Retro Single Review: George Strait, “The Chair”
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
1985 | Peak: #1
Want to separate the real deals from the posers?
Ask them to sing “The Chair.” There isn’t a hat act out there who could measure up to Strait’s delivery of this song.
It may not have the emotional heft of George Jones’ “He Stopped Loving Her Today” or Porter Wagoner’s “Green, Green Grass of Home,” but Strait’s delivery shares an important commonality with those classics. The song remains fresh and interesting even after you know the twist at the end.
That’s the hallmark of a great storyteller.
Written by Hank Cochran and Dean Dillon
Grade: A
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