The irascible greatest living vocalist George Jones had this to say at a concert earlier this year: “Have you noticed they stopped playing all those drinkin’ and cheatin’ songs on the radio these days? I’d be without a job today,” he added with a laugh. “That’ll tell you I have a bunch of them to do tonight — right after this one!”
Nah, country stations woulda played Jones whatever he chose to sing, up to and including the telephone directory.