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SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER 2011 VOL. 29 NO. 3 Is CD Hits Stores and Digital Outlets On September 6th The King of is releasing his 7. Lone Star Blues (Gary Nicholson/Delbert behind The Beatles and Elvis Presley. Strait 39th studio , Here For A Good Time, McClinton) was inducted into the Country Music Hall of on September 6th and there is one thing 8. A Showman’s Life (Jesse Winchester) Fame in 2006. that’s perfectly clear - George Strait is hav- 9. Three Nails And A Cross (George Strait/ Strait’s last CD Twang debuted at #1 ing a really good time doing what he does Bubba Strait//Bobby Boyd) on The Billboard 200 chart and the Top best – making music. The Country Music 10. Blue Marlin Blues (George Strait/Bubba Country chart making it the fourth Hall of Famer co-wrote seven of the album’s Strait/Dean Dillon) time in Strait's career that a new release has 11 tracks with his son Bubba and legendary 11. I’ll Always Remember You (George debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart songwriter Dean Dillon. Strait/Bubba Strait/Dean Dillon) and the 13th time debuting at #1 on the Top Strait co-produced the album with his Country Albums chart. Here For A Good long-time friend and legendary producer Strait may have penned the lyrics “I ain’t Time is slated for release on September 6. Tony Brown. It was recorded at Shrimpboat here for a long Sound Studio in Key West, FL - the same time, I’m here for studio where Strait recorded his last three a good time” in his award-winning albums. current single but The title track “Here For A Good Time,” his amazing career written by Strait, his son Bubba Strait and says otherwise. songwriter Dean Dillon, is Strait’s 89th With a career career single and his second highest debut spanning more in his storied career on the Billboard Hot than 30 years, Country Songs chart. This was his highest George Strait has debuting single since “” the most number debuted Top 20 in 2008. one singles of any artist in history Here For A Good Time includes the including Elvis (57 following tracks: to date inclusive 1. Love’s Gonna Make It Alright (Al of all charts). He Anderson / ) has sold nearly 69 2. Drinkin’ Man (George Strait/Bubba million records and Strait/Dean Dillon) with 33 different 3. Shame On Me (George Strait/Bubba platinum or multi- Strait) platinum albums 4. Poison (Chuck Cannon/Allen Shamblin) has the most RIAA 5. Here For A Good Time (George Strait/ platinum certifica- Bubba Strait/Dean Dillon) tions in country 6. House Across The Bay (George Strait/ music and the Bubba Strait/Dean Dillon) third in all genres, STRAIT TALK George Strait Sets The Dates For The 2012 GSTRC Friday, March 9th and Saturday, March of Fallen, NV roped three steers in 15.62 2012 event in an exclusive one-day sale 10th are the dates that George Strait has seconds last year to win the event. They through the George Strait website at www. chosen for his 30th Anniversary George each collected $87,300 in cash winnings georgestrait.com. Members will have to Strait Team Roping Classic at the San Anto- to go along with their new 2011 Chevrolet log into the Members Only section of the nio Rose Palace in San Antonio, TX. Silverado pickups and 3-horse slant Strait website using their Username and Pass- The GSTRC is the largest open roping in Extreme trailers from Bruton Trailers in San words when prompted, in order to purchase America with over $500,000 in cash and Angelo, TX. a maximum of 4 tickets per day, per mem- prizes available to the participants. David George Strait Fan Club Members will get ber. Only one purchase per member will be Key of Stephenville, TX and Jade Corkill the first chance to purchase tickets for the allowed! Tickets for the 2012 GSTRC will be $20 each and pre-sales for members will begin at 9am Central Time, Sept. 26th and will be closed at 5pm or until sold out. If available, any remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public on the George Strait website at www.georgestrait.com at 9am, October 3rd. Ticket may also be purchased by mail on a first-come basis at the following address: George Strait Team Roping Classic PMB #452 24165 IH-10 West Suite 217 San Antonio, TX 78257-1159 Any remaining tickets may be ordered by phone starting on Oct. 10th by calling 210- 698-0791. All tickets are non-refundable and cannot be exchanged for another day. All ticket sales are final. Additional postage will be charged for ticket orders sent outside the United States.

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A P S U W Y Z D A E R K R A Y T N H I D L Y O U V A E I L R E A Find the titles in the puz- X L O V E S G O N N A M A K E I T A L R I G H T D Y A L N D C A zle. Titles can be horizontal, Z B T I V N T T W O A M I E T E Y U O I K W N Y O U W L I L L B vertical or diagonal. Have C Y E T S H E A O P F P O L E U R E Y N E S A N D W E A R E Y O fun! Please return your entry A B U R L O V I N G A F M I L Y L Y O K U R A B S L E L S I N G to GSFC by November 11, 2011. C D T O U S N A L L T K H A N Y O U F I O R C O M I N W G I N T E F O U R O W R L D Y O U R M A O N M N D A D O L V E A Y O U S L B O M H U C W I E G H R A T V U E I M S O M T A H N Y S T O R TITLES: F L T K I A E T S H T R O Y T N E S H A M E O N M E L S L Y O U LOVE'S GONNA MAKE IT M U I P R U O C M A I R S E E F T O O N L R O V Y E A R N T D O ALRIGHT P E M I T D O O G A R O F E R E H Y O U R G T R A A Y E N H D L O M G D Y K L W O T V K E S W O T O Y O U W T O O T Y M O R U R DRINKIN' MAN H A G R K A W N D M T O K M U F R O U M A L L O W V T E S E I L SHAME ON ME R R Y O U O V S O E U M U S C H A N D S A L G R A N D M D E A D POISON I L T O O T H A N K A T E Y O U W S W E E T H B A B Y B I N T L T I K W A H T I H T R A Y L N E W I H G I A T H L E I E G A H T HERE FOR A GOOD TIME J N T A K Y A L T O C R H S H E Y L I A W H C I T L E R I I G H HOUSE ACROSS THE BAY S B K D T M R O N R H M H T T L E I E T L Y L R R O S Y W L E E K L T A U H T Y O W Y T I A D A N G H O A T L O O V E O T S U X LONE STAR BLUES U U R D V H E S L O I S W E N E N T P E A C O M E S O U A A N D A SHOWMAN'S LIFE L E S P L A S Y W N I T H I U S T O D A Y I S E A G S S F N U Y THREE NAILS AND A V S T Y E T O R A S H O W M A N S L I F E T H D U Y U T O D R O CROSS M U V S H N O H A E R L E L U O R K S I H T I K N A E T Y A T U BLUE MARLIN BLUES L O N E S T A R B L U E S H L O L S W E L I T E M I S S K C H R W W B E K S A U T R H D R A Y E N T W E H I T L L E I G H R C I I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER M A R C L K L T I W P I O K O A K K E Y D M R H I E K A K O U F YOU Y X D Y O D A N O L K D L I L I J A W X Y A O C L L I U A S S O N Y A R R N S H E L I A M G R S U R Z A C D D M O E T G T S T T X Z T N T O S T A N B R Y O N T V E G V B F C A N D I X V T U U O P A I Y A M L P K J I Q I R S H N U W X Y B O C N J E F F Z R Please Print: Name:______Address:______City:______Phone #:______State:______Zip:______Jacket Size (Circle One): Medium Large XL XXL T-Shirt Size (Circle One): Medium Large XL XXL * All entries must be received by November 11, 2011. One Entry Only!!! Return entry to GSFC, PO Box 2119, Hendersonville, TN 37077. Thank you. STRAIT TALK Fan Collectable Column • San Antonio Express-News, July 13, 2011. P. 2E Music: page 4, "Hits & History" article and photo page 11. "Bills Big Singles: "Here For A Good Time" story with photo. San Moments" (Bill Anderson) mentioned in story page 45. Charts Antonio, TX. - Week ending July 9, 2011. Photo and single #20 "Here For A • Corpus Christi Caller-Times, July 17, 2011. P. 3B Ad with Good Time," page 60. Nashville, Tennessee. photo, "Love Like You Mean It" - "Don't Waste The Wet • Country Weekly, July 27, 2011. Pp. 30-32 Photos and story Stuff." Corpus Christi, TX. "Let The Good Times Roll." Nashville, Tennessee. • USA Today, July 21, 2011. Section D, Page 1 George Strait's • The Calgary Sun, Spring 2011. Page 28 Showbiz section, "Jeff name mentioned in the story "Concert business surges amid of all Trades," (Jeff Foxworthy), great story. George Strait slow economy." Dallas, Texas. mentioned several times in article. Calgary, AB, Canada. • Country Weekly, July 25, 2011. Letters section - mentioned on

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STRAIT TALK Anita’s Notes Welcome to the fall issue of Strait Talk. Bruton Trailers in San Angelo, TX. The As we write this current issue, our minds world’s very best ropers will be back in are already thinking of cooler weather 2012 for another shot at the title, trucks, and next years Tour and Roping. We are trailers and money. Tickets for the Team Pe n Pa l in mid-August where temperatures are Roping have been a quick sellout for Barbara Garrett near, or above 100 daily. We suggest you many years and 2012 will be no excep- 203 Two Mile Pk. stay indoors, pour a cool drink and turn tion. Fan Club Members will have the Goodlettsville, Tennessee on George Strait music. With that in first opportunity to purchase tickets for 37072 mind, you are going to love the next the event before the general public. George Strait CD “Here For A Good Please read the complete story about the Time”. There are eleven songs, seven of Team Roping and ticket purchases else- have included some of them in the news- them penned by George, Bubba and Dean where in the newsletter. If you are new letter for you to see. If you would like to Dillon including one called “I Will to the GSTRC, and would like to see purchase any of the items, you may do so Always Remember You” that George what it is all about, check out the George through the General Store at www. wrote for his fans. I have many favorites Strait website at www.georgestrait.com georgestrait.com or by calling the office and believe this CD will be another win- and read the old newsletter stories about at 615-824-7176 before 2pm Mon-Fri. ner for George as the others have been it and check the photos in the photo gal- Remember orders are usually shipped by over the past 30 years. We congratulate lery. It’s wonderful time with long days, UPS the next business day after we everyone involved with the project. but exciting results and memories. Come receive them, unless we are out of stock, Please find the story with the list of dressed comfortably from top to bottom. and then they are shipped as soon as they songs and the writers, elsewhere in the Be sure to check the weather before you are back in stock. Please make sure that newsletter. I can’t wait to hear your reac- come to see if you need a jacket. The you include a physical address for all tion. Enjoy!! weather can change during that part of shipments as UPS cannot deliver to PO Here we go---the 30th Annual George the year. Be sure and bring your camera Boxes. Glassware is not shipped to Strait Team Roping Classic is approach- and a stadium seat cushion for long day Canada or overseas because the possibili- ing. The dates are Friday, March 9th and on the bleacher seats. Food and drinks ty of breakage is much higher. Also, Saturday, March 10th of 2012 at the San are sold throughout the event, and there remember that the Holidays will be upon Antonio Rose Palace in San Antonio, TX. are many vendors that sell their western us before you know it, so we suggest if The 2011 winners, David Key from style goods. We hope to see you there. you see something you like, go ahead and Stephenville, TX and Jade Corkil from The George Strait 2012 Tour is coming get it. Some of the items we have from Fallen, NV rode away with $174,000 together nicely and we hope you will be time to time are limited availability. If between them in their beautiful Chevrolet able to attend at least one of the shows. you have any questions, please call us at Silverado Dually pickups from Cavendar Be sure and check back to the website at 615-812-7176 between 9am-2pm central Chevrolet in Boerne, TX pulling their www.georgestrait.com for all the details times or contact us at customerservice@ 3-horse slant Strait Xtreme trailers from about the tour. A major press release will georgestraitfans.com. be made in October announcing who will Before we close this fall issue of Strait be touring with George in 2012, as well Talk, we would like to congratulate (3) as all of the places he will be playing. members of the GSFC. Thanks to We can tell you this….It will be a major Celeste Pakebusch of Alice, TX who sub- GSFC Hours: Country Music Star, so keep checking mitted an item for the Fan Collectable back to the George Strait website for Column. Celeste, your goodies are on updates. We urge all fans to make sure the way. Also, congrats to Lisa Shockley Monday-Friday that the Fan Club has your current email of Spring, TX and Vonda K. Smith of address as that is how we notify every- Ocean Isle Beach, NC. They are our 9:00 am-3:00 pm one of concert and fan club pre-sales. If 2011 GSFC Word Search winners. Your we don’t have your current email package is on its way also. address, you will not be notified. If you would like to submit something, Call Your Remember that fan club pre-sales are please read the instructions at the bottom held first before any sponsor or radio sta- of the Fan Collectable column. tion pre-sales. Also, please remember to Our thoughts and prayers are with our Merchandise make sure your memberships are current. servicemen and women throughout the Expired member cannot purchase pre- world and also their loving families. We Orders In: sale tickets. look forward to their safe return home. Have you checked out the new mer- In closing, we would like to say “Thank chandise items from the George Strait You” for all of your support over these 1-615-824-7176 General Store? We have many great new years. Till we meet again, as George items that we are very proud of. We says, “I Will Always Remember You”. GEORGE STRAIT ITINERARY George Strait has completed his 2011 tour. Please check the George Strait website at www.georgestrait.com for the 2012 Tour Dates, which will be released in late October, 2011. Also, continue to check Strait Line at 615-824-7176 and press 2 for updated information.