Some fathers and sons don’t really get along, but that’s certainly not the case in George Strait’s household. Strait and his son, Bubba, are co-writers on the current hit “Living for the Night,” one of three songs they share on Straight’s upcoming album.
George Strait has left most of the songwriting in his career to others. A few songs that he had written and recorded in the 1970s appeared on his Strait out of the Box album in 1995, but it has been 27 years since he recorded a new song for an album.
When the Country star decided to get back to songwriting, he did so big-time. He and Bubba wrote three songs on his upcoming album, Twang: “Living for the Night,” “He’s Got That Something Special” and “Out of Sight, Out of Mind.”
"Bubba had actually been writin’ a bit," Strait told GAC, "and he kind of inspired me to get back into it, and so we started messin’ around [with ideas]. Actually, Norma [George’s wife] had the idea for ‘Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind’ and told Bubba, and he started writin’ it. And then I kinda helped him out. Then we decided to continue on from there, and we were at the ranch writin’ songs and decided it’d be pretty cool if Dean [Dillon] came down, so I called Dean, and a few days later he flew in and we spent about four or five days there writin’ together."
The Twang album is set to be released Aug. 11.
