George Strait

George Strait is the unambiguous “King of Country Music,” having sold more than 105 million albums and counting while earning more than 60 major entertainment industry awards as well as countless nominations and becoming the only act in history to have a Top 10 hit every year for over three decades. Born in Poteet and raised in Pearsall, Strait is a rancher with properties in South Texas, a region he knows as intimately as the chords on his guitar. 

The Texas troubadour released his 31st career studio album Cowboys And Dreamers last year, following 2019’s best-selling Country album, Honky Tonk Time Machine, on MCA Nashville. The latter produced by Strait and Chuck Ainlay, the album quickly became Strait’s record-extending 27th No. 1 Billboard Country album. The Country Music Hall of Fame member earned his 100th entry on the Billboard Country Airplay chart with his single “The Weight of the Badge” from the project. Having already set an indoor ticketed attendance record in 2014 at AT&T Stadium on his Cowboy Rides Away Tour, in June 2024 with 104,793 fans in attendance, he bested his own attendance record with over 110k fans in attendance at his “King at Kyle Field” show in College Station. Strait has proven himself as deft with a pen as he is commanding a stadium of thousands, co-writing some of his biggest hits such as fan favorites, “Here for a Good Time” and “Living for the Night,” as well as the powerful, heartfelt ballad “I Believe” written in honor of the victims of the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

As generous as he is talented, Straits annual Vaqueros del Mar golf tournament and benefit concert, hosted at Tapatio Springs Hill Country Resort has raised over $17 million for the Feherty’s Troops First Foundation. He and wife Norma established the Jenifer Strait Foundation to preserve the memory of their daughter and have raised millions for children’s organizations. In addition every time Strait takes the stage he is joined by Retired Lt. General Leroy Sisco to present a new home to a wounded hero, delivering his 120th home presentation just last month in Chicago via Military Warriors Support Foundation’s Homes 4 Wounded Heroes Program.