“George & Tammy” is about two lovers who probably shouldn’t have been together, never mind over many years. But their union led to numerous hits—duets and solo songs—about the historical relationship between George Jones and Tammy Wynette. He was the hard-drinkin’ king, and she was his supportive queen, with an empire built of all the stuff that makes for a good country ballad but not good love.George & Tammy Season 1 Download.
As this gutting and compelling series depicts it, George Jones and Tammy Wynette collided in the late ’60s while he was headed for a self-destructive downturn, and she was on the rise. This real-life “A Star is Born” is covered here with a musical’s plotting, in which full-length musical performances chart each development in the relationship and six-year marriage. The whole of it is enlivened by incredible work from Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon, who exchange show-stopping singing moments and come packaged with a strong sense of passion, along with a knowing, exciting taste for sincere kitsch.This country music saga spans many years, wrangled by director John Hillcoat and showrunner/writer Abe Sylvia into the story of two careers initially intertwined as a business deal. First, it was Tammy Wynette (Chastain) dueting with the revered George Jones (Shannon).
But she also cut his hair, creating moments of care that had him even more compelled by the gentle force that is Wynette. For Tammy, this was only the beginning of a career that would require immense resilience and a constant fire within, illustrated here strikingly by Chastain’s rich performance. “George & Tammy” is a musician story that cherishes the songwriting process, though the plot’s contrast to country music is always striking. Their lives run a million times faster than the ballads they sing, and for a form of music that thrives on coming on home to a tidy resolving chord, their pairing is a constant dissonance that only briefly has harmony.George and Tammy Season 1 Download.