Go behind the scenes of *Amarillo by Morning* as Sonja explores the life and extraordinary career of the King of Country, George Strait—from his Texas ranching roots and early days playing music in the Army to the Nashville rejections that nearly ended his career before it began.
Then, discover the unlikely story behind *Amarillo by Morning*: how a delivery-service commercial inspired Terry Stafford and Paul Fraser to write the song, how it passed through the hands of other artists before reaching George Strait, and how a song that never climbed higher than No. 4 became one of the most enduring country songs of all time.
Finally, Sonja shares the deeply personal reason she chose this particular George Strait classic for *Songbook*, how one lyric inspired the complicated love triangle at the heart of her fictional adaptation, and why revisiting the story years later became an unexpected reflection on writing, grief, and her late father—the man who first taught her to love George Strait.
Sonya HeisingerHost
