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    When Dillon describes Strait's arrival onto the country scene, he says, "Like just about everyone else in Nashville at the time, I'd never heard of the guy. So I asked Blake [Mevis, Strait's first producer], 'Well, who's he sound like?' Because back then, everybody sounded like somebody. Everybody imitated Merle Haggard or George Jones or somebody. And Blake said, 'Well, he really doesn't sound like anybody else. He's kind of got his own thing going on.'" Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Full Article at CMT - Country Music News
    Like just about everyone else in Nashville at the time, I'd never heard of the guy. So I asked Blake [Mevis, Strait's first producer], 'Well, who's he sound like?' Because back then, everybody sounded like somebody. Everybody imitated Merle Haggard or George Jones or somebody. And Blake said, 'Well, he really doesn't sound like anybody else. He's kind of got his own thing going on.'
    SOURCE: CMT - Country Music News 1 month ago
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Geroge Strait: The Real Cowboy
  1. Not unless I learn to sing. I got my mom's singing voice!
    SOURCE: CMT - Country Music News 1 month ago
  2. Dean's a songwriting genius. It would be any songwriter's dream to write with one of them, much less both. I haven't been writing long, either, so I consider myself very lucky to have that chance
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  3. I'll just say I've got enough to keep us busy.
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