Live with the Possum is a live album by American country music singer George Jones released on November 9, 1999, on the Asylum Records label. It was Jones's second and final album with Asylum Records and his second ever live album. Recorded in Knoxville on May 21, 1993, at the Knoxville Civic Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, it was the soundtrack of a previously released video of Jones in concert called Live in Tennessee. Alan Jackson introduced the set with a short tribute. Ron Gaddis, Jones' bass player and band leader, provided vocals on "No Show Jones," the concert opener that George originally recorded with Merle Haggard in 1982. In 2006 Jones commented to Billboard, "As long as the people still want to come, I'm gonna be there. I don't care if I'm 95. I'm at the point in life where I really could shut it off, but what would I do?"

Live with the Possum
Live album by
ReleasedNovember 9, 1999
GenreCountry
Length41:12
LabelAsylum Records
George Jones compilation albums chronology
16 Biggest Hits
(1998)
Live with the Possum
(1999)
50 Years of Hits
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro" (by Alan Jackson)  
2."No Show Jones"George Jones, Glenn Martin3:19
3."Once You've Had the Best"Johnny Paycheck3:19
4."The Race Is On"Jones, Don Rollins2:17
5."Bartender's Blues"James Taylor4:19
6."A Picture of Me (Without You)"George Richey, Norro Wilson3:48
7."The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)"Gary Gentry3:01
8."Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes"Max D. Barnes, Troy Seals3:33
9."She Loved a Lot in Her Time"Randy Boudreaux, Sam Hogin, Kim Williams4:31
10."I'll Share My World with You/Window Up Above/The Grand Tour/Walk Through This World with Me"Ben Wilson/Jones/Richey, Carmol Taylor, N. Wilson/Kaye Savage, Sandy Seamons4:39
11."One Woman Man"Tillman Franks, Johnny Horton2:20
12."Orange Blossom Special" (instrumental)Ervin T. Rouse2:16
13."He Stopped Loving Her Today"Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman3:50
14."I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" (with Mark Chesnutt and Tracy Lawrence)Billy Yates, Frank Dycus, Kerry Kurt Phillips 

Personnel

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  • Bobby Birkhead — drums
  • James Buchanan — fiddle
  • Mark Chesnutt — guest vocals on "I Don't Need Your Rocking Chair"
  • Ron Gaddis — bass, harmony and backing vocals, duet vocals on "No Show Jones"
  • Kent Goodson — keyboards, harmonica
  • George Jones - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Tom Killen - pedal steel guitar
  • Tracy Lawrence — guest vocals on "I Don't Need Your Rocking Chair"
  • Jerry Reid — electric guitar, acoustic guitar, harmony and backing vocals

Chart performance

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Chart (1999) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 72
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