Strait Talk February/March 1999
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S T R A I T T A L K George Strait Country Music Festival Tour Is Set After months of preparation and planning, job of setting the pace for the days enter- showcase newer nationally known country all of the logistics and details have finally tainment. music talent. The stages will have talent been worked out for the 1999 George Strait Each show will also feature the performing each day before the stadium Country Music Festival Tour. It will begin “Straitland” entertainment area outside of show starts and during each one of the set on March 6th in Phoenix, AZ and wrap up the stadium. “Straitland” will consist of changes. Check your local schedules for on June 6th in Pittsburgh, PA. The tour will sponsor booths, food and beverage conces- the time that “Straitland” opens. In many consist of 18 shows in major athletic stadi- sion stands, vendors and a stage that will Continued on next page ums. The cities to be visited will include, in addition to Phoenix and Pittsburgh, El Paso, Tampa, Clemson, S.C., New Orleans, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Ames, IA, Chicago, Las Vegas, Oakland, Washington D.C., Foxboro, MA, Kansas City, Louisville, and Detroit. The stops in Washington and Foxboro will be the first in several years in the northeast. A complete itinerary can be found on the back page of the newsletter. Special fan club seating will be available at all locations. A story else- where in the newsletter will furnish all of the information. Joining George Strait on tour this year will be CMA “Album of the Year” winner, Tim McGraw and double CMA Award winners The Dixie Chicks. The Dixie Chicks have also been nominated for three Grammy awards. Kenny Chesney, one of country music’s most consistent chart top- pers will be included on the show along with Jo Dee Messina and Mark Wills and Asleep at the Wheel. Messina chalked up two of country music’s top 5 hits in 1998 while Wills was the most successful new male artist of 1998. Asleep At The Wheel, who will open the show, is considered by virtually all critics to be the best western swing band in America. As a part of last year’s show, the Wheel did an outstanding S T R A I T T A L K George Strait Country Music Festival Tour Is Set (Continued) locations, where space is available, a number of carnival rides will be set up. “Straitland” was a huge hit in 1998 and every effort is being made to make it even more enjoyable in 1999. An added feature to the tour this year will be the brand new “George Strait Country Music Festival” web- site. The website, which is expected to be functional toward the end of February, will feature many different pages. Included, along with many JoDee Messina Asleep At The Wheel other features, will be biographies and photographs of all of the per- formers on the show, links to their home pages, photos from each of the shows, local information for each show, ticket information for each show and the ability to buy tour merchandise. The site will also feature a new innovation called “StraitCam.” “StraitCams” will be set up in every stadium beginning on the day that our crews move in to prepare for the show. Fans can keep up with the progress of each show, Kenny Chesney Dixie Chicks by checking in on the “StraitCam” daily. No sound will be available, but fans will be able to see fresh pho- tographs every few minutes. Fans will be able to check on and look at pho- tographs of all the activities including the day of the show. In addition, another “StraitCam” will be placed in “Straitland” at each stadium to give fans a good idea of what is going on there. The photos from the “StraitCam” will be refreshed every few minutes. Fans will be able to access the tour “StraitCams” through the Official George Strait website at www.georgestraitfans.com. Tim McGraw MarkWills New George Strait Album Arrives March 2nd The new George Strait Album “Always nent writers and some of Strait’s favorites, Knobloch, Dana Hunt and the late Kent Never The Same” will arrive in record out- contributed songs for the album. They Robbins. lets on Wednesday, March 2nd. The album, included Dean Dillon, Hank Cochran, The first single off the album, co-produced by Strait and MCA President, Kostas, Jim Lauderdale, Aaron Barker, Jeff “Meanwhile” by Holyfield and Knobloch is Tony Brown was finished just before the Stevens, Steve Bogard, Melba Montgomery, already climbing the Billboard and R & R end of the year. It will contain ten new Lonnie Williams, Steve Leslie, Mart Green, charts. songs. Several of Nashville’s most promi- Terry McBride, Wayland Holyfield, Fred S T R A I T T A L K Fan Collectable Column February/March 1999 • Small Town Girl - Paperback by mentioned, NY, NY. March 1999. Small cover picture, LaVyrle • Country Weekly - 12/22/98. Pg. 9 mentioned on pages 16, 28, 34, 42, 56, Spencer - p. 229, mentioned in the mentioned and p. 50 and 52. Nashville, 57 and 68. Page 58 - small picture paragraph. TN. w/article. Page 91 - full page photo of • The Orange County Register - Cover • Star Tribune - 12/28/98. Metro/State George. story - 12/2/98. Mentioned in story, page section mentioned - p. B2. Minneapolis, • Pocono Record - “Nashville Sound 4. Tustin, CA. MN. Section” - 12/28/98. Pg. A-8 article - • Country America - 1/1999 issue. Cover • Country Weekly - 1/5/99. Small cover G.S. mentioned. Swiftwater, PA. picture of 1998’s Biggest Stars and Best photo, mentioned pgs. 14, 16, 19, 23, • St. Petersburg Times - Weekender - pgs. 54-55, photo and story - page 76, 26-28. 1998 Top Songs pg. 38, 50 and Section - 1/1/99. Page 16 - Pop Beat #7 story. 64. Nashville, TN. “G.S. at Houlihan’s Stadium.” St. • Music City News - 1/1999. Photo pg. 1, • Courier - Journal - 12/29/98. Feature Petersburg, FL. pg. 24 photo, pg. 48 mentioned, pg. 56 section, The Insiders. True Tales About • Modern Screens Country Music - April photo. Nashville, TN. People In The News. p. C3 mentioned. 1999. Pg. 30 photo w/letters to the • The Spokesman-Review - CD Review. Louisville, KY. Editor. Pg. A7 Lyrics to “We Really 12/13/98. pg. E7 - Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. • Cowboys and Indians - G.S. Cowboy Shouldn’t Be Doing This” w/photo. Pg. • The Fargo Forum - 12/6/98. Article on Hat ad. 1/99, p. 111. 16 photo. the “Ticket sales at the Fargodome” p. • Christian Science Monitor - 12/11/98. • Indianapolis Star News Paper - Jan. 4, C6. Fargo, ND. Pg. 18 - Arts and Leisure - Music pg. 2 mentioned in article. Indianapolis, • Country Weekly - 12/8/98. Front cover section, mentioned. Indianola, Iowa. IN. photo, pg. 3 mentioned, pg. 4, pg. 16-21 • Detroit Free Press - 12/28/98. Pg. 10-D, • The Spokesman Review - 12/30/98. Pg. story and photos, pg. 22, pg. 30 & 54 G.S. mentioned in “Names and Faces” B4 article. Spokane, WA. Singles and LPs. section - 1988 Concert Circuit. • Country Weekly - 1/12/99. Pg. 8 - • Holiday 1998 Catalog - “The Ft. • The Spokesman - Review Letters. Nashville, TN. Western Stores” pg. 64 Photo of G.S. “Entertainment Section”. 12/20/98. Pg. • Music City News - Feb. issue. Pg. 18-19. w/”G.S. Hill Country 4xQuality Beaver E6 - Music Charts - mentioned. TNN/Music City News Awards Ballot. Felt.” • Modern Screen Presents - “Who’s Who Nashville, TN. • People Magazine - 12/28/98. p. 117 In Country Music” - Vol. 93, No. 5 - The following George Strait Fan Club Members submitted to the Collectable Column - And We Thank You! As a GSFC member, you can join in and earn Strait Cash, receive your Strait Talk 1st Class and a Collector’s Card. This is all you need to do - collect magazine or newspaper articles, photos or reviews - send them in and if we use them, your name is added to the list. It’s easy. Remember to enclose the article, where it came from, date, page #, issue and your name and address. Thank You! Freddie and Rosa Goymor - Dallas, TX Mrs. John J. Evans - Harrisburg, MO LaVanda Rzehron - Martinez, CA Virginia Jackson - Charles Town, W.Va. Beverly Neely - San Antonio, TX John M. Fehn - Indianola, Iowa Jean George - Longview, TX Linda Ressler - Mandon, ND Beverly Enlow - Louisville, KY Alex Gaffney - Gales Creek, OR Mildred Crawford - Tustin, CA LeAnn Munney - Victoria, TX Trudy Holderby - Davenport, WA Lou Dallman - Oshkosh, WI Alison T. Kachenko Magera - Swiftwater, PA Joyce Shoults - Tulsa, OK Carolyn Evans - Harrisburg, MO Karen Johnson - Barrhead-Alta-Canada Helen Miller - Belton, TX Vickie Kulp - Fredericksburg,VA Beverly M. Sloan - St. Petersburg, FL Debbie Erickson - Taylor, MI Rosa Goymor - Dallas, TX Sue and Frank Zoltowski - Philadelphia, PA Jean Hurt - Beech Grover, IN Jolie Wilson - Canada Margaret Filippi - Noxon, MT G. Stevens - Melbourne, FL Margaret Stangl - St. Louis Park, MN Beverly Bolam - Niagara Falls, NY Mary Tillman - Alamo, TN Luella Jumps - Mound City, MO Steve McDaniel - Indals, IN Debbie Erickson - Taylor, MI S T R A I T T A L K FAN CLUB SEATING CITY ON SALE LOCATION ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Phoenix 1/25 Gammage Theatre (on campus), corner of Mill Avenue and Apache Blvd. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ El Paso 1/23 Sun Bowl Stadium Box Office, Sun Bowl Drive Hours: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. only ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tampa 2/13 Raymond James Stadium Box Office, 4201 North Dalmabry Hwy. Hours: 10 a.m., cannot lineup before 8 a.m.