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Cowboys and Dreamers is the thirty-first studio album by American country music artist George Strait. It was released on September 6, 2024, via MCA Nashville. The album's first single, "MIA Down in MIA", was released on May 17, 2024.
Strait dedicated the album to longtime fiddle player of Ace in the Hole Band Gene Elders and manager Erv Woosley, who both died on March 20, 2024, as well as road manager Tom Foote who died on April 29, 2024.




Content


Strait announced the album on May 16, 2024, while performing at Lucas Oil Stadium. Three promotional singles — "MIA Down in MIA", "The Little Things", and "Three Drinks Behind" — were released ahead of the album. As with his last album, Honky Tonk Time Machine, Cowboys and Dreamers was co-produced by Chuck Ainlay.
While performing in 2024, Strait teased songs for Cowboys and Dreamers, including "Honky Tonk Hall of Fame" (featuring Chris Stapleton) and "Three Drinks Behind." "Waymore's Blues" was co-written and previously recorded by Waylon Jennings for his 1975 studio album, Dreaming My Dreams.




Musical style and composition


Cowboys and Dreamers has been labeled primarily neotraditional country and honky-tonk by critics, with elements of Western swing, gospel, and countrypolitan.




Commercial performance


Cowboys and Dreamers debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200 and number six on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, with first-week totals of 27,000 equivalent units.




Track listing






Personnel


Musicians

Technical

George Strait – production
Chuck Ainlay – production, mixing, engineering
Tony Brown – production (tracks 1–3, 6–9, 11)
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Dan Harrison – engineering (track 2)
Lance Van Dyke – additional engineering, engineering assistance
Jon Clover Brown – engineering assistance (tracks 1–6, 8–13)
Kaitlyn Walker – engineering assistance (tracks 3, 7, 13)
Tate Sablatura – engineering assistance (tracks 3, 7, 13)
Dan Flynn – engineering assistance (tracks 4, 5, 10, 12)
Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangement (tracks 3, 7, 13)




Charts






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