Been riding with George since “Amarillo by Morning “ I’m now 77, so I guess I’m an old troubadour. My husband and I have Texas Two- Stepped thousands of steps to George.
What does George Strait mean to me? He is my entire adult life and late teens. I am from Texas. When he came onto the scene in my late teens he filled a huge void in country music at the time. And has ever since.
Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo is known as the "Daddy of 'em All", beginning in 1897. While you have the standard bareback and saddle bronc riding, bull riding and steer roping (individual and team - George and his son are ropers), there's a lot more as it's now a 10-day fiesta with lots of things to do and see.
There's two things about Cowboy's that sets them apart from other athletes. 1) EACH ride could result in their death. 2) They don't have an ounce of quit in them. These guys are next level tough.
If I had to listen to one singer/group for the rest of my life, it would be George Strait with his Ace In The Hole Band. 60 Number 1 hits, still married to his high school sweetheart, awesome voice, best backup band in the world, never any drama and a class act! I got his autograph on the steps of his tour bus at 12 midnight. Amarillo By Morning, Marina Del Ray and You Got To Have An Ace In The Hole are among my favorites.
Little did we know it would be our last, but my wife and I attended a George Strait concert one year before she passed away from cancer at the age of 47. I'm so grateful and blessed we were able to attend before she passed away. Check out Charley Pride "Standing In My Way" for three chords and the truth! How many people can relate to this song!
Sorry for your loss...my dad died when I was 16 in 2001....he loved Chris ledoux and it's nostalgic to me. I actually got to go to his concert a few years before his death.....I'm glad I got to see him live
Just celebrated on Jan. 16... my 15th anniversary with my man.. Our first true date was seeing George Strait, Reba and Leeann Womack.. 3 days after we met. What an amazing concert.. I've not seen George or LeeAnn again.. We've seen Reba since.. love my country music.. true country.
I’m a Texan. My family are rodeo contestants, stock contractors, or ranchers, for six generations. Always have respected the sentiments in these lyrics. I’ve witnessed the back-at-the-ranch mother or grandparents, - as well as the traveling rodeo cowboys and cowgirls, throughout my entire family. Some sacrifices are worth it! I saw George Strait live, front row in 2019. He was great.
I'm seeing George this Saturday at the Las Vegas Rodeo!!!! I listen to "I Saw God Today", every morning to remind to look for all miracles and things to be grateful for in my life! I've loved George since 1985!
I’ve always thought the life of the rodeo man as similar to a touring musician. Long absences from family, obsession with their craft that can make loved ones feel second best. The hard road life is why songs like this, Bob Seger’s Turn the Page and Jackson Brown’s Loadout all touch the same place in our hearts. Solid gold.
I love George. His love songs are my favorites: I Cross My Heart, The Chair, Check Yes or No, Carrying Your Love With Me, You Look So Good In Love, Carried Away, and Ocean Front Property. I can't remember them all, there are so many.
Another country story tune... you can sort of put yourself into his place and feel the song. He's got so many songs about life and living it, you'd love a lot of them. "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out", you'd love it. And Strait is the real deal, a real rodeo cowboy for much of his life.
I saw Strait in Albuquerque in 1996. His first box set had been released. He went through so many deep cuts plus hits. It was amazing. David Lee Murphy was the opening act, and that was terrific, as well.
King George is a real-life cowboy. He was foreman of one of the biggest ranches in Texas before his music career took off. He's always been as comfortable on the back of a horse as he is on stage in front of 100,000 cheering fans. Strait has 33 albums that have been certified either platinum or gold, and he's been married to his childhood sweetheart for 53 years.
I got to see George in concert on his farewell tour as this young guy sitting behind me said when George started singing this song “he really is a good looking man”. I absolutely love George strait I’ve been a fan since he came to the scene in 1981❤❤❤❤
Any video from this Astrodome Concert is awesome. Quite a few cameo appearances from other country stars and the 360 degree rotating stage is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RIP to Gene Elders, fiddle player since the 1970s for George Strait's band, Ace In The Hole. Also, RIP to Erv Woolsey, who was George Strait's long time manager and friend, and who co-wrote this song as well as other hits. Both passed away on the same day -- March 20, 2024.
In the Western U.S., there are a number of predefined Rodeo "circuits," with set dates each season for each city on the route. The circuit is laid out so that a competitor can follow that route and compete in as many cities as possible with minimal deadtime and minimum wasted travel. You don't HAVE to pay the fee and compete in every city on the circuit; but if you want to, it's laid out efficiently. The guy in the song was going to skip a couple of cities and come home for a bit, mid-season. But once he learned that there was nothing to come home to, he decided he'd stay on the circuit and compete in the next city (which happened to be Cheyenne) after all.
My great aunt son-in-law was a bull rider and I remember going and seeing him ride when we would go and visit in the summer time. As Cheyenne Frontier Days it's start on July 18th thru 27th and it quite a thing to see. It's has everything from a pancake breakfast, Chuckwagon cookout, rodeo, fair, concerts.
@SebsDuran George Straight puts on an excellent concert! I’ve been to 7 since 1983-present. Worth every penny! Oh and front row seats to all but 1 which was 7th row! I hope you get opportunity to go to 1! And a Chris Stapleton concert with is just epic! I’d have to admit that Chris’s concerts are the best!
I believe Cheyenne is the site of the National Finals Rodeo? Among other events, I'm sure. Also, when I was stationed in San Diego, George gave a free concert on NAS Miramar, public invited. It was a great show.
Rodeo, like race car driving gets in your blood. It becomes your identity. It's who you are. It's not a matter of if you get hurt, it's when and how bad. I rode for years, and my wife hated every minute of it, but she knew she wasn't gonna change me. When my daughter was born, I knew my rodeo days were over. I could be a cowboy or a daddy. Being a daddy is a lot scarier, and at times more painful, but well worth it. I may not rodeo anymore, but I still wear my hat and boots. I took her to her first rodeo and she got so excited she fell asleep in momma's arms lol. Y'all have a blessed evening.
Congrats on understanding the importance of fatherhood over your personal goals/preferences. Hope you're making it up to your wife, who missed out on the normal partnership benefits while you were gone.
George Strait has more # 1 hits than anyone else in history, any genre. He has more than Elvis and the Beatles combined! Not my favorite, but he is the GOAT.
I’m from Texas. Grew up on hip hop, metal…we’re called “goat ropers” when you love all of that stuff but listen to any country. KING GEORGE is just about the only country I’ll listen to and feel it in my soul.
Cheyenne Frontier Days and the Calgary Stampede are the two largest rodeos in the world. If you want to see a great rodeo with the best riders you want to go to Cheyenne Frontier Days
I have a play list called Just George that would take a few days to get through. I’ve seen him live multiple times including his dance hall days. I sang & danced with my babies to George. My daughter, a preschool teacher plays George’s Christmas songs for her class.
At the age of 12, I learned to 2-step with my dad while watching a guy with a band called Ace in the Hole. It was a very young King George. I fell in love with George and country music that night. That was 50 years ago.❤❤❤
Greeting from so tx....like your perspective..guy who wrote several for the king named jimmy lauderdale his whisper album or planet of love...for to to sit back and just feel. Yeah man,...ps nice tele hanging behind ya. ❤😊
Yes, the Frontier Days rodeo in Cheyenne every July. I'm from Washington State but I had occasion to go to that rodeo a few years ago. It's big, classic and includes celebrity entertainment. Kind of a mob scene compared to other rodeos I've been to over the years, honestly, but a lot of fun.
I once won a radio contest and got to go backstage to meet George. I was pretty Star struck but he just seemed like a 'regular' kind of guy. We talked briefly about his music, fishing and how he was happy to be in my part of the country. He shook my hand and it was obvious he worked on a farm. His grip was rough, strong and kinda bony. I am not that tall and he posed with me and my wife. In the picture he and I are the same height but his belt buckle was at least three times the size as mine...He is the King!
I have seen this man live a few times and he is just always incredible. Such a pro. And he has my heart because he doesn't just sing cowboy sings, he is an honest-to-goodness rancher, rodeo cowboy, horseman. And a true gentleman. ❤
"Fool Hearted Memory" and "Unwound" were two of the first songs of Georges I remember hearing. They came out after a bad breakup for me. Just his voice and the songs on the radio in my car at night, let me know I was not along in having a hard time with my love life.
If you want to get the 100% experience of George strait you should look up songs like , Last in Love, The king of Broken Hearts, Your dancing this dance all wrong, Home in San Antone, Fool Hearted Memory, Leavings been coming, nobody in his right mind, a heart like hers, cold beer conversation, you still get to me, the king of mountain, what would your memories do, if I know me, is it that time again, Friday night fever, holding my own, cowboy rides away, you can’t buy your way out of the blues, sometimes love, I’m all behind you know, and the list goes on
I road tripped 850 miles to see George Strait in Nashville last summer. Well worth it. But the joke was kind of on me, because this past summer he played in New Jersey, where I live lol. Troubador is hands down my favorite song by George.
Merry Christmas from Idaho Sebs, I come from cowboy stock and ended up being a pilot. However, I am around these men often and know many. I know you fantasize about wanting to be a cowboy and I love it too. However, as far as a job, you would never work harder in your life. Literally daylight to dark, hard physical labor, endless hours and little sleep or credit for it. Men that do the job do it because they love it. The whole independent, free, backbone of America kind of people. I loved growing up a Western man and learning what that means and how to really be a man.
Been riding with George since “Amarillo by Morning “ I’m now 77, so I guess I’m an old troubadour. My husband and I have Texas Two- Stepped thousands of steps to George.
Amarillo by Morning is my favorite.
@@Overhill_Farmsaddled up with you ever since as well!
Been saddled up with you ever since as well!
@@Overhill_Farm Co-written and performed by a guy from Amarillo, Terry Stafford (Suspicion)
What does George Strait mean to me? He is my entire adult life and late teens. I am from Texas. When he came onto the scene in my late teens he filled a huge void in country music at the time. And has ever since.
Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo is known as the "Daddy of 'em All", beginning in 1897. While you have the standard bareback and saddle bronc riding, bull riding and steer roping (individual and team - George and his son are ropers), there's a lot more as it's now a 10-day fiesta with lots of things to do and see.
I like to consider "Beaches of Cheyenne " as a sequel to this song. They fit so well together
I was thinking that same thing. Kind of puts the line "always expected the worst in the back of her mind" line into context.
@@ladygwen2463 I totally agree 👍 🇺🇸💙
and imo done by the 2 greatest country artists of all time George and Garth
So true!!
King George!! US Army veteran and true cowboy and king of country music.
...so true! I think this came out about 30 years ago and he's still drawing a huge crowd.
There's two things about Cowboy's that sets them apart from other athletes.
1) EACH ride could result in their death.
2) They don't have an ounce of quit in them.
These guys are next level tough.
If I had to listen to one singer/group for the rest of my life, it would be George Strait with his Ace In The Hole Band. 60 Number 1 hits, still married to his high school sweetheart, awesome voice, best backup band in the world, never any drama and a class act! I got his autograph on the steps of his tour bus at 12 midnight. Amarillo By Morning, Marina Del Ray and You Got To Have An Ace In The Hole are among my favorites.
He's the King of Country for a reason!! Love some George Strait!!!!
That man will ALWAYS be the king of country music!
No flash. Just the voice & the song. Danced all my babies to sleep to twin fiddles & a steel guitar. Always a great show. Love George! 🇺🇸💙
That was the basic message behind his 1992 movie "Pure Country".......
George is the King! In his 70's he's setting stadium attendance records!! Holy crap!
Honestly, there is absolutely no such thing as a bad George song.
Perfection is what George Strait is
Little did we know it would be our last, but my wife and I attended a George Strait concert one year before she passed away from cancer at the age of 47. I'm so grateful and blessed we were able to attend before she passed away. Check out Charley Pride "Standing In My Way" for three chords and the truth! How many people can relate to this song!
So so sorry for your loss.
Sorry to hear about your wife. ❤
Sorry for your loss...my dad died when I was 16 in 2001....he loved Chris ledoux and it's nostalgic to me. I actually got to go to his concert a few years before his death.....I'm glad I got to see him live
Just can't ever go wrong with a George song. ❤
Greetings from Cheyenne Wyoming. Home of "The Daddy of 'em All" Cheyenne Frontier Days. The World's largest outdoor rodeo.
George Strait is absolutely the best! Not frills, no pomp and circumstance, just great talent providing great music and entertainment!
He doesn't dance, he just touches your heart
Just celebrated on Jan. 16... my 15th anniversary with my man.. Our first true date was seeing George Strait, Reba and Leeann Womack.. 3 days after we met. What an amazing concert.. I've not seen George or LeeAnn again.. We've seen Reba since.. love my country music.. true country.
I’m a Texan. My family are rodeo contestants, stock contractors, or ranchers, for six generations. Always have respected the sentiments in these lyrics. I’ve witnessed the back-at-the-ranch mother or grandparents, - as well as the traveling rodeo cowboys and cowgirls, throughout my entire family. Some sacrifices are worth it! I saw George Strait live, front row in 2019. He was great.
He's basically saying, ok than see you I'll miss you but the rodeo goes on.
Been listening to King George since 1981.
I Cross my Heart, The Chair are Fantastic Songs !
I'm seeing George this Saturday at the Las Vegas Rodeo!!!! I listen to "I Saw God Today", every morning to remind to look for all miracles and things to be grateful for in my life! I've loved George since 1985!
I’ve always thought the life of the rodeo man as similar to a touring musician. Long absences from family, obsession with their craft that can make loved ones feel second best. The hard road life is why songs like this, Bob Seger’s Turn the Page and Jackson Brown’s Loadout all touch the same place in our hearts. Solid gold.
King George and the Ace in the Hole Band. Perfection? YES and YES !!!
I love George. His love songs are my favorites: I Cross My Heart, The Chair, Check Yes or No, Carrying Your Love With Me, You Look So Good In Love, Carried Away, and Ocean Front Property. I can't remember them all, there are so many.
Another country story tune... you can sort of put yourself into his place and feel the song. He's got so many songs about life and living it, you'd love a lot of them.
"I Breathe In, I Breathe Out", you'd love it.
And Strait is the real deal, a real rodeo cowboy for much of his life.
George Strait is the king of country music! He's so awesome, and his music is very memorable. You hear it, and you don't forget it.
I saw Strait in Albuquerque in 1996. His first box set had been released. He went through so many deep cuts plus hits. It was amazing.
David Lee Murphy was the opening act, and that was terrific, as well.
George is my first country crush. Beautiful voice!
I fell in love with him the first time I heard Amarillo by ‘morning. Then, The Chair and You call me the Fireman! Love your channel.
George Strait is awesome…
Your thumbnail text immediately brings to mind the title of a Toby Keith song "Should've been a Cowboy" 😁
I saw George Strait 3 times back in the 80's, just a wonderful performer! Rosemont Horizon was name of the place in Rosemont IL.
I saw George at the Calgary Stampede many years ago. He had Miranda Lambert and Tracy Lawrence with him. One of my all time favourite concerts!
❤❤❤ My Mother adored Mr. Strait as do I. What a voice; what a story teller. ❤
The King!! My Dad met him before he was famous in the early 80s while he was bouncing at a bar. He's still got his pic and signature.
Saw George Strait at Cheyenne Frontier Days. Great concert!
George is the king of country. No one better!!!
My dad had the cd with this song on. Remember ridding around in the truck listening to the whole album over and over.
King George is a real-life cowboy. He was foreman of one of the biggest ranches in Texas before his music career took off. He's always been as comfortable on the back of a horse as he is on stage in front of 100,000 cheering fans. Strait has 33 albums that have been certified either platinum or gold, and he's been married to his childhood sweetheart for 53 years.
I can hardly believe I've loved this song since its release 26 years ago.
One of the best from the King.
And that’s why they call him King George. He’s 72 years old, I think and still sells out arenas.
He's still selling out venues. He'll be on stage this weekend here in Vegas. A true country classic still all these decades later. ❤😊
George straight is perfection they'll never be another like him.
I saw George Strait once, in the late 80s/early 90s, performing at Cheyenne Frontier Days. Epic, and long before rodeo concerts cost an arm and a leg!
I got to see George in concert on his farewell tour as this young guy sitting behind me said when George started singing this song “he really is a good looking man”. I absolutely love George strait I’ve been a fan since he came to the scene in 1981❤❤❤❤
Any video from this Astrodome Concert is awesome. Quite a few cameo appearances from other country stars and the 360 degree rotating stage is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RIP to Gene Elders, fiddle player since the 1970s for George Strait's band, Ace In The Hole. Also, RIP to Erv Woolsey, who was George Strait's long time manager and friend, and who co-wrote this song as well as other hits. Both passed away on the same day -- March 20, 2024.
The King. There is no one like him. ❤
In the Western U.S., there are a number of predefined Rodeo "circuits," with set dates each season for each city on the route. The circuit is laid out so that a competitor can follow that route and compete in as many cities as possible with minimal deadtime and minimum wasted travel. You don't HAVE to pay the fee and compete in every city on the circuit; but if you want to, it's laid out efficiently.
The guy in the song was going to skip a couple of cities and come home for a bit, mid-season. But once he learned that there was nothing to come home to, he decided he'd stay on the circuit and compete in the next city (which happened to be Cheyenne) after all.
My great aunt son-in-law was a bull rider and I remember going and seeing him ride when we would go and visit in the summer time. As Cheyenne Frontier Days it's start on July 18th thru 27th and it quite a thing to see. It's has everything from a pancake breakfast, Chuckwagon cookout, rodeo, fair, concerts.
@SebsDuran George Straight puts on an excellent concert! I’ve been to 7 since 1983-present. Worth every penny! Oh and front row seats to all but 1 which was 7th row! I hope you get opportunity to go to 1! And a Chris Stapleton concert with is just epic! I’d have to admit that Chris’s concerts are the best!
George Strait's country swagger is next level, even at his age. Packed 110,905 paying fans into Kyle Field at 72 years old.
The first time I saw George Strait...the Texas Prison Rodeo - 1980 something. Saw him many, many times at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
He is a wonderful, great storyteller.
I believe Cheyenne is the site of the National Finals Rodeo? Among other events, I'm sure.
Also, when I was stationed in San Diego, George gave a free concert on NAS Miramar, public invited. It was a great show.
George Strait is the goat. My all time favorite country singer. Gets no better than him.
I see George Strait….i click
The King.....
This is one of my favorite songs
Rodeo, like race car driving gets in your blood. It becomes your identity. It's who you are. It's not a matter of if you get hurt, it's when and how bad. I rode for years, and my wife hated every minute of it, but she knew she wasn't gonna change me. When my daughter was born, I knew my rodeo days were over. I could be a cowboy or a daddy. Being a daddy is a lot scarier, and at times more painful, but well worth it. I may not rodeo anymore, but I still wear my hat and boots. I took her to her first rodeo and she got so excited she fell asleep in momma's arms lol. Y'all have a blessed evening.
Congrats on understanding the importance of fatherhood over your personal goals/preferences. Hope you're making it up to your wife, who missed out on the normal partnership benefits while you were gone.
Love me some George Strait ❤❤❤❤
Been to a couple of King George's concerts...never disappoints. Legendary
Great as always got to love George strait ❤
I don't know if you're into movies, but he starred in a great movie named "Pure Country", worth a watch and the whole family can watch it.
This man has been a big influencer through out my rough child hood he gave me my voice
George Strait has more # 1 hits than anyone else in history, any genre. He has more than Elvis and the Beatles combined! Not my favorite, but he is the GOAT.
I’m from Texas. Grew up on hip hop, metal…we’re called “goat ropers” when you love all of that stuff but listen to any country. KING GEORGE is just about the only country I’ll listen to and feel it in my soul.
Love Mr. Strait❤ seen him perform so many times at the Houston rodeo. Always a great show
I’ve seen George Strait several times & enjoyed every minute!
Cheyenne Frontier Days and the
Calgary Stampede are the two largest rodeos in the world. If you want to see a great rodeo with the best riders you want to go to Cheyenne Frontier Days
That's why they called him King George
We still call him that.
I have a play list called Just George that would take a few days to get through. I’ve seen him live multiple times including his dance hall days. I sang & danced with my babies to George. My daughter, a preschool teacher plays George’s Christmas songs for her class.
At the age of 12, I learned to 2-step with my dad while watching a guy with a band called Ace in the Hole. It was a very young King George. I fell in love with George and country music that night. That was 50 years ago.❤❤❤
Greeting from so tx....like your perspective..guy who wrote several for the king named jimmy lauderdale his whisper album or planet of love...for to to sit back and just feel. Yeah man,...ps nice tele hanging behind ya. ❤😊
Yes, the Frontier Days rodeo in Cheyenne every July. I'm from Washington State but I had occasion to go to that rodeo a few years ago. It's big, classic and includes celebrity entertainment. Kind of a mob scene compared to other rodeos I've been to over the years, honestly, but a lot of fun.
Chill of an Early Fall album!! He's phenomenal.
I once won a radio contest and got to go backstage to meet George. I was pretty Star struck but he just seemed like a 'regular' kind of guy. We talked briefly about his music, fishing and how he was happy to be in my part of the country. He shook my hand and it was obvious he worked on a farm. His grip was rough, strong and kinda bony. I am not that tall and he posed with me and my wife. In the picture he and I are the same height but his belt buckle was at least three times the size as mine...He is the King!
The best doing what he does best.
I have seen this man live a few times and he is just always incredible. Such a pro. And he has my heart because he doesn't just sing cowboy sings, he is an honest-to-goodness rancher, rodeo cowboy, horseman. And a true gentleman. ❤
The fiddle is awesome!
I'm Marty's widow I saw in concert best show love him❤
This is from 90s. Please do more of his 80s classics
He is The King of country for a reason I saw George strait in 2004 sat 5th row at his concert he was awesome would definitely go back
A great song! Good choice!
I Love George Strait a True American Cowboy. 😉👍❤️❤️❤️
Garth Brooks has another good rodeo song about Cheyenne. "The Beaches of Cheyenne " is a great song.
I‘m from Germany and I Love his songs.
Also Alan Jackson, Brooks and Dunn, Alabama, Garth Brooks
Such an authentic, honest sound. Great topic for a country song, too. Sad and yet just continuing to live the life he wants.
"Fool Hearted Memory" and "Unwound" were two of the first songs of Georges I remember hearing. They came out after a bad breakup for me. Just his voice and the songs on the radio in my car at night, let me know I was not along in having a hard time with my love life.
Frontier Days. I went when I was 16 (50 years ago) the greatest rodeo ever. You need to try and go. I enjoy your reactions Sebs.
“Of course he has a truck.” 😂😂😂😂😂
Btw, you might be the first reactor I’ve seen who fully understands the song. Props.
Cheyenne frontier days. We go every year. You should go.
I used to have a classic Alverez with mother of pearl along the neck
George has a fun song called "The Fireman"
If you want to get the 100% experience of George strait you should look up songs like , Last in Love, The king of Broken Hearts, Your dancing this dance all wrong, Home in San Antone, Fool Hearted Memory, Leavings been coming, nobody in his right mind, a heart like hers, cold beer conversation, you still get to me, the king of mountain, what would your memories do, if I know me, is it that time again, Friday night fever, holding my own, cowboy rides away, you can’t buy your way out of the blues, sometimes love, I’m all behind you know, and the list goes on
I saw him at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo and later in concert in the mid 90's. He looks like a cowboy because he is a cowboy.
Such a beautiful song. Love George! I agree that you’ve got to react to “I Saw God Today”. Another is “The Best Day”. Both are absolutely beautiful!
I road tripped 850 miles to see George Strait in Nashville last summer. Well worth it. But the joke was kind of on me, because this past summer he played in New Jersey, where I live lol. Troubador is hands down my favorite song by George.
Merry Christmas from Idaho Sebs, I come from cowboy stock and ended up being a pilot. However, I am around these men often and know many. I know you fantasize about wanting to be a cowboy and I love it too. However, as far as a job, you would never work harder in your life. Literally daylight to dark, hard physical labor, endless hours and little sleep or credit for it. Men that do the job do it because they love it. The whole independent, free, backbone of America kind of people. I loved growing up a Western man and learning what that means and how to really be a man.
KING GEORGE! All he has to do is stand there and sing and became a legend! He still works his ranch in Texas! True Cowboy!
Now you know why he's called the king of country and the ace in the hole band