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George Strait: Hole Band
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George Strait is a very private person. He lives on his extensive working ranch in south central Texas with his wife and son, George Jr.... known an "Bubba". In 1999 MCA record executives gave him a full blooded Australian Blueheeler herding dog, and George named him Banderra. This gift replaced a previous dog that George owned, but lost, in a well publicized dog search. The dog was never located.
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While attending SWT, Strait joined the Ace in the Hole Band, who had been advertising for a new lead singer. Beginning October 14, 1975, the band played honky tonks and bars around south and central Texas and as far east as Huntsville and Houston.[1] They gained a regional following and opened for national acts such as The Texas Playboys.
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George ... pays tribute to his own musical roots with an opening instrumental vamp on the traditional "Deep in the Heart of Texas," a standard covered by everyone from Gene Autry and Bing Crosby to NRBQ. Strait and the band also tackle a raucous version of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys' '40s western swing classic "Take Me Back to Tulsa," turning the Astrodome into the world's largest barnyard square dance, driven by Daily's steel guitar and Elder's soaring fiddle.
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