Article Body
For Immediate Release
Contact: Candi Hettinger
605-353-7340
Country Music Legend George Jones to Perform at South Dakota State Fair
(Huron, SD) Grammy award winner, George Jones, will perform at the South Dakota State Fair on Friday, August 29th.
Jones first hit the charts in 1955 with “Why, Baby, Why.” In 2003, he released his first gospel collection. He celebrated his 50th anniversary as a recording artist in 2004 by releasing a 3-CD set entitled “George Jones 50 Years of Hits” featuring one hit for each year of his career.
He has won two Grammys- separated by 18 years. The first, in 1981, for “He Stopped Loving Her Today” and the second, in 1999, for “Choices.” He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992 and was awarded the prestigious National Medal of Arts Honor, the nation's highest honor for artistic excellence, by President George W. Bush in 2002.
Jones has been the focus of numerous television specials and, in 1996, he told his life story in “I Lived To Tell It All” which rose to #6 on the New York Times Best Seller List. Jones will turn 77 years old in September of 2008. He still headlines nearly 100 concerts a year as his talent continues to amaze fans and new listeners alike.
George Jones joins Montgomery Gentry and .38 Special in the line-up slated for the SD State Fair Grandstand. The South Dakota State Fair will take place August 28 – September 1, 2008, in Huron. Tickets for George Jones and all grandstand events are scheduled to go on sale in early July. For the latest information, check the State Fair website at sdstatefair.com.
-30-