{"id":1318036,"date":"2020-02-03T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1817013"},"modified":"2020-02-03T09:00:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T16:00:17","slug":"this-classic-video-asks-whos-gonna-fill-their-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/this-classic-video-asks-whos-gonna-fill-their-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"This Classic Video Asks, \u201cWho\u2019s Gonna Fill Their Shoes\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:687737?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/shelburnec\/\" title=\"Posts by Craig Shelburne\" rel=\"author\">Craig Shelburne<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n10m ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the legendary country singers of his era, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/george-jones\">George Jones<\/a> just wanted to know, \u201cWho\u2019s Gonna Fill Their Shoes\u201d? At a time when TNN and CMT were brand new to cable television, the enduring country legend made it into rotation with this nostalgic number from 1985.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Troy Seals and Max D. Barnes, the statement song climbed to No. 3 at country radio. Yet the poignant video won awards from the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association \u2014 in a category that had only been created the year before.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vxHjRqnY7zA?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vxHjRqnY7zA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>Viewing it 35 years later, \u201cWho\u2019s Gonna Fill Their Shoes\u201d is like a time capsule that reveals all the greats \u2014 Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, Conway Twitty, and so many others. For traditionalists, the song title has become a rallying cry. Yet it\u2019s important to note that the tone of the video is not confrontational. Instead, it\u2019s reverential.<\/p>\n<p>A Country Music Hall of Fame member who charted singles across six decades, Jones died in 2013. Of course, his reputation as one of the finest country singers of all-time continues.<\/p>\n<p>And the next time a tour bus comes through your small town, just holler in there. You never know who will emerge.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1817013\/this-classic-video-asks-whos-gonna-fill-their-shoes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Craig Shelburne 10m ago Reflecting on the legendary country singers of his era, George Jones just wanted to know, \u201cWho\u2019s Gonna Fill Their Shoes\u201d? At a time when TNN and CMT were brand new to cable television, the enduring country legend made it into rotation with this nostalgic number from 1985. Written by Troy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1318036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 03:19:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}