Being Texan
February 14, 2024
Meet the King of George Strait Impersonators
When the sun is high in the Texas sky, Derek Spence be playing King George's songs at a county fair—or somewhere.
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Sports
August 30, 2023
What the Texas Big 12 Football Coaches’ Favorite Musicians Tell Us About Them
Sark bangs Tupac, the Baylor and TCU coaches pump themselves up with Dave Matthews Band, and guess who loves Post Malone?
The Stand Up Desk
March 15, 2023
Roar of the Crowd: April 2023
Reader letters published in our April 2023 issue.
Music
December 13, 2022
A George Strait Song Was the First Music I Played for My Son. Here’s Why.
The author of a 2014 Texas Monthly profile of King George explains why it was among the few stories in his career that made him cry while writing.
Music
December 17, 2021
Texans Mourn the Death of “El Rey,” Vicente Fernández
Little Joe Hernández, George Strait, educators, and fans of the legendary Mexican singer speak about his impact on their lives and the legacy he’s left behind.
Music
July 23, 2019
George Strait Comparisons Aside, Cody Johnson Is 100 Percent Cody Johnson
The East Texas native got to the top of the country music charts by doing everything his way.
Art
April 8, 2019
The Best Thing in Texas: This George Strait Mural Honors the King of Country
Artist Matt Tumlinson is putting Texas musical icons all over the walls of the state, including this one in San Antonio.
Music
January 14, 2019
Watch Willie Nelson and George Strait Finally Perform a Duet
Somehow, it took until 2019 for this to happen.
Music
February 1, 2018
Exclusive Premiere: Kent Finlay’s Last Song
Chris Fullerton performs the final song of the beloved Texas songwriter.
The Texanist
January 13, 2018
The Texanist: What’s With All the Cheap-Looking Black-Painted Cowboy Hats?
A Flatonia man thinks Tim McGraw can afford a better looking cowboy hat
The Daily Post
November 17, 2017
George Strait’s Extravagant House in San Antonio is for Sale
You know who likes fireplaces? George Strait likes fireplaces.
Music
August 23, 2017
Meet the Texas Gentlemen
The Texas Gentlemen, a Dallas-based collective of young studio musicians and sidemen, are the best backing group you've probably never heard of.
Music
January 24, 2017
Randy Rogers Takes the Reins at Cheatham Street Warehouse
To honor the lifework of his ”musical father,” Texas country star Randy Rogers purchases the historic honky-tonk that launched his career.
Music
November 18, 2016
Scenes From George Strait’s Gruene Hall Homecoming
The King of Country returned to the dancehall—where he and Ace in the Hole once played monthly sets—to celebrate the release of a new box set.
Music
September 19, 2016
Jim Lauderdale Set to Release His Love Letter to Texas
Veteran Nashville songwriter Jim Lauderdale debuts a fresh take on the song he wrote that George Strait made a classic.
The Texanist
April 20, 2016
The Texanist: Shouldn’t Fancy Restaurant Steaks Be Better Than Ones I Cook in My Own Backyard?
Forget about Batman vs. Superman. Our advice columnist referees spring vs. fall, Strait vs. Wills, Oatmeal vs. Bacon, and restaurant vs. patron.
Arts & Entertainment
February 24, 2016
Texas, My Texas, You Deserve a New State Song
If you don’t know it, can’t remember it, or won’t sing it, what good is it?
The Daily Post
January 28, 2016
Kent Finlay, Dreamer
An exclusive excerpt from the forthcoming book by Jenni Finlay and Brian T. Atkinson.
Music
February 20, 2015
Exclusive Song Premiere: George Strait Joins Asleep at the Wheel for a Spin Through “South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)” by Bob Wills
The King of Country joins Asleep at the Wheel for a classic by the King of Western Swing from the band’s new tribute album.
The Culture
June 10, 2014
Roar of the Crowd
Readers respond to the June 2014 issue.
Music
June 5, 2014
Six Never-Before-Seen Photos of George Strait
During a 1984 tour through Texas.
May 23, 2014
Time to Get Strait
And our June issue is better than a cup of coffee.
Listen
May 21, 2014
All George Strait’s No. 1’s
Listen to all of King George's greatest hits.
Music
May 21, 2014
This Man Has Written More Than Fifty of George Strait’s Songs
“Unwound,” “The Chair,” and “Easy Come, Easy Go” have all sprung from the powerful pen of Dean Dillon.
Music
May 20, 2014
Scenes From the Cowboy Rides Away Tour
Fans at the Tulsa, Oklahoma, show had pretty much the same reaction they've had at every stop along the tour—joy, sorrow, excitement, and, perhaps most of all, gratitude.
Music
May 16, 2014
Strait, No Chaser?
Why there will probably never be another George Strait.
Music
May 16, 2014
The Last Ride of King George
After a career that’s spanned more than thirty years, George Strait is wrapping up his 48-stop farewell tour this month. For those of us whose lives he has captured so inimitably in song, country music will never be the same.
Music
May 15, 2014
George Strait vs. . . .
A look at George Strait's (never-changing) look.
Music
May 15, 2014
28 George Strait Albums
The evolution of Strait's albums.
The Stand Up Desk
May 14, 2014
Our George Strait Cover
How our creative director captured a moment all Strait fans will know and love.
Music
May 9, 2014
Strait From the Art
Sometimes all you have to do is ask.
The Stand Up Desk
April 29, 2014
Farewell, King George
We tip our hat to the King of Country, George Strait.
Trolling
January 2, 2014
14 Predictions about 2014
What’s Ahead for Rick Perry, Ted Cruz, George Strait, Jerry Jones and other Texans.
Music
May 14, 2013
2013’s Spring Album Preview
Six albums to pick up before the summer touring season begins.
Music
January 21, 2013
5 Things You’ll Be Talking About in January
1. For George Strait, the road doesn’t go on foreverI was tooling around Austin in 1981, enjoying the free-love vibe and listening to the radio, when I first heard George Strait. His voice came out of my little dashboard speaker so strong and clear I ran two lights and a stop sign.
Music
April 30, 2008
Troubadour
He’s dominated the field for so long that it’s easy to forget there was a time in country music before George Strait. He has more number one singles than George Jones, Hank Williams, or Ray Price—in fact, he has more than any artist in any genre. So on album
In the Chute
January 1, 2008
Straight Strait
Strait talk; Fort Worth takes stock; MLK in S.A.
Film & TV
April 30, 1998
Unreality Bites
As ever, Texas looms large in the movies’ imagination—large and largely inaccurate.
Guides
April 1, 1998
CD and Book Reviews
Hot CDsThis month Texas music shines on the silver screen. The soundtrack for The Horse Whisperer (MCA) not only features cuts from Don Walser, George Strait, and Steve Earle but also a Butch Hancock—Joe Ely— Jimmie Dale Gilmore reunion (long removed from Lubbock, they are now called the Hill Country
Guides
May 31, 1997
CD and Book Reviews
Hot CDsThe Horsies are an extremely unusual outfit, so it figures that the perverse, polymorphously percussive Austin combo’s second record, Touch Me Columbus, is only available on the relatively obscure Japanese label Benten (though some Texas record stores will be carrying it). A giddy three-man, three-woman band with five often
Business
January 1, 1996
Domino Effect
This month at least two hundred Texans will converge on Hallettsville for the state championship of straight dominoes. The outcome is unpredictable, but one fact is not: Chances are that every player will tote a set of bones made by Waco-based Puremco, the only manufacturer of plastic dominoes outside mainland
Music
October 1, 1988
The Fall of Country, the Rise of Country
As Nashville pandered to the lowest common denominator, Texans found a new audience hungry for old traditions.
Music
September 30, 1988
The Good, The Bad, and The Country
In the small world of country’s New Traditionalism, George Strait and Steve Earle still manage to be worlds apart.