George Strait/YMMV

• Covered Up:
  • "Amarillo by Morning" was originally recorded by Terry Stafford, who took it to #31 several years before Strait made it into his Signature Song.
  • "Famous Last Words of a Fool" and "Nobody in his Right Mind Would've Left Her" were originally minor chart hits for their co-writer, Dean Dillon.
  • "Today My World Slipped Away" was originally a Top Ten for Vern Gosdin.
  • "What Do You Say to That" was originally recorded by David Ball.
  • "Desperately" and "Wrapped" were originally recorded by Bruce Robison, and the latter had been recorded by several other artists before George covered it.
  • "The Seashores of Old Mexico" had been recorded by several artists, including Merle Haggard (who wrote it). Hank Snow also had a Top 10 hit with it in Canada in 1971.
  • "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa" was originally recorded by Merle's son, Noel.
  • This also went the other way with "Oh Me, Oh My, Sweet Baby," which was a Top Five hit for Diamond Rio four years after Strait recorded it.
  • "Stars on the Water", written (and originally recorded) by Rodney Crowell, and made famous by Jimmy Buffett.
• Crowning Moment of Awesome: Finally winning his first Grammy, for Best Country Album (Troubadour) in 2008.
• Crowning Music of Awesome: "Amarillo by Morning" is often cited as one of his best.
• Misattributed Song: No, that's not him singing "A Little More Country Than That." That would be Easton Corbin.