George Strait

Some 25 years into his career, George Strait remains one of country music's most commercially successful artists, and Troubadour proves why. Songs such as the touching "I Saw God Today," the twanging working man tribute "Brothers of the Highway" and the charming honky-tonker "Make Her Fall in Love With Me Song" present Strait as both a down-to-earth cowboy and a country gentleman. Men are drawn to the former, while the ladies gravitate to the latter -- and all roads lead straight to that cozy, resonant voice. One more fine release to add to his pile!

Like a bottle of Heinz ketchup on a diner counter, a George Strait album is a reassuring
product. At fifty-five, dude's spent his life making fairly low-bullshit, high-yield mainstream
country: Since 1981's Strait Country, his LPs have gone platinum or better thirty-two times,
and the four-CD anthology Strait Out of the Box has shifted 8 million units. That's a lot of
Resistol cowboy hats, pardner (although thanks to his endorsement deal, Strait n... More >