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George Strait

George Strait

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Strait Country

Profile and Interview by Bill Bentley, L.A. Weekly, 28 November 1985

THE EAGLE-eyed crew in the music business is predicting hard times for country music, saying that instead of selling millions of albums, Nashville superstars will ...

The Judds: Rockin' with the Rhythm (RCA); Rosanne Cash: Rhythm and Romance (CBS); George Strait: Something Special (MCA)

Review by Max Bell, The Times, 1 March 1986

Leaving the old wagon wheels behind ...

Lost Highway

Essay by RJ Smith, High Fidelity, July 1986

Country used to be a music of the dispossessed. If you look hard enough, you'll find it still is. ...

George Strait: #7 (MCA)

Review by James Hunter, Rolling Stone, 28 August 1986

FORGET GEORGE Strait as the White-Stetsoned sheriff of country's current "new traditionalism" Think of him instead as Elvis Presley balladeering out of the Lone Star ...

Steve Earle: Guitar Town (MCA); George Strait: #7 (MCA)

Review by Barney Hoskyns, New Musical Express, 13 September 1986

FOLLOWING HOT on the heels of Mr Yoakam, here is another applicant for the position of '80s country-rock messiah. ...

Alive and Kickin'

Report and Interview by Rob Tannenbaum, Rolling Stone, 18 December 1986

A year after The New York Times ran its obit, country music is stronger than ever, thanks to artists like Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam and ...

George Strait

Book Excerpt by Phil Hardy, Dave Laing, Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music, 2001

b. 18 May 1952, Poteet, Texas, USA ...

A Conversation With George Strait

Interview by James Hunter, Entertainment Weekly, 19 April 2002

Press-shy trad-country giant goes On The Record for a no-bull Q&A ...

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