More than 25 years ago, George Strait was an unknown singer playing for beer and pocket money in Texas honky-tonks. He worked at a ranch during the day and made some demos in hopes of getting a recording contract. There were times, he admits, when he had doubts. “I was getting a little nutty. I questioned whether my attempts at getting on a Nashville label were doing any good,” Strait tells USA WEEKEND. “Today, Nashville signs up artists all the time. But, back then, every four or five years, they’d sign just three or four people.” (continue reading…)
