Post by evp5O on Oct 27, 2008 19:43:32 GMT -5
Now Ladies and gentleman and children of all ages....
If you have been keeping up with this thread and
saw that George Strait was mentioned on the last page..
In a very odd coincidence OR by some alignment of Jupiter
and Mars....
That very studio was used to make GEORGE STRAITS last
album, Troubadour.
Now is that spooky or is it Halloween week?
Who knows....
March 28, 2008 - George Strait won the Country Music Association's Album of the Year with his last release, "It Just Comes Natural," and the next one might fare just as well. Titled "Troubadour," the CD comes out Tuesday with special guest vocal appearances by Patty Loveless, Vince Gill and Dean Dillon, who's written more than a dozen of George's hits.
The first single from the album, "I Saw God Today," is already doing well. It debuted at No. 19, higher than any song George has released in his career, and it's currently in the Top 5 on Billboard country singles list.
"It's a great record to start out with," George says. "Anyone who has had a kid can relate to seeing them for the first time and know that it is really and truly a gift from God."
George recorded the album at Jimmy Buffett's Shrimpboat studio in Key West, where he also cut It Just Comes Natural. It's a converted shrimp storage cooler at the water's edge, where shrimpers used to drop the day's catch when they worked. It's a tiny place to hold a session, but that also helped breed the friendship among George, the technical crew and the studio musicians, who he refers to as the Critters.
"We were all havin' fun, which I think shows in the tracks," producer Tony Brown says. "In the beginning, we went to Shrimpboat on a whim. This time we went back because the last album turned out so awesome. I have a funny feelin' we'll be goin' back again."