George Strait

This Saturday (Aug. 17th) George Strait has got our ol' pal Cody Johnson playing with him at the home of the Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots.

Strait, who is just coming down off the release of Honky Tonk Time Machine his 27th No. 1 album, is still out there playing stadiums like he's 36-years-old.

Well, if we're being honest the song is basically a three minute commercial for his tequila, but what a tremendous commercial it is!

Until Saturday January, 12th of this year, Willie Nelson and George Strait had never performed together.

Over the weekend the Texan was playing a sold out show in Iowa, where he decided to spring a George Strait cover on his fans. And it was pure country greatness.

Can you believe that it was now 2 years ago this month when the internet was figuratively overrun with George Strait covers from so many of our favorite Texas acts?

Mike Ryan's latest single "Damn Good Goodbye" is making its way up the Texas charts. In February the Texas native dropped a George Strait cover on us -- today it's our Distant Replay.

We'll have to wait until early '19 to find out the rest of the concert lineup, but we're pretty sure this news can hold us over 'till January.

Back in December it was announced that George Strait would be named The 2018 Texan of the Year. In a ceremony today the King of Country Music was officially awarded the honor.

Today Texas turns a sprightly 182 years young. It was on March 2, 1836, with the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence, settlers in Mexican Texas officially broke ties with Mexico and formed the most bad ass state in the union.