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Kyle Field
After more than 30 years of a lifestyle that often required lots of time on the road, country legend George Strait has saddled up for what he says will be his final tour, a two-year outing dubbed The Cowboy Rides Away Tour.
More than 20 farewell concerts take place between January and May of 2014, and the shows -- many of which will feature a big-name special guest such as Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Martina McBride, or Sheryl Crow -- are proving to be hot tickets as fans celebrate the storied career of the country mainstay. He announced his retirement from the road during a September 2012 press conference in Nashville, and played more than 20 farewell shows during early 2013.
Strait doesn't plan to ride into the sunset -- he's just done with long tours. He recently renewed his deal with MCA Records, so he'll keep releasing new music and plans to also play select concert dates in the future. But grueling trips aboard the tour bus are in his rearview mirror.
After the Urban Cowboy ethos dominated country music in the late '70s, Strait emerged in the early '80s with his take on classic country stylings, and is often credited with paving the way for other neo-traditionalist superstars like Garth Brooks, Dwight Yoakam, and Randy Travis.
Strait's catalog includes timeless hits like "Amarillo by Morning," "All My Ex's Live in Texas," "Love Without End, Amen," and "I've Come to Expect it From You."
A 2006 inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame, Strait's remarkable career has included a record 60 No. 1 songs on the country chart. He holds many other country sales records, including most No. 1 albums and most gold, platinum, and multi-platinum albums. Only Elvis Presley and The Beatles have more combined gold and platinum albums in their catalogs.
A native of Poteet, Texas, south of San Antonio, Strait grew up in neighboring Frio County. He first took up music in high school as a member of a rock garage band. After a stint in the Army, he earned an Agriculture degree from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos while playing in a bar band that performed around central and south Texas.
Strait signed with MCA Records in 1981, after Erv Woolsey, who ran one of the bars Strait's band played, urged Nashville talent scouts to check him out. Woolsey went on to become Strait's manager.
George put on the show that we were all hoping for. With 60 Number One hits, there's no way to hear ALL of our favorites, but he sure hit a lot of them. Bringing Stapleton out was incredible. Just an overall fantastic show. King George is the GOAT.
Awesome show, and able to mark it off my bucket list.
It was by far the best concert I’ve been to, George Strait killed it like I knew he would, Chris Stapleton also did amazing, also Little Big Town, but for me personally, it was all about George …. The only complaint for me, was the seating on the floor, they had the chairs zipped tied together, and not enough room in between each row, would I do it all over again?, Hell yes I would, I love me some George Strait
Absolutely the best show I have seen in a long time
I was in section 225 at Lucas Oil and had paid over $1000. for 2 tix. The sound at that level was so AWFUL, LOUD AND DISTORTED at times we couldn't even make out was song was being played. Otherwise, I knew I would have to rely on the big screens to see and had no problem with that. Performances were up to par! Tickets were ridiculously Expensive and only paid that because I won't ever get to see George Strait live again.
All three of the artist were great. This is my issue however, Lucas Oil Stadium is a great place for football, concerts sound is horrible. I have seen several shows inside the stadium and every time I am hopeful that they will figure out the echo inside the stadium. You cannot hear or understand what they are singing or saying when speaking to the audience. For the love of Pete, figure this out!
Had a great time seeing Little Big Town, Chris Stapleton, and then, The King of Country, George Strait perform at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
The sound mixing was horrible for those of us in the 400s section directly in front of the stage. It was muddy and echoey, which could've been because it was unnecessarily loud. It was so distorted that I couldn't understand a single word that Chris Stapleton said during his performance.
The combination of the three performers made for a 6 and 1/2 hour show. Although I appreciated getting my money's worth for the 3 singers each performing over an hour, what took so long was at least 30 minutes between performers to set up the stage and I am sure do sound checks that we were not even aware of. I love Little Big Town and George Strait. I became less of a fan of Chris Stapleton as his portion went on. You could not understand a word of the songs and the songs began to all sound the same (others I knew sitting in a completely different section made the same comment so it was not that we were sitting in the rafters!). George Strait was awesome and certainly an icon to see.
It was great concert and the venue was good. The sound was better than some other concert we seen in Lucas Oil. Everybody played for a long time. We would have like to have heard more of George's old song, than the new album release.
