Post by BAZanine on Mar 3, 2024 1:45:12 GMT
George Harvey Strait Sr. (18 May 1952 - present)
Years Active: 1976 - present
Voice Type: Amarillo bar Toning
Vocal Range: D2 - C♯5
{Vocal Summary}George Strait is…well, don't let anyone tell you he isn't palatable, at least. See, this may elude you, but the guy has plenty of accolades to go around. Did you know that, when taking all charts into account, Strait has the most #1 hits of any artist? Ever? You probably didn't know that and I'll tell you why. Unlike other ginormous, stadium-filling acts like The Beatles or Taylor Swift or the Democratic National Convention or some such nonsense, George didn't really become the King of Country by being an artistic pioneer. He definitely helped create the neotraditional country sound and I thank him for that, but he isn't even the best at his own game in that regard (see: the next thread I create). No, he amassed so much fame and wealth and influence in the field of country music by being tremendously bland. Notably forgettable. A take-or-leave type of singer. By being so inoffensive he single-handedly ensured the general public wouldn't be alienated by him at all, that is unless you are that violently disenchanted with the U.S. state of Texas. When it comes to George Strait, you don't find people who dislike him so much as people who don't care or don't know who he is. Taking his obviously ginormous following into account, that's a nigh 100% rate of success right there.
Now, I'll lay off him for a moment. He has some good songs. Shocker! "Código" gets its fair share of listens from me in spite of how goofy I think it is. "Right or Wrong", "Am I Blue", "Fool Hearted Memory", all ways to do the neotraditional sound right. But it's like finding marshmallows in your glue; sure, we're all guilty of eating glue now and again. It's filling enough. But don't you secretly wish it was less in the way of schooltime adhesive and more in the way of fluffy, sugary goodness? I know I do.
His voice. His voice, his voice, his voice. It's basically one-to-one with all the stupid analogies I've been making. He very occasionally has some vocal moments that I find enjoyable (he damn well better with over 30 albums), but it's never anything awe-inspiring or even that unique. If you're decently familiar with country music you'll be able to hear George and know it's George. However, he is just a country singer to literally anyone else. A pleasant voice that gets the song across not amazingly most of the time, but serviceably enough so that the American south can get some sleep at night. He has a tinge of rasp in his higher range that I find sort of cool, not to mention relatively easy belts at that. On the lower end, notes that will neither make you think "that was pitiful" nor "holy shit he's a bass???" Fundamentally he is a comfort zone sort of singer, staying in his midrange most of the time and basically never pushing himself beyond something he could still replicate live on a bad night. And y'know, that isn't inherently an issue. Plenty of memorable singers whom I am failing to remember right now are like that. But those ones still have a greater sense of artistic identity than what I feel Strait brings to the table most of the time.
In closing, George Strait has said a lot over tens of albums without really saying anything. He's fine both musically and vocally and there are songs I'll surely revisit. However, knowing that he is universally considered the King of Country when so few outside of the country music sphere are even aware of his existence will never not be a hilarious thought to me. Dwight Yoakam, take me away!
P.S. CT wanted me to mention his mother in this vocal summary for some reason and I'm really not quite sure as to why. She's a lovely, hospitable lady and I think she likes George Strait. Good for her.
Now, I'll lay off him for a moment. He has some good songs. Shocker! "Código" gets its fair share of listens from me in spite of how goofy I think it is. "Right or Wrong", "Am I Blue", "Fool Hearted Memory", all ways to do the neotraditional sound right. But it's like finding marshmallows in your glue; sure, we're all guilty of eating glue now and again. It's filling enough. But don't you secretly wish it was less in the way of schooltime adhesive and more in the way of fluffy, sugary goodness? I know I do.
His voice. His voice, his voice, his voice. It's basically one-to-one with all the stupid analogies I've been making. He very occasionally has some vocal moments that I find enjoyable (he damn well better with over 30 albums), but it's never anything awe-inspiring or even that unique. If you're decently familiar with country music you'll be able to hear George and know it's George. However, he is just a country singer to literally anyone else. A pleasant voice that gets the song across not amazingly most of the time, but serviceably enough so that the American south can get some sleep at night. He has a tinge of rasp in his higher range that I find sort of cool, not to mention relatively easy belts at that. On the lower end, notes that will neither make you think "that was pitiful" nor "holy shit he's a bass???" Fundamentally he is a comfort zone sort of singer, staying in his midrange most of the time and basically never pushing himself beyond something he could still replicate live on a bad night. And y'know, that isn't inherently an issue. Plenty of memorable singers whom I am failing to remember right now are like that. But those ones still have a greater sense of artistic identity than what I feel Strait brings to the table most of the time.
In closing, George Strait has said a lot over tens of albums without really saying anything. He's fine both musically and vocally and there are songs I'll surely revisit. However, knowing that he is universally considered the King of Country when so few outside of the country music sphere are even aware of his existence will never not be a hilarious thought to me. Dwight Yoakam, take me away!
P.S. CT wanted me to mention his mother in this vocal summary for some reason and I'm really not quite sure as to why. She's a lovely, hospitable lady and I think she likes George Strait. Good for her.
Significant High Notes:
C♯5 ("Código", "Hot Grease and Zydeco", "Stop and Drink")
C5 ("Dance Time in Texas")
B4 ("Same Kind of Crazy")
G♯4 ("The Big One", "Same Kind of Crazy")
G4 ("80 Proof Bottle of Tear Stopper", "Down and Out", "Every Time It Rains (Lord Don't It Pour)", "Fly Me to the Moon", "Hot Grease and Zydeco", "I Ain't Never Seen No One Like You", "I Can't See Texas from Here", "It's Too Late Now", "Just Look at Me", "The King of Broken Hearts", "Milk Cow Blues", "Stay Out of My Arms", "Take Me Back to Tulsa" live Austin City Limits 1989, "Unwound" live, "Where the Sidewalk Ends", "You Can't Buy Your Way Out of the Blues", "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody")
F♯4 ("Blue Marlin Blues", "Código", "Dance Time in Texas", "Do the Right Thing", "The Fireman", "Hey Good Lookin'" live Texas Stadium 2004, "Hollywood Squares", "Honky Tonk Saturday Night", "I Should Have Watched That Last Step", "I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name", "I'll Always Be Loving You", "I've Convinced Everybody but Me", "King of the Mountain", "Last in Love", "Last Time the First Time", "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow", "Living and Living Well", "Lone Star Blues", "Look Who's Back from Town", "The Love Bug", "Lover in Disguise", "Neon Row", "One of You", "She Lays It All on the Line", "Someone's Walkin' Around Upstairs", "That's the Truth", "Trains Make Me Lonesome", "When Did You Stop Loving Me", "Wonderland of Love", "Won't You Come Home (And Talk to a Stranger)")
F4 ("4 Minus 3 Equals Zero", "Ace in the Hole", "Always Never the Same", "Am I Blue", "As Far as It Goes", "Big Ball's in Cowtown", "Carried Away", "The Chill of an Early Fall", "Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You", "Don't Mind If I Do", "Down and Out", "Faults and All", "Fifteen Years Going Up (And One Night Coming Down)", "A Fire I Can't Put Out", "Friday Night Fever", "Haven't You Heard", "Heartland" soundtrack version / main title sequence, "Her Only Bad Habit Is Me", "Home Improvement", "House With No Doors", "I Cross My Heart", "I Just Can't Go on Dying Like This" Love Is Everything version, "I Need Someone Like Me", "I Wasn't Fooling Around", "I'll Always Remember You" live AT&T Stadium 2014, "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)", "Just Look at Me", "Leavin's Been Comin' (For a Long, Long Time)", "Let's Fall to Pieces Together", "No One but You", "Our Paths May Never Cross", "Right or Wrong", "River of Love", "Same Kind of Crazy", "She's Playing Hell Trying to Get Me to Heaven", "A Showman's Life", "Sittin' on the Fence", "Six Pack to Go", "The Steal of the Night", "(That Don't Change) The Way I Feel About You", "Too Much of Too Little", "Under These Conditions", "Unwound", "What am I Waiting For", "What Did You Expect Me to Do", "Why Not Now", "Write This Down", "You Know Me Better Than That", "You're Dancin' This Dance All Wrong", "You're Right I'm Wrong")
E4 ("80 Proof Bottle of Tear Stopper", "Adalida", "All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)", "Any Old Time", "Baby Blue", "Bigger Man Than Me", "Blue Clear Sky", "Blue Is Not a Word", "Blue Melodies", "Blue Water", "Brothers of the Highway", "Christmas Cookies", "Código", "Come on Joe", "Cow Town", "The Cowboy Rides Away", "Cowboys Like Us", "Deck the Halls", "Designated Drinker" live Texas Stadium 2004, "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind", "Don't Tell Me You're Not in Love", "El Rey", "Every Time It Rains (Lord Don't It Pour)", "Every Time You Throw Dirt on Her (You Lose a Little Ground)", "The Fireman", "Fly Me to the Moon", "Folsom Prison Blues" live Atlanta 2023, "Forever Country", "Give It All We Got Tonight", "Goin' Goin' Gone", "Gone as a Girl Can Get", "Haven't You Heard", "He's Got That Something Special", "Heartbroke", "Heaven Is Missing an Angel", "Here We Go Again", "Hey Good Lookin'" live Texas Stadium 2004, "Holding My Own", "Hollywood Squares", "Home in San Antone", "Honk If You Honky Tonk", "Honky Tonk Crazy", "Honky Town Down Stairs", "Honky Tonk Saturday Night", "Honky Tonk Time Machine", "Hot Burning Flames", "How 'Bout Them Cowgirls", "I Can't See Texas from Here", "I Don't Want to Talk It Over Anymore", "I Found Jesus on the Jailhouse Floor", "I Just Can't Go on Dying Like This", "I Know She Still Loves Me", "I Know What I Want for Christmas", "I Need Someone Like Me", "I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name", "I Wasn't Fooling Around", "I'd Like to Have That One Back", "I'll Always Be Loving You", "I've Convinced Everybody but Me", "I've Got a Funny Feeling", "I've Seen That Look on Me (A Thousand Times)", "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')", "In Too Deep", "Is It Already Time", "It Was Love", "It Was Me", "It's Alright With Me", "It's Too Late Now", "Just Look at Me", "The King of Broken Hearts", "Last in Love", "Last Time the First Time", "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow", "A Little Heaven's Rubbing Off on Me", "Lone Star Blues", "Look Who's Back from Town", "The Love Bug", "Love Comes from the Other Side of Town", "Love's Gonna Make It Alright", "Lovesick Blues", "Make Her Fall in Love With Me Song", "Meanwhile", "The Middle of Nowhere", "Murder on Music Row", "My Heart Won't Wander Very Far from You", "My Old Flame Is Burnin' Another Honky Tonk Down", "Need I Say More", "The Nerve", "Oh, What a Perfect Day", "Old Violin", "One of You", "The Only Thing I Have Left", "Peace of Mind", "Poison", "The Real Thing", "Rhythm of the Road", "Right or Wrong", "Rockin' in the Arms of Your Memory", "Round About Way", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "The Seashores of Old Mexico", "She Lays It All on the Line", "She Took the Wind from His Sails", "She Used to Say That to Me", "She'll Leave You With a Smile" Carrying Your Love With Me song / The Road Less Traveled song, "Someone's Walkin' Around Upstairs", "Stay Out of My Arms", "The Steal of the Night", "Stranger Things Have Happened", "Take Me to Texas", "That's the Truth", "That's What Breaking Hearts Do", "Today My World Slipped Away", "True", "Twang", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "What Goes Up", "What Would Your Memories Do", "When Did You Stop Loving Me", "When It's Christmas Time in Texas", "Where the Sidewalk Ends", "Which Side of the Glass", "Why'd You Go and Break My Heart", "You Can't Buy Your Way Out of the Blues", "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody", "You Gotta Go Through Hell", "You Haven't Left Me Yet", "You Look So Good in Love", "You Still Get to Me", "You're Dancin' This Dance All Wrong")
E♭4 ("4 Minus 3 Equals Zero", "Adalida", "As Far as It Goes", "Baby Your Baby", "Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye", "Beautiful Day for Goodbye", "The Big One", "By the Light of a Burning Bridge", "Carrying Your Love With Me", "Cheaper Than a Shrink", "Down Louisiana Way", "Everything I See", "A Fire I Can't Put Out", "Go On", "God and Country Music", "Heartland" soundtrack version / main title sequence, "Honkytonkville", "Hot Grease and Zydeco", "I Ain't Her Cowboy Anymore", "I Look at You", "I Saw God Today", "I'm Satisfied With You", "I've Come to Expect It from You", "If the Whole World Was a Honky Tonk", "If You Can Do Anything Else", "Jingle Bells", "Living and Living Well", "Living for the Night", "Lone Star Blues", "Looking Out My Window", "Love Is Everything", "Love's Gonna Make It Alright", "The Man in Love With You", "My Heart Won't Wander Very Far from You", "The Night Is Young", "Nobody Has to Get Hurt", "Out of Sight Out of Mind", "Overnight Male", "Remember the Alamo", "Rock Paper Scissors", "Shame on Me", "She Told Me So", "Silent Night", "Six Pack to Go", "That's the Truth", "That's Where My Baby Feels at Home", "Trains Make Me Lonesome", "Troubadour", "Twang", "Under These Conditions", "We Must Be Loving Right", "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This", "What a Merry Christmas This Could Be", "What am I Waiting For", "What Do You Say to That", "What's Going on in Your World", "When Love Comes Around Again", "When the Credits Roll", "Where Have I Been All My Life", "White Christmas", "Why Can't I Leave Her Alone", "Wonderland of Love", "Wrapped", "Write This Down", "You Don't Know What You're Missing", "You're Right I'm Wrong")
D4 ("All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)", "Arkansas Dave" live, "Baby Blue", "Back to Bein' Me", "The Best Day", "Beyond the Blue Neon", "Big Ball's in Cowtown", "Bigger Man Than Me", "The Breath You Take", "The Chair", "Check Yes or No", "The Chill of an Early Fall", "Código", "Cold Beer Conversation", "Come on Joe", "The Cowboy Rides Away", "Dance Time in Texas", "Deep Water", "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind", "Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You", "Don't Mind If I Do", "Drinking Champagne", "Easy as You Go", "El Rey", "Even When I Can't Feel It", "Every Little Honky Tonk Bar", "Every Time You Throw Dirt on Her (You Lose a Little Ground)", "Everything I See", "Famous Last Words of a Fool", "Faults and All", "Fool Hearted Memory", "For Christ's Sake, It's Christmas", "Give It All We Got Tonight", "Give Me More Time", "Go On", "Good Time Charley's", "Gotta Get to You", "He Must Have Really Hurt You Bad", "He's Got That Something Special", "A Heart Like Hers", "Her Goodbye Hit Me in the Heart", "Her Only Bad Habit Is Me", "Here We Go Again", "Hey Good Lookin'", "High Tone Woman", "Honk If You Honky Tonk", "Hot Burning Flames", "House of Cash", "House With No Doors", "I Ain't Never Seen No One Like You", "I Don't Want to Talk It Over Anymore", "I Found Jesus on the Jailhouse Floor", "I Know What I Want for Christmas", "I Need Someone Like Me", "I'm Never Gonna Let You Go", "I've Seen That Look on Me (A Thousand Times)", "If Heartaches Were Horses", "If It's Gonna Rain", "Is It That Time Again", "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You", "It Just Comes Natural", "It Takes All Kinds", "It Was Love", "Jingle Bell Rock", "Joy to the World", "Kicked Outta Country", "King of the Mountain", "Lonesome Rodeo Cowboy", "Lover in Disguise", "Make Her Fall in Love With Me Song", "The Man in Love With You", "Margaritaville" live Texas Stadium 2004, "Meanwhile", "Merry Christmas Strait to You", "The Middle of Nowhere", "Milk Cow Blues", "My Old Flame Is Burnin' Another Honky Tonk Down", "Need I Say More", "Neon Row", "The Night's Just Right for Love", "O Christmas Tree", "Ocean Front Property", "Oh Me, Oh My Sweet Baby", "Old Violin", "One Foot in Front of the Other", "One Step at a Time", "The Only Thing I Have Left", "Overnight Success", "A Real Good Place to Start", "Remember the Alamo", "River of Love", "The Road Less Traveled", "Rockin' in the Arms of Your Memory", "Run", "Sea of Heartbreak" live Texas Stadium 2004, "The Seashores of Old Mexico", "She Knows When You're on My Mind", "She'll Leave You With a Smile", "She's Playing Hell Trying to Get Me to Heaven", "Shiftwork", "Sing One With Willie", "Sittin' on the Fence", "So Much Like My Dad", "Someone Had to Teach You", "Sometimes Love", "Somewhere Down in Texas", "Stay Out of My Arms", "Stranger Things Have Happened", "Take Me to Texas", "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa", "Texas", "Texas Cookin'", "(That Don't Change) The Way I Feel About You", "That's Me (Every Chance I Get)", "That's What Breaking Hearts Do", "That's Where I Wanna Take Our Love", "Thoughts of a Fool", "Today My World Slipped Away", "True", "Two More Wishes", "We Three Kings", "The Weight of the Badge", "What Did You Expect Me to Do", "What Goes Up", "What Say", "When Did You Stop Loving Me", "When It's Christmas Time in Texas", "When You're a Man on Your Own", "When You're in Love", "Where the Sidewalk Ends", "Which Side of the Glass", "White Christmas", "Without You Here", "Won't You Come Home (And Talk to a Stranger)", "You Haven't Left Me Yet", "You Know Me Better Than That", "You Still Get to Me", "You Sure Got This Ol' Redneck Feelin' Blue", "You're the Cloud I'm On (When I'm High)")
Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("80 Proof Bottle of Tear Stopper", "All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)", "Always Never the Same", "Amarillo by Morning", "Any Old Love Won't Do", "Any Old Time", "Back to Bein' Me", "Bigger Man Than Me", "Blue Is Not a Word", "Código", "Cold Beer Conversation", "Come on Joe", "The Cowboy Rides Away", "Dance Time in Texas", "Designated Drinker" live Texas Stadium 2004, "Down and Out", "Easy as You Go", "Easy Come, Easy Go", "Even When I Can't Feel It", "Every Little Honky Tonk Bar", "Every Time You Throw Dirt on Her (You Lose a Little Ground)", "Famous Last Words of a Fool", "For Christ's Sake, It's Christmas", "Frosty the Snowman", "Good Time Charley's", "He's Got That Something Special", "A Heart Like Hers", "Here We Go Again", "Honky Town Down Stairs", "Hot Burning Flames", "House Across the Bay", "House of Cash", "I Can Still Make Cheyenne", "I Get Along With You", "I Hate Everything", "I Know What I Want for Christmas", "I'd Just as Soon Go", "I'll Always Be Loving You", "I've Convinced Everybody but Me", "I've Got a Funny Feeling", "I've Seen That Look on Me (A Thousand Times)", "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')", "In Too Deep", "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You", "It Takes All Kinds", "It's Too Late Now", "Jingle Bell Rock", "Joy to the World", "King of the Mountain", "Let's Get Down to It", "Lonesome Rodeo Cowboy", "Love Comes from the Other Side of Town", "Love Without End, Amen", "Lover in Disguise", "Make Her Fall in Love With Me Song", "Marina del Rey", "Merry Christmas (Wherever You Are)", "The Middle of Nowhere", "Milk Cow Blues", "My Life's Been Grand", "My Old Flame Is Burnin' Another Honky Tonk Down", "Need I Say More", "Neon Row", "The Night's Just Right for Love", "No One but You", "Ocean Front Property", "One Foot in Front of the Other", "One of You", "One Step at a Time", "The Only Thing I Have Left", "Peace of Mind", "A Real Good Place to Start", "Rhythm of the Road", "Right or Wrong", "River of Love", "The Road Less Traveled", "Rockin' in the Arms of Your Memory", "She Knows When You're on My Mind", "She Took the Wind from His Sails", "She'll Leave You With a Smile", "She's Playing Hell Trying to Get Me to Heaven", "A Showman's Life", "Silent Night", "Sing One With Willie", "So Much Like My Dad", "Someone's Walkin' Around Upstairs", "Somewhere Down in Texas", "Stay Out of My Arms", "The Steal of the Night", "Stranger Things Have Happened", "Take Me Back to Tulsa" live, "Take Me to Texas", "Texas Cookin'", "That's What Breaking Hearts Do", "That's Where I Wanna Take Our Love", "Thoughts of a Fool", "True", "Two More Wishes", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "The Weight of the Badge", "What Did You Expect Me to Do", "What Goes Up", "When Did You Stop Loving Me", "When You're a Man on Your Own", "When You're in Love", "Won't You Come Home (And Talk to a Stranger)", "You Can't Buy Your Way Out of the Blues", "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody", "You Still Get to Me", "You Sure Got This Ol' Redneck Feelin' Blue", "You're Right I'm Wrong", "You're Something Special to Me")
C♯3 ("All of Me (Loves All of You)", "Anything You Can Spare", "Baby Your Baby", "The Best Day", "Blue Melodies", "Blue Water", "Brothers of the Highway", "The Chair", "Drinkin' Man", "Drinking Champagne", "El Rey", "Famous Last Words of a Fool", "Heaven Is Missing an Angel", "Here for a Good Time", "Hollywood Squares", "Home Improvement", "I Ain't Her Cowboy Anymore", "I Found Jesus on the Jailhouse Floor", "I Just Can't Go on Dying Like This" Love Is Everything version, "I Should Have Watched That Last Step", "I Thought I Heard My Heart Sing", "I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name", "I'll Always Remember You", "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)", "Is It That Time Again", "Jingle Bells", "Last in Love", "A Little Heaven's Rubbing Off on Me", "Living and Living Well", "Living for the Night", "Looking Out My Window", "Love Is Everything", "Love Without End, Amen", "Love's Gonna Make It Alright", "Lovesick Blues", "Marina del Rey", "Old Time Christmas", "One Night at a Time", "One of You", "Out of Sight Out of Mind", "The Real Thing", "Round About Way", "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Shame on Me", "She Lays It All on the Line", "She Told Me So", "She Used to Say That to Me", "She'll Leave You With a Smile" The Road Less Traveled song, "Someone Had to Teach You", "Stranger Things Have Happened", "Some Nights", "Take Me Away", "That's Where My Baby Feels at Home", "Trains Make Me Lonesome", "Up on the Housetop", "We Must Be Loving Right", "What a Merry Christmas This Could Be", "What's Going on in Your World", "White Christmas", "Wish You Well", "Wonderland of Love", "You'll Be There", "You're Stronger Than Me", "You're the Cloud I'm On (When I'm High)")
C3 ("80 Proof Bottle of Tear Stopper", "Am I Blue", "Angel, Angelina", "Arkansas Dave", "Away in a Manger", "Baby Blue", "A Better Rain", "Blame It on Mexico", "Blue Marlin Blues", "By the Light of a Burning Bridge", "Carried Away", "Check Yes or No", "The Chill of an Early Fall", "Christmas Cookies", "The Christmas Song", "The Cowboy Rides Away", "Cowboys Like Us", "Deep Water", "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind", "Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You", "Don't Mind If I Do", "Faults and All", "A Fire I Can't Put Out", "Fly Me to the Moon", "Give It Away", "Give Me More Time", "Goin' Goin' Gone", "Gone as a Girl Can Get", "Good News, Bad News", "He Must Have Really Hurt You Bad", "Heartbroke", "Heaven Must Be Wondering Where You Are", "Her Only Bad Habit Is Me", "High Tone Woman", "Home in San Antone", "Honk If You Honky Tonk", "I Believe", "I Can Still Make Cheyenne", "I Can't See Texas from Here", "I Don't Want to Talk It Over Anymore", "I Just Can't Go on Dying Like This", "I Look at You", "I Need Someone Like Me", "I Saw God Today", "I'd Just as Soon Go", "I'm Never Gonna Let You Go", "I'm Satisfied With You", "I've Seen That Look on Me (A Thousand Times)", "If Heartaches Were Horses", "It Was Love", "Jackson" live AT&T Stadium 2014, "Joy to the World", "Just Look at Me", "The King of Broken Hearts", "Let It Go", "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow", "Let's Fall to Pieces Together", "Lonesome Rodeo Cowboy", "The Man in Love With You", "Maria", "Meanwhile", "My Heart Won't Wander Very Far from You", "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her", "O Christmas Tree", "O Come All Ye Faithful", "Oh Me, Oh My Sweet Baby", "Old Time Christmas", "Overnight Male", "Overnight Success", "Poison", "Ready for the End of the World", "Remember the Alamo", "Shame on Me", "She'll Leave You With a Smile", "Shiftwork", "A Showman's Life", "Six Pack to Go", "Something Going Down", "Sometimes Love", "Stay Out of My Arms", "Stranger in My Arms", "(That Don't Change) The Way I Feel About You", "That's the Breaks", "Today My World Slipped Away", "Too Much of Too Little", "Trains Make Me Lonesome", "Up on the Housetop", "West Texas Town", "What Did You Expect Me to Do", "When It's Christmas Time in Texas", "Which Side of the Glass", "Why Can't I Leave Her Alone", "Winter Wonderland", "Without You Here", "You Can't Buy Your Way Out of the Blues", "You Don't Know What You're Missing", "You Haven't Left Me Yet", "You Know Me Better Than That", "You Still Get to Me", "You're Right I'm Wrong")
B2 ("All My Ex's Live in Texas", "Angel, Angelina", "Anything You Can Spare", "Arkansas Dave", "Baby Blue", "Back to Bein' Me", "The Big One", "Blame It on Mexico", "Blue Water", "The Breath You Take", "The Chair", "The Christmas Song", "Cold Beer Conversation", "Cow Town", "Dance Time in Texas", "Desperately", "Don't Tell Me You're Not in Love", "Down and Out", "Give It All We Got Tonight", "Gotta Get to You", "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing", "Haven't You Heard", "He's Got That Something Special", "Heaven Must Be Wondering Where You Are", "Holding My Own", "Honky Tonk Crazy", "Honkytonkville", "How 'Bout Them Cowgirls", "I Found Jesus on the Jailhouse Floor", "I Get Along With You", "I Just Want to Dance With You", "I Know She Still Loves Me", "I Met a Friend of Yours Today", "I Wasn't Fooling Around", "I'd Like to Have That One Back", "I'll Always Be Loving You", "I'm All Behind You Now", "I've Come to Expect It from You", "If I Know Me", "Is It That Time Again", "Kicked Outta Country", "Lefty's Gone", "Lone Star Blues", "Look Who's Back from Town", "Love's Gonna Make It Alright", "Lovesick Blues", "Maria", "Merry Christmas (Wherever You Are)", "My Infinite Love", "The Nerve", "Ocean Front Property", "Oh, What a Perfect Day", "Old Violin", "One Night at a Time", "The Only Thing I Have Left", "The Real Thing", "River of Love", "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Run", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "Santa's on His Way", "Sea of Heartbreak" live Texas Stadium 2004, "She Let Herself Go", "She Loves Me (She Don't Love You)", "She'll Leave You With a Smile" The Road Less Traveled song, "Someone's Walkin' Around Upstairs", "Stop and Drink", "That's the Truth", "There's a New Kid in Town", "Thoughts of a Fool", "Troubadour", "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This", "What Do You Say to That", "What Would Your Memories Do", "What's Going on in Your World", "When Did You Stop Loving Me", "When the Credits Roll", "White Christmas", "Why'd You Go and Break My Heart", "Winter Wonderland", "Without Me Around", "Without You Here", "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody", "You Look So Good in Love", "You Sure Got This Ol' Redneck Feelin' Blue", "You'll Be There", "You're the Cloud I'm On (When I'm High)")
B♭2 ("4 Minus 3 Equals Zero", "Ace in the Hole", "Am I Blue", "As Far as It Goes", "Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye", "By the Light of a Burning Bridge", "Cheaper Than a Shrink", "Even When I Can't Feel It", "A Fire I Can't Put Out", "Fool Hearted Memory", "Four Down and Twelve Across", "Friday Night Fever", "Frosty the Snowman", "Give It Away", "God and Country Music", "He Must Have Really Hurt You Bad", "Here for a Good Time", "Honk If You Honky Tonk", "I Hate Everything", "If It's Gonna Rain", "If the Whole World Was a Honky Tonk", "If You Can Do Anything Else", "Lead On", "Leavin's Been Comin' (For a Long, Long Time)", "My Life's Been Grand", "No One but You", "One Step at a Time", "Our Paths May Never Cross", "Ready for the End of the World", "Remember the Alamo", "Rock Paper Scissors", "She Knows When You're on My Mind", "She Told Me So", "Silent Night", "Sittin' on the Fence", "Stranger in My Arms", "That's Me (Every Chance I Get)", "Trains Make Me Lonesome", "Unwound", "We're Supposed to Do That Now and Then", "What Say", "Where Have I Been All My Life", "Where the Sidewalk Ends", "Why Not Now", "Write This Down", "You Don't Know What You're Missing")
A2 ("Amarillo by Morning", "Any Old Love Won't Do", "The Best Day", "Beyond the Blue Neon", "Blue Melodies", "The Breath You Take", "Código", "Come on Joe", "Don't Tell Me You're Not in Love", "Down Louisiana Way", "Drinking Champagne", "Easy as You Go", "For Christ's Sake, It's Christmas", "Give Me More Time", "Good News, Bad News", "Gotta Get to You", "Her Goodbye Hit Me in the Heart", "Here We Go Again", "Holding My Own", "Hollywood Squares", "Honky Tonk Saturday Night", "House Across the Bay", "I Believe", "I Got a Car", "I Should Have Watched That Last Step", "I Thought I Heard My Heart Sing", "I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name", "I've Got a Funny Feeling", "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You", "It Was Me", "Jackson" live AT&T Stadium 2014, "Kicked Outta Country", "King of the Mountain", "Last Time the First Time", "Lefty's Gone", "Let It Go", "The Love Bug" live AT&T Stadium 2014, "Love Comes from the Other Side of Town", "Love Without End, Amen" live Houston Astrodome 2002, "Lover in Disguise", "Meanwhile", "Merry Christmas Strait to You", "The Middle of Nowhere", "Murder on Music Row", "Need I Say More", "Neon Row", "The Night's Just Right for Love", "Peace of Mind", "Poison", "A Real Good Place to Start", "The Road Less Traveled", "Rockin' in the Arms of Your Memory", "Run", "The Seashores of Old Mexico", "Second Chances", "She's Playing Hell Trying to Get Me to Heaven", "Sittin' on the Fence", "So Much Like My Dad", "Something Going Down", "Somewhere Down in Texas", "The Steal of the Night", "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa", "That's My Kind of Woman", "That's the Breaks", "That's Where I Wanna Take Our Love", "The Weight of the Badge", "West Texas Town", "When You're a Man on Your Own", "When You're in Love", "Why'd You Go and Break My Heart", "Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me", "You Gotta Go Through Hell", "You're Something Special to Me")
G♯2 ("All My Ex's Live in Texas", "Beautiful Day for Goodbye", "Drinkin' Man", "I Ain't Her Cowboy Anymore", "I Know She Still Loves Me", "I Met a Friend of Yours Today", "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)", "Living for the Night", "Looking Out My Window", "My Infinite Love", "Oh, What a Perfect Day", "Our Paths May Never Cross", "Second Chances", "She Let Herself Go", "Three Nails and a Cross", "Troubadour", "We Must Be Loving Right", "Why Can't I Leave Her Alone")
G2 ("A Better Rain", "Código" live Las Vegas 2018, "Cowboys Like Us", "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind", "Everything I See", "Give It All We Got Tonight", "Give It Away", "Good News, Bad News", "Her Goodbye Hit Me in the Heart", "High Tone Woman", "House of Cash", "House With No Doors", "I'm All Behind You Now", "If Heartaches Were Horses", "If the Whole World Was a Honky Tonk", "In Too Deep", "It Was Love", "The King of Broken Hearts", "Make Her Fall in Love With Me Song", "The Man in Love With You", "Noel Leon", "Old Violin", "Poison", "The Seashores of Old Mexico", "She Took the Wind from His Sails", "Six Pack to Go", "Sometimes Love", "What Say", "What Would Your Memories Do", "When Love Comes Around Again")
F♯2 ("House Across the Bay", "It Was Me", "Marina del Rey" live AT&T Stadium 2014, "Out of Sight Out of Mind", "The Real Thing", "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa", "Troubadour" live AT&T Stadium 2014, "What Do You Say to That")
F2 ("Beyond the Blue Neon", "Every Little Honky Tonk Bar", "Everything I See", "Her Only Bad Habit Is Me", "House With No Doors", "Three Nails and a Cross")
E2 ("Folsom Prison Blues" live Milwaukee 3/6/2023, "I'll Always Remember You", "Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me")
D2 ("Old Violin")
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*Blue marks clear falsetto notes.
*Italics mark non-melodic notes.
*Boldface marks notes that are considered impressive in relation to this person's vocal capabilities.
*Underlines mark notes obscured in the mix of the song.
*Dates on this thread are listed with the format DD/MM/YYYY.
Best Vocal Performances:
1. The King of Broken Hearts
2. Just Look at Me
3. Am I Blue
4. Right or Wrong
5. Where the Sidewalk Ends
6. Same Kind of Crazy
7. Cowboys Like Us
8. Lover in Disguise
9. Old Violin
10. Hot Grease and Zydeco
11. I Can't See Texas from Here
12. Don't Mind If I Do
13. You Gotta Go Through Hell
14. Heartland
15. Fool Hearted Memory
16. Neon Row
17. You Can't Buy Your Way Out of the Blues
18. The Chair
19. King of the Mountain
20. Ocean Front Property
21. Milk Cow Blues
22. Down and Out
23. Unwound
24. Living and Living Well
25. Why Can't I Leave Her Alone
26. Sometimes Love
27. Every Time It Rains (Lord Don't It Pour)
28. Trains Make Me Lonesome
29. Amarillo by Morning
30. The Chill of an Early Fall
{Questionable Notes}F♯5 ("Hot Grease and Zydeco"[1b])
F5 ("Goin' Goin' Gone"[1b] & [2b])
E5 ("Código" live Columbus 27/5/2023[1b])
E♭5 ("All My Ex's Live in Texas" live AT&T Stadium 2014[1c])
C♯5 ("Blue Marlin Blues"[1b])
G♯4 ("A Little Heaven's Rubbing Off on Me"[2a])
G4 ("I'm Satisfied With You"[2a])
E4 ("Blame It on Mexico"[2a])
D4 ("Marina del Rey"[2a])
G2 ("Arkansas Dave" live AT&T Stadium 2014[1a], "The Chill of an Early Fall"[1a], "God and Country Music"[1a], "Just Look at Me"[1a], "Lonesome Rodeo Cowboy"[1a], "That's the Breaks"[1a])
F♯2 ("The Best Day"[1a], "I'm Never Gonna Let You Go"[1a], "When the Credits Roll"[1c], "Where Have I Been All My Life"[1d], "Write This Down"[1a])
F2 ("If It's Gonna Rain"[1a], "A Real Good Place to Start"[1a], "Texas"[1a], "When Did You Stop Loving Me"[1a])
E2 ("Beautiful Day for Goodbye"[1a], "Give It Away"[1a], "Good News, Bad News"[1a], "I Ain't Her Cowboy Anymore"[1a], "I Hate Everything"[1a], "Oh, What a Perfect Day"[1a], "Some Nights"[1a])
E♭2 ("That's the Truth"[1a])
D2 ("A Better Rain"[1a], "What Goes Up"[1a], "Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me"[1a])
C2 ("You Gotta Go Through Hell"[1e])
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[1] Questionable representativeness.
a. Brief dips and anacrusis in low range.
b. Brief trills in high range.
c. Ambiguous context.
d. Weak spoken notes.
e. Weak fried notes.
[2] Questionable identity.
a. Ambiguous backing vocal.
b. Ambiguous tone.
F5 ("Goin' Goin' Gone"[1b] & [2b])
E5 ("Código" live Columbus 27/5/2023[1b])
E♭5 ("All My Ex's Live in Texas" live AT&T Stadium 2014[1c])
C♯5 ("Blue Marlin Blues"[1b])
G♯4 ("A Little Heaven's Rubbing Off on Me"[2a])
G4 ("I'm Satisfied With You"[2a])
E4 ("Blame It on Mexico"[2a])
D4 ("Marina del Rey"[2a])
G2 ("Arkansas Dave" live AT&T Stadium 2014[1a], "The Chill of an Early Fall"[1a], "God and Country Music"[1a], "Just Look at Me"[1a], "Lonesome Rodeo Cowboy"[1a], "That's the Breaks"[1a])
F♯2 ("The Best Day"[1a], "I'm Never Gonna Let You Go"[1a], "When the Credits Roll"[1c], "Where Have I Been All My Life"[1d], "Write This Down"[1a])
F2 ("If It's Gonna Rain"[1a], "A Real Good Place to Start"[1a], "Texas"[1a], "When Did You Stop Loving Me"[1a])
E2 ("Beautiful Day for Goodbye"[1a], "Give It Away"[1a], "Good News, Bad News"[1a], "I Ain't Her Cowboy Anymore"[1a], "I Hate Everything"[1a], "Oh, What a Perfect Day"[1a], "Some Nights"[1a])
E♭2 ("That's the Truth"[1a])
D2 ("A Better Rain"[1a], "What Goes Up"[1a], "Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me"[1a])
C2 ("You Gotta Go Through Hell"[1e])
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[1] Questionable representativeness.
a. Brief dips and anacrusis in low range.
b. Brief trills in high range.
c. Ambiguous context.
d. Weak spoken notes.
e. Weak fried notes.
[2] Questionable identity.
a. Ambiguous backing vocal.
b. Ambiguous tone.
{Notewatched Discography & Album Ranges}Strait Country (1981) (G2 - G4)
Strait from the Heart (1982) (A2 - G4)
Right or Wrong (1983) (G♯2 - G4)
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1984) (G2 - F♯4)
Something Special (1985) (G2 - F♯4 - C5)
#7 (1986) (A2 - E4)
Merry Christmas Strait to You! (1986) (A2 - E4)
Ocean Front Property (1987) (G2 - G4)
If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' (1988) (B2 - G4)
Beyond the Blue Neon (1989) (F2 - F♯4)
Livin' It Up (1990) (A2 - E♭4)
Chill of an Early Fall (1991) (F2 - G4)
Holding My Own (1992) (A2 - F♯4)
Pure Country (1992)[3] (G2 - G4)
Easy Come, Easy Go (1993) (G2 - G4)
Lead On (1994) (G♯2 - G♯4)
Blue Clear Sky (1996) (A2 - G4)
Carrying Your Love With Me (1997) (A2 - F♯4)
One Step at a Time (1998) (A2 - F♯4)
Always Never the Same (1999) (F♯2 - F♯4)
Merry Christmas Wherever You Are (1999) (G2 - B2 - F♯4)
George Strait (2000) (G2 - F4)
The Road Less Traveled (2001) (F♯2 - F♯4)
For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome (2003)[1] (A2 - F♯4)
Honkytonkville (2003) (F♯2 - F♯4)
Somewhere Down in Texas (2005) (G2 - E4)
It Just Comes Natural (2006) (G2 - E4)
Fresh Cut Christmas (2006)[4] (B♭2 - E4)
Live at Texas Stadium (2007)[1], [2a], [5], & [6] (G2 - G4)
Troubadour (2008) (F2 - F4)
Twang (2009) (F♯2 - G♯4 - C♯5)
Here for a Good Time (2011) (E2 - F2 - F4 - F♯4)
Love Is Everything (2013) (G2 - F4)
The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium (2014)[1] (F♯2 - F♯4)
Cold Beer Conversation (2015) (F2 - E4 - C♯5)
Honky Tonk Time Machine (2019) (D2 - F2 - F♯4 - C#5)
+ Singles
+ Features
+ Live performances
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[1] marks live albums.
[2] marks collaborative albums.
a. With Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett.
[3] marks soundtrack albums.
[4] this album is also known as Classic Christmas, rereleased in 2008.
[5] tracks 2 and 5 unavailable.
[6] George sings on tracks 1 - 7, 10, and 12.
Strait from the Heart (1982) (A2 - G4)
Right or Wrong (1983) (G♯2 - G4)
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1984) (G2 - F♯4)
Something Special (1985) (G2 - F♯4 - C5)
#7 (1986) (A2 - E4)
Merry Christmas Strait to You! (1986) (A2 - E4)
Ocean Front Property (1987) (G2 - G4)
If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' (1988) (B2 - G4)
Beyond the Blue Neon (1989) (F2 - F♯4)
Livin' It Up (1990) (A2 - E♭4)
Chill of an Early Fall (1991) (F2 - G4)
Holding My Own (1992) (A2 - F♯4)
Pure Country (1992)[3] (G2 - G4)
Easy Come, Easy Go (1993) (G2 - G4)
Lead On (1994) (G♯2 - G♯4)
Blue Clear Sky (1996) (A2 - G4)
Carrying Your Love With Me (1997) (A2 - F♯4)
One Step at a Time (1998) (A2 - F♯4)
Always Never the Same (1999) (F♯2 - F♯4)
Merry Christmas Wherever You Are (1999) (G2 - B2 - F♯4)
George Strait (2000) (G2 - F4)
The Road Less Traveled (2001) (F♯2 - F♯4)
For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome (2003)[1] (A2 - F♯4)
Honkytonkville (2003) (F♯2 - F♯4)
Somewhere Down in Texas (2005) (G2 - E4)
It Just Comes Natural (2006) (G2 - E4)
Fresh Cut Christmas (2006)[4] (B♭2 - E4)
Live at Texas Stadium (2007)[1], [2a], [5], & [6] (G2 - G4)
Troubadour (2008) (F2 - F4)
Twang (2009) (F♯2 - G♯4 - C♯5)
Here for a Good Time (2011) (E2 - F2 - F4 - F♯4)
Love Is Everything (2013) (G2 - F4)
The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium (2014)[1] (F♯2 - F♯4)
Cold Beer Conversation (2015) (F2 - E4 - C♯5)
Honky Tonk Time Machine (2019) (D2 - F2 - F♯4 - C#5)
+ Singles
+ Features
+ Live performances
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[1] marks live albums.
[2] marks collaborative albums.
a. With Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett.
[3] marks soundtrack albums.
[4] this album is also known as Classic Christmas, rereleased in 2008.
[5] tracks 2 and 5 unavailable.
[6] George sings on tracks 1 - 7, 10, and 12.
Thanks to CT for adding, like, five notes before ducking out of the collab like a coward. Special thanks to Goober for helping me order the Best Vocal Performances list.
