George Strait‘s new album, Cold Beer Conversation, is available exclusively at Walmart and iTunes/Apple Music today (Friday, September 25th). The collection, which features 13 songs, includes three that were co-written by “King George.”
Strait earned that moniker, the “King of Country Music,” decades ago, but the superstar says that while it’s flattering, he has no clue how it came about. He told reporters: “You know, I don’t know where that started, actually. It’s not something that I ever encouraged, you know, at all, but it’s nice to hear somebody say that, you know, cause I know they mean well by it and like I said, I don’t know how or who or what started all that . . . but it’s nice.”
Cold Beer Conversation is Strait’s first new studio album in two years. The last, Love is Everything, featured the Platinum-certified 60th Number One hit of his career, “Give It All We Got Tonight.”
Strait has been tapped to be the first entertainer playing the brand new Las Vegas Arena in April of next year. He and special guest Kacey Musgraves will perform a total of four shows in 2016 — April 22nd, April 23rd, September 9th and September 10th. Tickets for the shows will go on sale on October 2nd at 1 p.m. ET online at straittovegas.com.
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Here is the Cold Beer Conversation track List:
1. “It Was Love” (Keith Gattis)
2. “Cold Beer Conversation” (Al Anderson, Ben Hayslip and Jimmy Yeary)
3. “Let It Go” (George Strait, Bubba Strait and Keith Gattis)
4. “Goin’ Goin’ Gone” (Wyatt Earp and Keith Gattis)
5. “Something Going Down” (Jamey Johnson and Tom Shapiro)
6. “Take Me To Texas” (Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally)
7. “It Takes All Kinds” (George Strait, Bubba Strait, Bob Regan and Wil Nance)
8. “Stop And Drink” (Dale Dodson and Troy Jones)
9. “Everything I See” (George Strait, Bubba Strait, Dean Dillon and Keith Gattis)
10. “Rock Paper Scissors” (Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell and Bubba Strait)
11. “Wish You Well” (Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde and Brice Long)
12. “Cheaper Than A Shrink” (Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon and Jamey Johnson)
13. “Even When I Can’t Feel It” (Dean Dillon, Ben Hayslip and Lee Miller)
