Neotraditional country is a country music style and subgenre that developed in the 1980s and emphasizes the traditional country instrumental background and traditional country vocals found in subgenre
George Strait, considered the founder of the neotraditional movement, performing in 2008.
George Harvey Strait Sr. is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, music producer, and rancher. Strait has sold tens of millions of records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling
Neotraditional country
…as well as often dressing in the fashions of the country music scene of the 1940s-1960s. The neotraditional country movement was ignited by artists George Strait, Ricky Skaggs, and John Anderson in the early 1980s as a reaction to the pop-country and Urban Cowboy scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and…
George Strait had his first performance at Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos, Texas on October 13, 1975.
Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel, pictured here in 1976, featured George Strait as an opening act during his early years performing in the 1970s. Asleep at the Wheel has in return, been an opening act for Strait in later years.
"Amarillo by Morning," which tells the story of a Texas rodeo cowboy, was originally recorded and written by Terry Stafford in 1973. In 1982, Strait recorded the song with a more Western-based instrumentation. The song has become a signature song associated with Strait; it has been referred as one of the greatest country songs of all time.