
To remember her legendary father, Georgette Jones keeps traditions to celebrate him every Father’s Day. Yearly, she shares their duet You and Me and Time with her fans. Georgette co-penned this release, and the intimate video puts a spotlight on the sweet adoration that develops between a daughter and her father.
Each Father’s Day Georgette and her family get together to remember her late father by sharing stories in his memory and eating foods he loved.
“He truly loved southern cooking and often ate at his local Hwy 96 Cracker Barrel,” says Georgette. “He’s from East Texas so boudin sausage, pinto beans with ham hock and cornbread, Cajun food or Mexican food were his favorites.”
One of George’s favorite recipes was his wife, Tammy Wynette’s, cornbread:
Tammy Wynette’s Black Skillet Cornbread
2 cups plain cornmeal
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons flour
2 eggs
2 cups buttermilk
2 tablespoons (more or less) corn oil
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Grease skillet and heat. Combine cornmeal, soda, salt, and flour. Add lightly beaten eggs, buttermilk, and corn oil. Bake in hot oven (450 degrees) about 30 minutes.
*If using self-rising meal omit soda and salt
A story about this recipe from Tammy:
“This recipe was taught to me by my mother, Mildred Lee. One day when I was about nine years old, she gave me the choice of staying home and cooking or working in the fields picking cotton. My choice was to cook. I prepared a meal consisting of meatloaf, pinto beans, fried okra, and cornbread. I made the mistake of putting green cake coloring in the cornbread to make it a pretty color. It didn’t change the taste, but Peepaw wouldn’t eat it. He said he knew it was okay, but it looked like poison!”
About Georgette Jones
Known as “Country Music’s First Princess,” the second-generation country music artist performed Daddy Come Home, a duet she had recorded with her father when she was 10 years old, on the 1981 HBO program “George Jones with a Little Help from His Friends.” George and Georgette also performed You and Me and Time on the last George Jones album before his death, “Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets” (2008). A year after Tammy Wynette’s death, Georgette paid tribute to her mother on Mother’s Day 1999 with the song I Hope You Knew. Georgette has carved out a performance career that includes dates at the Grand Ole Opry House and at the iconic Ryman Auditorium.
In addition to singing and songwriting, she is also an author. She wrote the highly acclaimed biographical book, The Three of Us: Growing Up with Tammy and George. The book reflects on life with her famous parents. Jones’ book also provides us with an inside glimpse at the workings of the country music industry. She considers her own life of incorrect turns while looking for true love, her need for a home life, growing as a person, and continuing in the family musical tradition.
Georgette was a featured artist in Episode 2 of Jills Veranda Nashville, a Swedish Television/Warner Brothers International Television production hosted by Jill Johnson, Sweden’s Queen of Country Music. The show is streamed on Sveriges Television AB – SVTPLAY.
In the 2022 Showtime original series about her parents, George & Tammy, Jones is given writing credit for two episodes and is given creative control over how stories about her parents’ often-tragic lives in Nashville are retold. She also appeared as a backup singer in the final episode of the series. The show is in large part derived from Jones’ book. The limited series stars Oscar and Golden Globe winner Jessica Chastain and Oscar and Golden Globe nominee Michael Shannon.
Additional on screen credits include appearances with Leslie Jordan and Olivia Newton-John in five episodes of the 2008 television series Sordid Lives as her mother Tammy Wynette. Jones sang on the soundtrack for the program as well.
As a solo artist, Jones has recorded five albums: “Slightly Used Woman” (2010), “Strong Enough to Cry” (2011), “’Till I Can Make It On My Own” (2013), “This Is Christmas” (2013), and “Skin” (2019), as well as the duet with her father, You and Me and Time. She has also collaborated with other artists, including a duet with Billy Yates, Golden Ring, a duet with Mark McGuinn, Better a Painful Ending, which appears on McGuinn’s album “One Man’s Crazy” (2015), and I Know What You Did Last Night feat. Vince Gill (2019).
Georgette has been enjoying her love of gaming and working toward bringing country music into the gaming space. Since childhood, she has enjoyed gaming. Gaming with others online presents the opportunity for her to connect directly with fans and grow her fan base.
For more information on Georgette Jones, visit the following:
Website: www.georgettejones.net
Facebook: georgettejonesmusic
Instagram: @georgettejoneslennon
TikTok: @georgettejonesmusic
Twitter: @georgette_jones
YouTube: @georgettejones