George Strait News http://georgestrait.name Your Source For George Strait News Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:34:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Benefit planned for late Stillwater police officer Brienne Heroux http://georgestrait.name/?p=10538 http://georgestrait.name/?p=10538#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:34:44 +0000 admin http://georgestrait.name/?p=10538 ST. PAUL – The St. Paul Police Federation and Stillwater Police Department are teaming up to host a benefit for the husband and son of the late Stillwater Police officer Brienne Heroux, who died last month of complications from HELLP syndrome.

]]> http://georgestrait.name/?feed=rss2&p=10538 0 NASHVILLE SKYLINE: He Made Both Patsy Cline and George Strait Soar http://georgestrait.name/?p=10537 http://georgestrait.name/?p=10537#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:34:44 +0000 admin http://georgestrait.name/?p=10537 (NASHVILLE SKYLINE is a column by CMT/ CMT .com Editorial Director Chet Flippo.) He was an humble, modest man who once turned down a pay raise for himself at a song publishing company so the money could go to signing a fledgling young barroom songwriter that Cochran believed in. That songwriter?

]]> http://georgestrait.name/?feed=rss2&p=10537 0 Then, there’s the entertainment http://georgestrait.name/?p=10536 http://georgestrait.name/?p=10536#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:34:43 +0000 admin http://georgestrait.name/?p=10536 Get ready for a lot of entertainment packed into one week of the Campbell County Fair. It starts with a concert by Grammy winner LeAnn Rimes at 7 p.m. Monday at the Wyoming Center.

]]> http://georgestrait.name/?feed=rss2&p=10536 0 Local entertainer lives the real country life http://georgestrait.name/?p=10535 http://georgestrait.name/?p=10535#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:34:42 +0000 admin http://georgestrait.name/?p=10535 Local performer Casey Leeann Walthall entertains the crowd at the Port Lavaca Chamber of Commerce banquet earlier this year. Walthall has performed at establishments in the area, and at more famous venues, such as Billy Bob’s in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards (Wave file photo by Emily Allen)

]]> http://georgestrait.name/?feed=rss2&p=10535 0 Underwood, Lady A first on Billboard charts – Country Standard Time http://georgestrait.name/?p=10534 http://georgestrait.name/?p=10534#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:34:39 +0000 admin http://georgestrait.name/?p=10534
Underwood, Lady A first on Billboard charts
Country Standard Time
George Strait's "Twang" was at 35, up 4. The biggest mover was The Band Perry's self-titled EP at 40, up 14. On the song chart, Zac Brown Band jumped from …

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]]> http://georgestrait.name/?feed=rss2&p=10534 0 NASHVILLE SKYLINE: He Made Both Patsy Cline and George Strait Soar – CMT.com http://georgestrait.name/?p=10533 http://georgestrait.name/?p=10533#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:34:38 +0000 admin http://georgestrait.name/?p=10533
NASHVILLE SKYLINE: He Made Both Patsy Cline and George Strait Soar
CMT.com
George Strait was served well by two Cochran compositions. Both "The Chair" (written with Dean Dillon) and "Ocean Front Property" (written with Dillon and …

]]> http://georgestrait.name/?feed=rss2&p=10533 0 Clay Walker’s New Single Has Me Wound Up – CMT.com (blog) http://georgestrait.name/?p=10532 http://georgestrait.name/?p=10532#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:34:31 +0000 admin http://georgestrait.name/?p=10532
CMT.com (blog)
Clay Walker's New Single Has Me Wound Up
CMT.com (blog)
He sounds like a cross between Rascal Flatts' Gary LeVox and George Strait on this one. I know that may not sound like a straight-up combination, …

]]> http://georgestrait.name/?feed=rss2&p=10532 0 Country Music Legend George Strait To Hold Concert Rupp Arena – LEX18 Lexington KY News http://georgestrait.name/?p=10531 http://georgestrait.name/?p=10531#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:34:29 +0000 admin http://georgestrait.name/?p=10531
Country Music Legend George Strait To Hold Concert Rupp Arena
LEX18 Lexington KY News
Country music legend George Strait has scheduled an in-the-round concert for Rupp Arena in Lexington for September 10. Strait will be joined by other …

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]]> http://georgestrait.name/?feed=rss2&p=10531 0 Kenny Chesney & George Strait, ‘Shiftwork’ – Story Behind the Lyrics – The Boot (blog) http://georgestrait.name/?p=10530 http://georgestrait.name/?p=10530#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:34:27 +0000 admin http://georgestrait.name/?p=10530
Kenny Chesney & George Strait, 'Shiftwork' – Story Behind the Lyrics
The Boot (blog)
My publisher never calls me on Saturdays, so when I answered the phone he told me that George Strait wanted to sing on the song, as well. …

]]> http://georgestrait.name/?feed=rss2&p=10530 0 Somebody will be knockin’ at homecoming – The Augusta Chronicle http://georgestrait.name/?p=10529 http://georgestrait.name/?p=10529#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:34:23 +0000 admin http://georgestrait.name/?p=10529
Somebody will be knockin' at homecoming
The Augusta Chronicle
Gibbs in 1981 was the first entertainer to win the Country Music Association's Horizon Award, later won by The Judds, George Strait and others. …

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