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A Master Class in the Art of Restraint

July 22, 2017 By Jordan

Strait’s version, the only one that most people will ever hear, is masterfully plain. He occasionally approaches a syllable from above, using a mournful grace note, but he has an easy, conversational way of putting a melody across, as if he were singing to keep from talking.

The first section of this New Yorker article on George Strait contains some of the most enlightened music journalism I’ve ever read.

 

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Filed Under: Hip tunage Tagged With: Amarillo By Morning, George Strait, The New Yorker