It’s an honor to do it,” he said. Even if Strait’s signature look gets a little uncomfortable in hot, muggy weather: “I have to wear jeans with heavy starch,” Spence explained.

Let's start with the strait. It's always narrow and always natural. A strait connects two larger water bodies, like seas or oceans, and often forms where landmasses come close together.

George Strait, the king of country music, is coming to Pittsburgh with Chris Stapleton on Saturday. Straight is the only act in history to have a Top 10 hit every year for over three decades, and ...