ALBUM: Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1985)
MVC Rating: 4.0/$$$$$
On such a wide-ranging project as this one, I had anticipated we would run into some obscure acts like this feller I pulled from my ‘S’ section. Well I could see from the beginning that this would be a country album on account of the fact he had a cowboy hat on.
George Strait. Good name for a cowboy singer. Let me look for some articles on him to let readers know I do my homework. Hmmmmm, here we go Wikipedia has a long write-up. Most No. 1 hits in country, In fact, he has the most No. 1 hits of any one in any genre.
George Strait is known as the “King of Country“and is considered one of the most influential and popular recording artists of all time. (From Wikipedia).
Picture here my head exploding
I received this album free so maybe played it a couple times. I exaggerated my ignorance for effect but I really had no idea Strait was that big and influential. As I’ve said before this exercise of reviewing all of my records sometimes ‘learns’ me. I already have listened to it and have a new favorite song: ‘Any Old TIme.’ The going back to the roots thing really worked for Strait.
And that’s the strait, er, straight scoop.