Strait Country

With UH baseball cancelled because of the heavy rain today, I'm sitting at home catching up on the news I missed over the last few days for various reasons and listening to *gasp* non-streaming, old-fashioned FM radio. I just discovered one of the local country stations is doing its annual celebration of George Strait's birthday by playing his music all weekend. That's kinda cool, if you're a country music fan.

It's really amazing that the man's still cranking out such good stuff. I remember a time when everyone thought that Garth would totally eclipse the master. For a few years, it might have even been true. But thankfully, the Garth bandwagon derailed at some point.

I don't listen to much traditional country these days -- the best new stuff is in the americana/alt-country/roots-rock movement -- but when I do, George Strait is still Mr. Reliable.

[Posted at 21:27 CST on 05/17/02] [Link]