George Jones' 2008 CD, Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets. Photo courtesy of Bandit Records.

If you think you've heard it all from George Jones -- think again! George's new project, Burn Your Playhouse Down: the unreleased duets, is a collection of never-before-heard gems. Seven of the songs were recorded during The Bradley Barn Sessions that MCA Records released in 1994.

Produced by Brian Ahern, the Bradley Barn recordings brought together superstar musicians and singers from both the country and rock world. Recorded during the worst ice storm in Tennessee history, the 1993 sessions, which took place over the course of several weeks, brought together
Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Leon Russell and Marty Stuart as the core of the studio band. Additionally, the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards, Dire Strait's Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris
traded off as instrumentalists and vocalists on many of the songs.

Pictured (l-r): Michael McDonald, Vince Gill, George Jones & Ricky Skaggs. Photo courtesy of Bandit Records.

The top players in Nashville - Eddie Bayers, Mac McAnally, Jerry Douglas, Glenn Worf, Brent Rowan, Glen D. Hardin, John Jennings, Harry Stinson, Richard Bennett and many more made the icy trek every day to Mt. Juliet, about 30 miles outside of Nashville. No one wanted to miss these historic sessions, which paired George Jones with an array of superstars influenced by the artist they considered the greatest living country singer.

Ahern produced the classic Jones hits as an acoustic project to give the songs a different feel than the originals. Those "extra" songs which are now part of Burn Your Playhouse Down: the unreleased duets are:

"Burn Your Playhouse Down" with Keith Richards
"Windown Up Above" with Leon Russell
"Selfishness In Man" with Vince Gill
"She Once Lived Here" with Ricky Skaggs
"I Always Get Lucky With You" with Mark Knopfler
"You're Still On My Mind" with Marty Stuart
"When The Grass Grows Over Me" with Mark Chesnutt