George Jones

For those who prefer the hunks in the big hats and tight jeans, well, it’s time you learned it ain’t the meat in a man’s voice, it’s the motion. And even at age seventy-six, the pipes of The Possum will have you moving with him into chasms of loneliness and epiphanies of grace and gratitude that are emotionally closed off to most every other singer. Jones is generally regarded as the greatest country vocalist who ever drew breath. Age has undeniably shortened his phrasing and weakened the fiber in his tone, but when your signature song is a goose-bumper like “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” and you tour with some of Nashville’s finest musicians, you can play for posterity at a casino and still pack a mighty wallop. —Britt Robson

Mystic Lake Casino, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd., Prior Lake; 651-989-5151.