King George. Doesn't need a huge production, dancers, pyrotechnics, just him, his guitar and a microphone. That is George Strait, pure country, pure talent.
@@daleb1279 Definitely autotune. The big giveaway is the way it sounds when he changes vocal notes. It's almost robotic sounding. You can hear an example of it in Disturb's "Sound of Silence" performance on Conan.. Or in Jelly Roll's song called "Save Me".
The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium is a live album released by George Strait in 2014. The title refers to the fact that this concert was the final performance of his final tour "The Cowboy Rides Away Tour" on June 7, 2014 in Arlington, Texas. 104,793 people were in attendance, the largest ever single-show attendance at a U.S. stadium. An all-star lineup joined Strait on stage.
This was his Farewell Tour… one of his last tour concerts. The other ladies are country stars Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Faith Hill and then Sheryl Crow . They all respect King George very much.
Yes, they are artists! From L to R: Sheryl Crow, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride and Faith Hill. My favorite was his duet with Miranda Lambert to How Bout Them Cowgirls.
The song is drawing a parrallel between his realtionship and a western movie, where quite often the hero of the story "rides off into the sunset." It even says, 'as the "credits roll", a sad song starts to play, this is where the cowboy rides away.'
Yea this was basically suppose to be his "farewell" to major touring. Those other stars being there shows the amount of respect and love other artist have for him. George was in his 60s then
This is when he stopped touring for a year or so. It was kind of like a farewell concert and thats why all those other singers are there. Yes thats Alan Jackson.
I was living in Texas when Dallas Cowboy's Quarterback Troy Aikman announced his retirement. My favorite radio station followed the announcement with George singing this song. I cried!
I’ve seen him several times. I remember before the revolving stage, I saw him in the round. The stage was square and he’d move every few songs to each side of the stage. He’d play a couple songs then move to the next side and on and on. He puts on an amazing show and doesn’t need anything but a mic and a great song. All King George does is stand there in his creased Wranglers, cowboy shirt, boots, and hat and burn the house down. Pure Country and pure talent. ♥️♥️
In a lot of western movies at the end of the movie. The last scene of a movie is the cowboy (the star of the movie) Rides away on his horse! This was George Strait last tour date, he does shows every now and then!
The artists on stage with George all were opening acts for him when they first got their respective starts. I've seen George several times over the years and I saw Martina and Maranda open for him when they first started out. Great shows!!!
This wasn't really his last concert but he did retire from major touring. All of those behind him were all top country artist along with Sheryl Crow. He is looked up to and respected probably the most of any country artist ever! King George is truly amazing!
I absolutely love the Brooks and Dunn performance of this song, when they performed it on a special live show that was honoring George Strait. Theirs is probably my favorite. Though both are great.
Miranda Lambert singing "Tin Man" will blow you away. The 2017 ACM Performance is a must. Just a girl and her guitar. And yes, Tin Man is a play on the Wizzard Of Oz. If Tin Man just knew how badly a heart hurts when broken
George has videos from his “live at the astrodome” concert. The stage was in the middle of the arena and it slowly turned so all the guests got to see him directly.
We saw George and Kacey Musgraves together at T-Mobile Arena in Vegas a few years back. It was a great show. Thank goodness for the big screens behind them and all the cameras.
Great reaction love! This was at the Houston rodeo, he played here every year. The astrodome had the revolving stage, seating all around. They would bring the stage out after the rodeo events each day & a different singer/group would perform each night on the stage. This may have been one of the last rodeos in the Astrodome before they shut it (and Astroworld) down. Martina McBride, Faith Hill, Miranda Lambert, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, maybe Cheryl Crow(?)would've most likely been there, probably many more. I used to go to several performances a year. It's all been shut down almost 20 years now - the Astrodome was called the 7th wonder of the wold. The day they shut these down - Astroworld (2005) and the Astrodome (2008) was a heartbreak for all of us that grew up here, and a landmark in history that would forever change the Houston Rodeo (worlds largest) & it's concerts.
@@JennyJohn50 That’s no problem. I think this concert in Dallas is the first time he ever had the rotating stage outside of Houston. I’ve seen him several times in Dallas and Waco but I never seen the rotating stage at any of the shows other than in Houston when I would watch it on tv in the astrodome days
That was his retirement from majors tours. He does shows here and there, but not big tours. Those behind him were country icons showing support for George Strait because he was such a influential person in country music.
You are ALWAYS one of my favorite reaction channels. But this is the KINGS final tour. A 60!!!!! time #1 country chart toppers final go around. Not enough respect for this man. 60 number 1 singles. No one has ever done that. No one ever more deserving. Keep up the great work Britt.
I have seen George Strait 2 times in 2 different venues, neither had a revolving stage. However, revolving stages were a BIG thing in the late 70's, George like me is old enough to remember them. As you said, in large stadium venues, a revolving stage allows for the sale of all the seats, even those that would be behind the stage. George Strait did all day long concerts with 10 or 12 other big name artists. Both times I saw him they were concerts that started at noon and George Strait came on last and finished about 10 pm.
That was supposed to be his farewell tour dubbed " The Cowboy Rides Away" Tour. I saw him with Martina in Newark,NJ for it. King George is my favorite all time
We played this song at my dad's funeral in 2015. He was always a cowboy whether he was still working on a ranch, riding saddle broncs in a rodeo, breeding quarterhorses, riding on a trailride or driving a semi.
It's funny because he is much older here but this is one of his early songs. But check out All My Exes Live in Texas for the most classic George Strait, and also, Fireman. Amarillo by Morning. Adelaide, for some later high-energy Cajun fun.
@@chlupl oh yeah I know what you mean and I've actually performed a number of his songs live in a honky tonk band I was in for a long time. Fireman and Am I Blue were definite crowd-pleasers, people would dance their asses off.
@@stevedahlberg8680 I did sound for a solo singer/entertainer here in Texas for a while that could pull off Willie Nelson and people would forget that he was the one singing, lol. Been in Texas my whole life and people here sometimes all me where I'm from, cause I have such a bland and nonspecific accent. That said, I sing a lot of Strait and sound straight off the back forty, cow tippin', have to go a country over for a girlfriend to not date family, kinda redneck country, lol.
@@chlupl I was born in Texas and spent the first part of my life there and then a whole bunch of time there even to today because of family and friends but at some point we moved to Kansas and so now I've got this blend of Kansas and Texas twang, which is interesting because the two are quite different.
There are venues with revolving stages. Here in Phoenix the stage at the Celebrity Theatre revolves and it's a smaller venue so the concerts are always awesome.
This was a great show where George, was about to retire and all the model's as you called them was all country singers Faith Hill, Miranda Lambert, and lot's of other 's, yes they were all singer's
George Strait always ended his concerts with "This Is Where The Cowboy Rides Away". He didn't perform on any revolving stage in the four times I saw him in concert back in the 1990s. This was his "Fairwell" Concert". But, he still performs a few times a year. Revolving stages are great, I saw a "Jefferson Airplane "concert on on in the Spring of 1968. Everyone was there to say "Goodbye" to his touring concert career.
Nice Reaction Britt!!! George is like...the most revered, loved, appreciated true Texas Country Western Music singer. His music and his life are held in the highest regard by many people.
Mrs Britt that what I love about your channel , you always look into these song with such detail , and for me it's so appreciated.. you got us a Friday Fact , I hope so I enjoy those so much .. Thanks Young Lady ..
Just looked up if King George is still doing concerts... He playing 2 nights in July in Nashville at the Nissan Stadium. Ticket prices range from $380 to almost $1500 EACH!!!
I'm guessing this is the concert that broke the attendance record for most people at an indoor concert. I vaguely remember reading about it on Wikipedia.. I think it was at the AT&T stadium, during this farewell tour/concert.
George is the king. Go back and listen to some of his early hits, like "the chair". Most of his songs were written by the same guy. He would give them to GS 1st. Also, since you're exploring country music; there are some artist you probably never heard of, who are the 1s the big artist listen to when they want to hear live music. Examples: Mandy Barnett, especially her Patsy Cline stuff. Also listen to Teea Goins, "I didn't mean to love you" live at the Merle Haggard tribute. (On country roads TV youtube channel)
Idk how much you know about George but he’s called “The king of country music” he has 60 number 1 singles, more than any artist of any genre in history! He will always be my hero ❤ and yes those were all big stars in their own right this was his fair well tour he still does shows every now and then but no longer tours. You should definitely check out lee Ann womacks tribute to him at his artist of the decade ceremony she wrote him a song called “stand there and sing” and it gets me every time.
I dunno if the revolving stage is the way he does things as the norm, but it is a very considerate and clever thing for a person who stands in one place or sits at a piano to do. 🥰 Probably how he would consider he had to do on a stadium tour. ❤
My favorites from King George are So Much Like My Dad; I Cross My Heart; You Look So Good In Love; Love Without End, Amen; Carrying Your Love With Me; The Cowboy Rides Away; What’s Going On In Your World; Today My World Slipped Away; When Did You Stop Loving Me; I’d Like To Have That One Back; The Best Day; and I Know She Still Loves Me.
I looked it up. From the web site I was reading. 126 singles of which 112 reached the top 10 of the country charts and of those 60 reached number one. Many amazing songs with this artist. I was not at this concert, but talking to people who were at his final concert. He had guest appearances by an amazing array of country music artists, recognizing all that he has done for country music. A great singer with many amazing artists. I really think you'd like: The Chair Check Yes Or No You Know Me Better Than That Great reaction and I look forward to your dive into this artist.
Seen him for yrs at houston rodeo and this was always the last song he'd perform and then would circle the arena on horseback. Sure miss the good old days at Astroworld
Love George Strait! Country artists Faith Hill and her husband Tim McGraw have some beautiful duets highly recommend: Speak To the Girl, I Need You, and The Rest of Our Life. They melt your heart 💕
Hi Britt, not that get this lol, played this at father's burial at my request, get tears everytime hear, he did ride away🙏, my dad honored grandpa with this song so I followed, kids will also when I ride away.. they are all artists, was supposed to be George's final tour and this was a tribute concert, the song was years ago, he is know for revolving stage, but he toured again lol, tyvm
Each concert date he had the “ backup singers” open for him. They are wonderful singers on their own. I was blessed to see him on his farewell tour and Vince Gill opened for him. This song was the last song he preformed at the end of the night. You should listen to “ I’ll always remember you” it was wrote for his fans and when he sang that song I just cried like a baby from the emotions of that was a dream come true to see him preform live and it was also his goodbye song. Please give it a whirl.
I was helping my girlfriend move one day, we didn't break up She just Moved out of town and this song What's on the radio. Of course we change the words to 'When your girlfriend moves away.'
All those ladies are famous. That's Cheral Crow and Miranda Lambert and a few other famous singers that were there to sing with him. None of them are back up singers.
Those backup singers are all huge stars in their own right. Everyone loves George Strait. And this is simultaneously a gigantic concert, and a backyard jam session. You need to dive into Faith Hill, she was a monster star before deciding to settle down with Tim McGraw.
Look up the 1999 concert from the Astrodome. He rides in on a horse to start the show. The last show in the Astrodome for the Houston Rodeo. They moved to the new stadium the next year. President Bush and Barbara was at that show.
From someone that has seen a George Strait concert 3 times in the last 20 years and only once he was not able to use a revolving stage. If a concert he puts on does not have a revolving stage it is usually cause the venue seating and layout is not able to accommodate that type of stage.
