George Strait ~ Similar Artists

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Alan Jackson - 100% match to George Strait

17 October 1958, Newnan, Georgia, USA. Jackson, the son of a motor mechanic, had a love of gospel music through church and his family. His roots can be heard in "Home" (written for Mother's Day), "Chattahoochee" and his tribute to Hank Williams, "Midnight In Montgomery". He has... Read more

Brooks & Dunn - 99% match to George Strait

This hugely successful country duo comprises Kix Brooks (Leon Eric Brooks, 12 May 1955, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA) and Ronnie Gene Dunn (b. 1 June 1953, Coleman, Texas, USA). As an adolescent, Brooks lived close to Johnny Horton and sang with Horton's daughter. He moved to... Read more

Kenny Chesney - 90% match to George Strait

Kenneth Arnold Chesney, 26 March 1968, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. A handsome country singer-songwriter specializing in heartfelt ballads, Chesney has earned a reputation as a genial and hard-working traditional artist. In 1994, he made his debut for Capricorn Records with a... Read more

Tracy Lawrence - 90% match to George Strait

27 January 1968, Atlanta, Texas, USA. The son of a banker, Lawrence was raised in Foreman, Arkansas, and sang in the church choir. He started working in honky tonks when he was 17 years old and moved to Nashville in 1990. He recorded his first album and the future looked bright... Read more

Dierks Bentley - 87% match to George Strait

20 November 1975, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. This country singer-songwriter grew up in Arizona but relocated to the home of country music, Nashville, Tennessee, like countless budding performers before him. He paid his dues playing small venues and bars on Lower Broadway, while... Read more

Toby Keith - 87% match to George Strait

Toby Keith Covel, 8 July 1961, Elk Town, Clinton, Oklahoma, USA. This highly popular honky-tonk country artist grew up on an Oklahoma farm listening to his father's favourite, Bob Wills, and finding his own hero in Merle Haggard. He tested broncs and bulls for a rodeo during his... Read more

Tim McGraw - 85% match to George Strait

Samuel Timothy Smith, 1 May 1967, Delhi, Louisiana, USA. This highly popular country singer was raised in Start, Louisiana, and is the son of Frank Edwin "Tug" McGraw, a noted left-handed relief pitcher for the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies, who retired in 1984 after a... Read more

Blake Shelton - 84% match to George Strait

18 June 1976, Ada, Oklahoma, USA. This new country artist was taught to play guitar by his uncle while growing up in his native Oklahoma. Still only in his mid-teens he began playing the local bar circuit, but a performance at a tribute to legendary songwriter Mae Boren Axton... Read more

Garth Brooks - 84% match to George Strait

Troyal Garth Brooks, 7 February 1962, Yukon, Oklahoma, USA. Brooks' mother, country singer Colleen Carroll (b. 1929, d. 7 August 1999), appeared on the Ozark Jubilee and recorded for Capitol Records. Brooks won an athletic scholarship in Oklahoma and entertained in clubs at... Read more

Tracy Byrd - 83% match to George Strait

17 December 1966, Beaumont, Texas, USA. Neo-traditionalist country singer Byrd paid $8 to sing Hank Williams' "Your Cheatin' Heart" over a pre-recorded backing track in a shopping mall. The store manageress was so impressed by Byrd's voice that she booked him for a talent show.... Read more