History Music / GeorgeStrait

** Strait is a common name-drop in country songs, including "Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" by Music/GarthBrooks, "On a Good Night" by Wade Hayes, "Cowboy Love" by John Michael Montgomery, and "Did It for the Girl" by Greg Bates (which goes a step further by also name-dropping his song "Marina del Rey").

* FollowTheLeader: In the 1990s, there was an insurgence of "hat acts" who, like Strait, were just good ol' clean-cut boys in cowboy hats. Some were good in their own right (such as Music/ClintBlack, Music/AlanJackson); some started out unremarkable but got much better (Music/KennyChesney); others just got lost in the shuffle. Over time, "hat act" became a derogatory term.

** Strait is a common name-drop in country songs, including "Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" by Music/GarthBrooks, "On a Good Night" by Wade Hayes, "Cowboy Love" by John Michael Montgomery, and "Did It for the Girl" by Greg Bates (which even goes so far as to mention the song "Marina del Rey".

'''George Strait''' (born 1952) is a popular {{country music}} performer, sometimes known by the FanNickname "King George." He holds the record for the most #1 hits by ''any'' artist (44 according to ''Billboard''; 59 if all trade charts are counted), and all but two of his twenty-six studio albums have sold platinum or higher, putting him second to only ElvisPresley for the highest-certified male artist in any genre.

* FollowTheLeader: In the 1990s, there was an insurgence of so-called "hat acts" who, like Strait, were just good ol' clean-cut boys in cowboy hats. Some were good in their own right (such as Music/ClintBlack, Music/AlanJackson and Music/KennyChesney); others just got lost in the shuffle. Over time, "hat act" became a derogatory term.

* FollowTheLeader: In the 1990s, there was an insurgence of so-called "hat acts" who, like Strait, were just good ol' clean-cut boys in cowboy hats. Some were good in their own right (such as ClintBlack, AlanJackson and KennyChesney); others just got lost in the shuffle. Over time, "hat act" became a derogatory term.

* IncrediblyLamePun: "I have so many ex's and owe (X's and O) so much, I oughta be on ''HollywoodSquares''."

* ShoutOut: When George Strait asked the writers of "Blue Clear Sky" as to why the title wasn't the more common "Clear Blue Sky", they told him it was a deliberate reference to ''ForrestGump''.

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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: Done in "The Breath You Take"; the narrator's father dies as the narrator's son is born.
** Also done in "She Took The Wind From His Sails"; the woman's death coincides with her daughter's birth.

* FollowTheLeader: In the 1990s, there was insurgence of so-called "hat acts" who, like Strait, were just good ol' clean-cut boys in cowboy hats. Some were good in their own right (such as ClintBlack, AlanJackson and KennyChesney); others just got lost in the shuffle. Over time, "hat act" became a derogatory term.

'''George Strait''' (born 1952) is a popular {{country music}} performer, sometimes known by the FanNickname "King George." He holds the record for the most #1 hits by ''any'' artist (44 according to ''Billboard''; 56 if all trade charts are counted), and all but two of his twenty-six studio albums have sold platinum or higher, putting him second to only ElvisPresley for the highest-certified male artist in any genre.

* SignatureSong: "Amarillo by Morning," which strangely wasn't one of his many #1's. Neither were "Marina del Rey," "The Fireman" or "I Can Still Make Cheyenne", which are often considered signature songs almost as much as "Write This Down", "Check Yes or No", "The Best Day", "Love Without End, Amen", "I've Come to Expect It from You" or any of his other multi-week #1's.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: "Drinkin' Man", a tale of a man who's tried many times to overcome alcoholism and failed, was the third single off Strait's ''Here for a Good Time'' album. Seems it was a little ''too'' different, as it's become his lowest-peaking single ever.

* RecordProducer: Ever since the ''Pure Country'' soundtrack, George has worked exclusively with producer Tony Brown.

-->''Well, thank you, could I drink you a buy
-->Oh listen to me — What I mean is, can I buy you a drink?''

* EpicRiff: The fiddle in "Amarillo by Morning".

* AgeProgressionSong:"The Best Day" follows the son at age 7, 15, and a young adult.

* FollowTheLeader: In the 1990s, there was insurgence of so-called "hat acts" who, like Strait, were just good ol' clean-cut boys in cowboy hats. Some were good in their own right (such as ClintBlack, AlanJackson and KennyChesney); others just got lost in the shuffle. Over time, "hat act" became a derogatory term.