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George Jones reunited with guitar after 46 years
The guitar was stolen from Jones at a concert at Fort Worth's Panther Hall. Larry Berry, who lived in an apartment complex in Euless at the time, was both unaware of the theft and of George Jones himself. This would soon change. One day, a couple of "cedarshake shinglers", as Berry called them, showed up to his dwelling with a pair of guitars. Larry had seen them several times before, and this particular time they were trying to sell the guitars for beer money. He picked out a guitar he knew his father would like and talked them down to $10 from $25. first number one hit, that Berry knew he had just gotten an extremely good deal. His father, and the boys who had sold him the guitar, later con firmed it was stolen. Berry's strong upbringing had given him an unshakable moral compass, and he knew the right thing to do was to return the guitar to its rightful owner. After countless hours spent making calls and hearing `What's in it for me?', Berry found Tom Perryman of Tyler's 104.1 FM, The Ranch, and finally found a person who was less concerned with getting something out of returning the guitar and more concerned with actually returning the guitar. Perryman arranged for Berry and Jones to meet on June 14 and the acoustic guitar was finally on its way home. George Jones said he was thrilled to have it in his hands again. The audience wasn't able to hear him play the guitar as he is recovering from a broken right wrist. All Berry asked for in return was a reimbursement for the original sales price of the stolen guitar, which Jones granted with an autographed $10 bill. "I hope you aren't charging interest, " Jones joked. |
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