Artist: George Strait
Genera: Country
Background: George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952) is an American country singer. Strait was born in Poteet, Texas and grew up in Pearsall, Texas. His father, John, was a Junior High math teacher. The Straits would leave Pearsall on the weekends and the summers to work at the family's 2,000 acre (8 km²) cattle ranch outside Big Wells, Texas. When he was fourth grade, Strait's parents divorced. His mother left the family taking his sister with her while he and his brother remained with his father. He began playing with a rock band in high school, but his preference turned to country music. Strait counts country singers Merle Haggard, George Jones, Bob Wills and Hank Williams as his early influences.
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