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(More customer reviews)Five BIG Stars!! Award-winning country music legend and Hall of Famer George Strait spins up another winner with the CD "Troubadour", which went on to produce two #1 country chart hits: "I Saw God Today" and "River of Love". The entire CD was named the country CD of the year and gave Mr Strait his first ever Grammy. One of the biggest selling music artists alive, regardless of music genre, George uses his calm, tightly-controlled, well-modulated and exciting voice to tell great stories from purely wonderful lyrics and great country rhythms. On the heels of his award-winning It Just Comes Natural, George has created very interesting new material for us fans to enjoy. On this 12 track CD, he surveys a big slice of Americana, serving up two duets along the way, giving us his viewpoint on today's life, love, and events using beautiful ballads, laid-back barroom blues, and honky-tonk swingers.
The 'Best of the Best' begin with the wonderful title track "Troubadour": a great song about a singer looking back and looking ahead, with Vince Gill harmonizing beautifully in the background. The first few words of "Troubadour" demonstrate the fact that master singers like Mr Strait make every nuanced note count: a singing seminar in one verse. "Brothers of the Highway" is a honky-tonk wonder that salutes big-rig truckers who play such a vital role in coast-to-coast transportation: the bridge is pure joy: 'sailin' for the settin' sun". (And it went straight to my iPod). "House of Cash" with Patti Loveless is a great tribute to the legendary Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, based on the fire that posthumously burned down their house. "Give Me More Time" is a great song about a spoken phrase that wraps around many current problems in America. The #1 selling "I Saw God Today" is a beautifully sung, heart-felt sentiment of finding God right here on earth in people, places, sights and one specific place. (Currently on the BillBoard top five, it also went straight to my iPod.) Dean Dillion's hard-swinging song "West Texas Town" is not about El Paso, but another nice place in the Lone Star State, with Dillion pushing this duet hard, fast, and swinging. 'River of Love" is pure country joy that went to #1. BTW, Dillion collaborated on four songs of this songfest, adding further to his treasure chest of Strait songs. Into his third decade of great country music-making and record breaking sales, George Strait is the "Real Deal" and the undisputed "King". "Troubadour", his 35th recording, is flat-out great authentic and honest country music that earned George an armful of long-overdue awards and it gets My Highest Recommendation. Five BIG Stars!!
(This review was updated on 13 Aug 09 only to acknowledge the awards won by "Troubadour" and is based on an iTunes download with digital booklet containing all lyrics.)
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The follow-up CD to George Strait's platinum selling and CMA Album of the Year, IT JUST COMES NATURAL, is TROUBADOUR. George Strait truly is a modern day troubadour - now in his 28th year of making music,George continues to be an artist driven by his passion to make music of the highest quality. TROUBADOUR features the smash single "I Saw God Today".
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