Filed under: Song You Most Remember Them By Series | Tags: 1997, Carrying Your Love With Me, George Strait, Song You Most Remember Them By Series
This is a new feature on the blog where I’ll feature a certain singer and you can comment on what song you most remember/associate them by. To clarify, it doesn’t have to be the singer’s best song or biggest hit sales wise, but the song that you have remembered them by for the majority of you life. For this edition the singer is George Strait. King George has had hits that have spawned almost 30 decades now and for many I’m sure it’s hard to figure out which song they most remember him by.
Since I’m only 16, the song I most remember him by is his 1997 hit ”Carrying Your Love With Me”. I remember hearing it on the radio a lot when I was a kid, and it was the one of the first songs that I had heard from him.
Now it’s your turn; What song do you most remember George Strait by the most?
Filed under: Country Music, Country/Pop, Flashback Series | Tags: 2000, Blue Clear Sky, Blue On Black, Dixie Chicks, Flashback Series, George Strait, I Hope You Dance, Kenny Wayne Shpepard, Lee Ann Womack, Lonestar, No News, There's Your Trouble
“I Hope You Dance” became a crossover hit back in 2000 when it went number one on both the country and adult contemporary charts. The songs success isn’t much of a shocker, given it’s message. This song has had multiple interpretations, whether it be about a mother advising her daughters not to make the same mistakes she did, and sit it out instead of dance or a lover hoping that her loved one will not became bitter after she is gone. Either way you interpret it, the song’s message can be heard loud and clear when she belts out “DANCE!”
Interesting Facts:
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In an interview with Songwriter Universe magazine, Sillers explained that she was going through a painful divorce when she wrote this song. Said Sillers: “For ‘I Hope You Dance,’ I had written the opening line, ‘I hope you never lose your sense of wonder. I had just broken up with someone, going through a brutal divorce. I needed to get away, so I went to a beach on the Florida Gulf Coast. Sitting on the beach and reflecting about the break-up, I felt so small and inconsequential. But out of this difficult time came the inspiration to write ‘I Hope You Dance.’ As I was leaving the beach, I remember thinking that things weren’t really so bad, that I would get through it. That’s when I came up with the line, ‘I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean.’”
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This was written by Tia Sillers and Mark Sanders. Sillers also wrote “There’s Your Trouble” for The Dixie Chicks and “Blue On Black” for Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Sanders has written several Country hits, including “Blue Clear Sky” for George Strait and “No News” for Lonestar.
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This won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song and also the Country Music Award for Song Of The Year.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: 2009, Alison Krauss, Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, Carrie Underwood, Emmylou Harris, George Strait, Grammys, Grammys 2009, Jake Owen, James Otto, Jamey Johnson, Kathy Mattea, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, LeAnn Rimes, Lee Ann Womack, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Patty Loveless, Predictions, Randy Travis, Rascal Flatts, Robert Plant, Rodney Crowell, SteelDrivers, Sugarland, Trace Adkins, Trisha Yearwood
2009 Country Grammy Predictions
I’m sure some of you readers out there are getting sick of these, but I just wanted to post my predictions just so, if for some weird reason I guess right, I have some proof to show for it.
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
“You’re Gonna Miss This” – Trace Adkins
“In Color” – Jamey Johnson
“Just Got Started Lovin’ You” – James Otto
“Letter to Me” – Brad Paisley
“Troubadour” – George Strait
This lineup seems like an easy one. While Paisley, Strait, and Adkins released decent tracks, Jamey Johnson IMHO is the deserving winner. His vocals paint a great picture and are so powerful making it one of the best listens of the year. Johnson’s vocals just prove he is destined for greatness in the years ahead.
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
“Last Name” – Carrie Underwood
“What I Cannot Change” – LeAnn Rimes
“For These Times” – Martina McBride
“This Is Me You’re Talking To” – Trisha Yearwood
“Last Call” – Lee Ann Womack
Beside “Last Name” and “For These Times” this is a pretty good lineup. My pick has to be “This Is Me You’re Talking To”, Trisha’s vocals are amazing as always, and she conveys such strong emotions like regret, bitterness, and understanding all into one. Saying that, I also think LeAnn is worthy of this award too. “What I Cannot Change” is her best song to date, and I think it’s safe to say that I’d be happy for either one that wins it.
Best Country Song
“Dig Two Graves” – Ashley Gorley & Bob Regan
“I Saw God Today” – Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell & Wade Kirby
“In Color” – Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller & James Otto
“Stay” – Jennifer Nettles
“You’re Gonna Miss This” – Ashley Gorley & Lee Thomas Miller
If this were a year ago I would’ve gone with “Stay”that would’ve been before Johnson’s “In Color” started hitting airwaves.
Best Country Album
That Lonesome Song – Jamey Johnson
Sleepless Nights – Patty Loveless
Troubadour – George Strait
Around the Bend – Randy Travis
Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love– Trisha Yearwood
This overall is a great list. Heaven, Heartache, and The Power of Love is the best IMO overall. The album is Trisha’s best this decade and is almost as good as her 1992 Hearts In Armor masterpiece. That Lonesome Song would be my second pick as it is one of the best new albums out there, and a great debut for Johnson.
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
“God Must Be Busy” – Brooks & Dunn
“Love Don’t Live Here” – Lady Antebellum
“Every Day” – Rascal Flatts
“Blue Side of the Mountain” – The SteelDrivers
“Stay” – Sugarland
This is a pretty easy one for me. “Stay” has so much heartfelt emotion which comes from the fact Nettles wrote the song. “Blue Side Of The Mountain” is another good one, but nothing seems to live up to “Stay” on this list.
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
“Shiftwork” – Kenny Chesney & George Strait
“Killing the Blues” – Robert Plant & Alison Kraus
“House of Cash” – George Strait & Patty Loveless
“Life in a Northern Town” – Sugarland, Jake Owen & Little Big Town
“Let the Wind Chase You” – Trisha Yearwood & Keith Urban
“Let The Wind Chase You” is the best collaboration I have heard in a long time. If you give it one listen you’ll be hooked. It’s the evolved version of “Trying To Love You” and with Urban on vocals as well, it’s a country masterpiece. To sum it up, country radio should be busting their butts to get this song airplay.
