GEORGE
STRAIT TO RELEASE
34TH ALBUM
IT JUST COMES NATURAL
OCTOBER 3
Nashville, TN (Aug. 24, 2006) –
They don’t call
him the King of Country for nothing. With more than 62 million albums sold and
an unprecedented 52 number ones, the title of his 34th release
should come as no surprise. It Just Comes
Natural hits stores October 3.
Since his debut in 1981, this Texas troubadour has
indeed been doing what comes naturally, putting together a string of hits that
has earned him legions of fans and the respect of even the toughest critics.
And while no one could blame him for packing it in after armfuls of awards,
more number one songs than another other single artist in history, Strait
continues to deliver the goods in record-breaking fashion. “Give It Away,” the
first release from his forthcoming album, is Strait’s fastest-moving single in
five years.
Beyond the accolades, Strait is revered
most for his traditional brand of music that serves as a soundtrack for the
cowboy lifestyle and the weekend heartbeat of America’s dance halls and
honky-tonks. From sophisticated Western swing and clever barroom anthems to
sawdust two-steppers and smoky neon ballads, Natural is all that and more. It’s vintage Strait, from Bobby
Braddock’s timeless, tongue-in-cheek “She Told Me So” to the sensual ballad “That’s My Kind of
Woman,” co-written by
perennial Strait favorite Dean Dillon.
The
deceptively simple title track penned by Marv Green and Jim Collins is a
perfect fit for Strait’s smooth, unaffected style, as is the easygoing Lee Roy
Parnell/Cris Moore toe-tapper, “One Foot in Front of the Other.”
A
trio of cowboy tunes help round out the album: “I Ain’t Her Cowboy Anymore” is
a cowboy’s lament of regret tinged with attitude, and “How ’Bout Them Cowgirls”
sings the praises of the Southwest’s finest. And the whimsical “Texas Cookin’,”
written by the legendary Guy Clark, is culinary gold mined from the mid-70s Austin folk scene.
So
saddle up and settle in for 15 gems from the master. Twenty-five years and a
slew of multiplatinum albums later, he just keeps getting better, with music
that touches the cowboy, the dreamer, the honky-tonker, and the Texan in all of
us.
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Contacts:
Kathy Best
FrontPage Publicity
615-383-0412
kathy@frontpagepublicity.com
Regina
Stuve
MCA/Universal Music Group
615-524-7543
regina.stuve@umusic.com
