Category: George Strait

Lone Star State icon, who retired from widespread touring in 2014, resurfaces with robust performance of a modern-country classic Matthew McConaughey’s online concert benefitting those affected by the Texas winter storm featured a number of country cameos, from Kacey Musgraves and Willie Nelson to Parker McCollum and Randy Rogers. There was even a Post Malone […]

The 2017 Performance Series Makes Its CMT Debut April 13 at 10p ET Jerry Lee Lewis earned his title as one of the original purveyors of classic rock ‘n’ roll thanks to a performance style that is equal parts raucous and borderline spiritual fervor, and of course classics like “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” and […]

Strait recorded Stapleton’s “Love’s Gonna Make It Alright” in 2011 While preparing to resume live performances in front of crowds, country star Chris Stapleton recently reflected on some little-known career highlights. In a recent interview with Audacy Country’s Superstar Power Hour, the artist recently nominated for four 2021 ACM Awards noted, “It was a big […]

“Holy cow, that’s what I want to do,” he remembers thinking after hearing Strait sing “When I heard George Strait, I went holy cow, that’s what I want to do.” On a recent edition of the Serendipity Podcast, country icon Garth Brooks noted that “King of Country” inspired his desire to enter the country music […]

The concert will aid Texans affected by Winter Storm Uri Some of music’s biggest stars and Texas natives are teaming up to help their fellow Texans. Music icons and Texas natives George Strait, Miranda Lambert and Willie Nelson are among the music artists on the lineup for actor/author and fellow Texan Matthew McConaughey’s upcoming “We’re […]

The King of Country’s spectacular mansion is one of a kind. Country crooner George Strait may have sung about all his exes living in Texas, but he can now also claim that some of those exes are homes. Most beloved among them is his newly listed San Antonio mansion, for which he and his wife, […]

By now, we’ve all listened to “WAP” in some variation or another — but never quite like this. TikTok user Travis Yee considers himself the “CEO of Asian Country TikTok,” and he is known for his imitation of other artists while using their own song beats. Twitter user Tyler Com asked Yee, “Can we also […]

George Strait songs never cease to amaze. Ask anybody in the music business, and they will absolutely answer without hesitation, George Strait is the coolest guy in country music. With a record of forty-five No. 1 singles on the Billboard Country Singles chart – the most of any artist – Strait’s position in country music […]

Today in 1986, Dan Seals’ nostalgic “Bop” goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart. Today in 2001, inaugural celebrations for president George W. Bush in Washington, D.C., included performances by Lorrie Morgan, Sammy Kershaw, Lee Ann Womack and Brooks & Dunn, who sang “Only In America.” Today in 2006, Keith Urban’s “Be Here” […]

When Dean Dillon got announced as a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame’s class of 2020, most tributes identified him as the creative force behind numerous George Strait songs. That’s true, with Dillon writing or co-writing a string of Billboard chart hits and deep cuts that includes (and… READ FULL STOREY RELATED POST: […]