George Strait
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George Strait: Keeping the Honky Tonk Faith
Interview by John Morthland, Country Music, January 1984
OF ALL the rituals a country music star must perform, one of the trickiest is the "in-store promotion," in which the artist goes to a ...
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 ...
Review by Max Bell, The Times, 1 March 1986
Leaving the old wagon wheels behind ...
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. ...
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. ...
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: Lead On (MCA 11092)
Review by Geoffrey Himes, Country Music, January 1993
YOUNGER COUNTRY fans who kick themselves for missing the glory clays of Lefty Frizzell and Merle Haggard should thank their lucky stars they're living through ...
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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