ʻO George Harvey Strait kahi mele mele ʻāina ʻAmelika i kapa ʻia e nā mea pā ʻo "King of Country". Ma waho aʻe o ka lilo ʻana i mea mele, he mea hoʻokani a me ka mea hana mele nona nā talena i ʻike ʻia e ka poʻe hahai a me nā mea hoʻohewa like.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia no ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i nā mele kuʻuna o ka ʻāina, e hoʻomohala ana i kāna ʻano kūʻokoʻa o ke koʻi komohana a me nā mele honky tonk.
Ua ʻike ʻo ia i kona hoihoi i nā mele rock and roll i kona wā i ke kula kiʻekiʻe i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia i kahi hui kaʻa.
Ua hele ʻo ia i nā hana mele ʻāina ola i mālama ʻia ma nā kūlanakauhale ʻo Texas, a ʻaʻole liuliu ua neʻe kona hoihoi i ke ʻano.
Manaʻo ʻo ia iā Lefty Frizzel, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard a me George Jones i mau kumu hoʻohālike.
Ua hoʻomaka kāna ʻoihana mele i kona wā i lawelawe ai ma ka US Army.
Ma hope o ka pūʻali koa, ua komo ʻo ia i ka hui ʻāina ʻo Stoney Ridge, kahi i kapa hou ʻia ʻo "Ace in the Hole" i kona lilo ʻana i alakaʻi. Ua pāʻani kāna hui i nā honky-tonks a me nā kaola ma Texas a ua loaʻa koke iā ia kahi mea hoʻolaʻa.
I kēia lā, ua kūʻai aku ʻo ia ma luna o 70 miliona mau album ma US a paʻa i ka moʻolelo honua no ka hapa nui o nā mele me ka helu hoʻokahi i ka mōʻaukala mele.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka hana mua George Strait
Ua hānau ʻia ka mea mele kaulana ʻo George Harvey Strait ma ka lā 18 o Mei, 1952 ma Potit, Texas.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea pena mele ʻāina kaulana loa i kēia manawa.
Ua kaulana ʻo ia no ka ʻoiaʻiʻo mau i ka leo kuʻuna ʻāina.
Ua ulu ka mea hoʻokani pila ma kahi mahiʻai ma Pearsall, Texas, kahi āna i aʻo ai i ka mahiʻai ma Southwest Texas State University.
Ma hope mai ua haʻalele ʻo ia me ka ipo o ke kula kiʻekiʻe (wahine hope) ʻo Norma, akā ua pau koke ʻo ia i ka pūʻali koa. Iā ia ma Hawaiʻi, hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ka hīmeni ʻana ma ka pūʻali koa i kākoʻo ʻia ʻo Rambling Country.
A laila, i kona hoʻi ʻana i Texas, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kāna hui ponoʻī, ʻo Ace in the Hole, kahi i loaʻa ai kahi waihona punahele kūloko.
Ma hope o nā makahiki o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e kiʻi i kahi palapala moʻolelo, ua kau inoa ka mea mele i kahi kuʻikahi me MCA Records ma 1981.
Me ke mele hoʻokahi "Unwound", kāna album mua, ʻo Strait Country (1981), he mea koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka noi no nā mele ʻāina.
I loko o nā makahiki he ʻumi e hiki mai ana, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Strait i kahi pūʻulu o nā album No. "(1) a me "Ma waho aʻe o ka Blue Neon" (1982), kēlā me kēia mea i hōʻoia ʻia i ka platinum a i ʻole multi-platinum.
I ka makahiki 1989, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Strait "Artist of the Year" e ka Country Music Associations, kahi mele āna i hana hou ai i ka makahiki 1990.
ʻO George Straight: hoʻomaka kiʻiʻoniʻoni
I ka makahiki 1992, hana ʻo Strait i kāna kiʻiʻoniʻoni kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma Pure Country a loaʻa i nā mele he nui ma ke mele kani no I Cross My Heart, Heart, Where The Sidewalk Ends and King of Broken Hearts.
I ka makahiki 1995, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea mele i ʻehā disc i kapa ʻia ʻo "Strait Out of the Box", i kūʻai aku ma mua o ʻelima miliona mau kope.
I kēia lā, paʻa ʻo "Strait Out of the Box" i ke kūlana kaulana o ka pahu kūʻai maikaʻi loa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma ka mōʻaukala mele ʻāina.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Strait i kekahi mau album kaulana i ka hopena o 1990s, me Blue Clear Sky (1996), Carry Your Love With Me (1997) a me One Step In Time (1998).
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia i Kepakemapa 2000, ʻo ka album i kapa ʻia ʻo "George Straight" i hana i nā mele mele "Go On", "If It Rains" a me "She Take The Wind From His Sails".
ʻO George Strait: puka mele
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka millennium hou, ua kaulana ʻo Strait me nā mea pā mele ʻāina. ʻElua mau mele mai The Road Less Traveled (2001) - "E haʻalele ʻo ia iā ʻoe me ka ʻakaʻaka" a me "Live And Live Well" - ua loaʻa i ka wahi mua ma nā palapala ʻāina, a ua hele ka album platinum.
2003 ʻO nā mele e like me "E haʻi mai iaʻu i kahi mea ʻino e pili ana iā Tulsa" a me "Cowboys Like Us." I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ua loaʻa i ka mea mele ka National Medal of Arts mai ka Pelekikena George W. Bush.
ʻO Somewhere Down in Texas (2005) kahi album nui ʻē aʻe, i alakaʻi ʻia e ka kūleʻa o nā mele e like me "You Will Be There" a me "She Let It Go Go".
ʻO ke mele "Good News, Bad News", kahi duet me Lee Ann Womack, i hōʻike ʻia ma ka album, ua lanakila ʻo CMA no ka Musical Event of the Year ma 2005.
Ua komo ka album Just Comes Natural (2006) i ke poʻo inoa "Give It Away". Ua loaʻa iā Strait ʻelua mau makana CMA no kēia album a ua hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka CMA Hall of Fame.
Nā hoʻokō a me nā uku
Ke hoʻomau nei ka Straight a hiki i kēia lā ke kaulana i ke ʻano ʻāina. I ka makahiki 2008, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea mele i kāna album Troubadour a hoʻomaka ʻo ia ma ka piko o nā palapala kiʻi album o ka ʻāina.
ʻO ka mele mua loa o ka moʻolelo, "ʻIke wau i ke Akua i kēia lā", hiki i ka helu ʻekahi ma nā papa palapala o ka ʻāina.
I Kepakemapa 2008, ua loaʻa iā Strait ʻelua mau makana CMA. Hoʻokahi lanakila no Album of the Year a ʻo kekahi no Single of the Year.
Ma 2009, loaʻa iā ia kahi makana Grammy no ka album Troubadour a loaʻa pū kekahi i ka Artist of the Decade Award mai ka Academy of Country Music. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Artist of the Year" ma ka CMA Awards ʻekolu manawa, ʻoi loa i ka makahiki 2013.
I ka makahiki 2014, ua lanakila 'o Strait i ke koho 'ana i ka Academy of Country Music Artist of the Year.
I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Strait i kāna huakaʻi hope loa, The Cowboy Rides Away. Ua hana ʻo ia i kāna ʻaha mele hope loa ma Dallas, Texas i Iune 2014.
ʻOi aku ma mua o 100 mau mea pā i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia no ka hōʻike ʻo AT&T Stadium. Kakaikahi ka poʻe i ʻike he ʻelima mau album hou ʻo Strait ma lalo o kāna ʻaelike me MCA Records.
ʻO ke ola pilikino George Pololei
I ka makahiki 1971, ua mare ʻo ia i kāna hoaaloha kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Norma. He ʻelua keiki a lāua, he kaikamahine a he keikikāne.
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua make kā lāua kaikamahine. Ua make ʻo Jennifer ma kahi ulia kaʻa i ka makahiki 1986.
I kona hanohano, ua hoʻokumu ka ʻohana i ka Jennifer Lynn Strait Foundation, kahi e hoʻonui ai i ke kālā no nā hana aloha a nā keiki.
Ua lilo ka mea mele i kupuna kāne i ka makahiki 2012. Leʻaleʻa ʻo ia i nā hana waho like ʻole e like me ka hopu holoholona, ka lawaiʻa, ke kolepa, ke kaʻa kaʻa, a pēlā aku.
Hoʻopili pū ʻia ʻo ia me ka Wrangler National Patriot Program, kahi hoʻolaha ʻike a me ke kālā kālā no nā poʻe koa koa US i ʻeha a make a me ko lākou mau ʻohana.
