STRAIT, GEORGE
(*1952)
STRAIT, GEORGE (b. Poteet, Tex., May 18, 1952) Strait is one of the great HONKY-TONK/WESTERN SWING revivalists, and one of the few new-country acts who—so far, at least—hasn't strayed too far into pop-rock. His recordings have done much to revive the best of the Southwest sound, right down to the trademark twin harmony FIDDLES (often featuring veteran Western Swing fiddler JOHNNY GIMBLE ). The son of a schoolteacher who raised cattle on the side, Strait began, as most of his generation did, by…