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George Jones: Fairfax High School, Fairfax VA

Richard Harrington, The Washington Post, 25 May 1981

WHEN GEORGE Jones stepped out on the makeshift stage of Fairfax High School's gym Saturday night, he defined not only his performance, but his career: "Well, I've come here to tell you folks, I'm ragged but right." A barrage of flashbulbs kept up through his next song, which also served as testimony to his position in country music: '(There's Nothing Better) Once You've Had the Best'.

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