‘Still Playin’ Possum: Music & Memories of George Jones’ Wins An Emmy

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Pictured (L-R): Jeremy Westby, Associate Producer; Austin Smith, Associate Producer; Kirk West, Executive Producer; Nancy Jones, Executive Producer; Kirt Webster, Producer; Josh Bleidt, Associate Producer

Still Playin’ Possum: Music & Memories of George Jones was awarded the Emmy for Special Event Coverage at the 39th annual Midsouth Emmy awards, which took place on Feb. 15.

Nancy Jones, Jones’ widow and the Executive Producer of the PBS special, was on hand to accept the award for the concert special, which featured Jelly Roll, Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, Jamey Johnson, Wynonna, Justin Moore, Joe Nichols, Randy Travis and more.

“I am so happy! This is the first award I have won and to receive it honoring George is just wonderful,” says Nancy Jones, Executive Producer of the television special. “The last time I was on an award show stage, I was at the CMA Awards and George ran to the bathroom just before his name was called as a CMA winner and I had to go up and accept the honor for him. Now, I get to accept this honor for myself and all the great artists that came out to honor George and his music. Whoa, did we just win an EMMY? I am so happy!”

Still Playin’ Possum: Music & Memories of George Jones was Executive Produced by Nancy Jones and Kirk West for No Show Productions, LLC, and was produced by Kirt Webster for Spinning Plates, Inc., Luke Pierce and Ben Haley for WORKS Entertainment, and Greg Hall for TH Entertainment. Associate Producers were Josh Bleidt, Austin Smith and Jeremy Westby.

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