In eager anticipation of tomorrow’s George Strait concert at the Prudential, I took a look at the setlist and I liked what I saw on the hitmakers no nonsense down to business hit song after hit song setlist. If you don’t see what you want from Strait here, check yes and no elsewhere because I sure do.
1. The Fireman – Fiddle swinging self portrait, one of many! – B+
2. Check Yes or No – Story song of long term love – B+
3. Ocean Front Property – Smart metaphor sparks the song – B+
4. Marina Del Rey – Full on ballad – B
5. Blame It On Mexico – Mariachi hints on a fun track about a one night stand that becomes more!- A-
6. A Fire I Can’t Put Out – Old fashioned Hank Williams ballad with less twang – A-
7. Nobody In His Right Mind Would’ve Left Her – Bread and butter ballad – B
8. Here For A Good Time – Honky tonkin’ newbie – B+
9. Arkansas Dave – Off an album called Twang so I guess we all know where this is going!
10. Lovebug – Cover of George Jones raucous smash masterpiece – A+
11. You Look So Good in Love – Spoken word break in the middle! – B
12. River Of Love – Excellent song takes the title all the way down stream, gorgeous hand picked break in the middle – A
13. How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls – A touch generic but that voice gets aways with it – B
14. I Saw God Today – The day his kid was born, what did you think it would be? – C+
15. I Can Still Make Cheyenne – I bet this one, two, will put the audience to sleep – C
16. -Drinkin’ Man – Alcoholism and pretty damn accurate – B-
17. That’s What Breaking Hearts Do – A goodie, the riff is rock and roll without the rock and the roll – B+
18. I Believe – Too much saccharine – C
19. Give It Away – George covers RDCP -NOT, actually country blues – B+
20. Fool Hearted Memory – Pretty but a little bland – B-
21. Lead On – Heavy ballad – B-
22. Amarillo By Morning – Gorgeous travelling song – A-
23. The Chair – Yet another travelling song – B
24. I Got a Car – Story of a love affair – A-
25. I’ll Always Remember You – For his fans – A-
26. Give It All We Got Tonight – Yes, we will – B+
27. Troubadour – ANother self-portrait and a good one – A
28. Unwound – A dance song sounds Jones-y! – B+
Encore:
29. Same Kind Of Crazy – Yeah, and we have the coffee cup to prove it – C
30. All My Ex’s Live in Texas – So he hangs his hat in Tennessee…fuuuuuny! -B+
31. Run – He wants her back – B
32. Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash tale of bad blood and jail – A+
33. The Cowboy Rides Away – Excuse us if we cry during this one – A-
