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Here for a Good Time

Here for a Good Time is the twenty-seventh studio album by American country music artist George Strait. It was released on September 6, 2011 via MCA Nashville. Strait co-produced the album with his long-time producer Tony Brown.[13] The title track and lead-off single, "Here for a Good Time", co-written with son Bubba and songwriter Dean Dillon, was released in June 2011. The album sold 91,414 copies in its first week. On November 30, 2011, the album received a nomination at the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Country Album.

For the song, see Here for a Good Time (song).

Here for a Good Time

September 6, 2011 (2011-09-06)

Shrimpboat Sound (Key West, Florida); Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).

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Tony Brown
George Strait

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Strait co-wrote seven of the album’s eleven tracks with his son, Bubba Strait, and songwriter Dean Dillon.[14] "Here for a Good Time," the lead off single, debuted at number 29 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, making the second-highest debut of his career.[15]


Here for a Good Time was recorded at Shrimpboat Sound Studio in Key West, Florida, the same studio where Strait recorded his last three albums.[16]


"Lone Star Blues" was originally recorded by Delbert McClinton on his 2002 album, Room to Breathe. "A Showman's Life" was originally recorded by the songwriter, Jesse Winchester, on his 1978 album, A Touch on the Rainy Side and by Gary Allan on his 2003 album, See If I Care.

– lead vocals, backing vocals

George Strait

– acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers

Steve Nathan

– acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ

Matt Rollings

Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar,

gut-string guitar

– acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gut-string guitar

Brent Mason

– acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Ilya Toshinsky

steel guitar

Paul Franklin

fiddle, mandolin

Stuart Duncan

– bass guitar, upright bass

Glenn Worf

– drums

Eddie Bayers

– backing vocals

Thom Flora

Wes Hightower – backing vocals

Marty Slayton – backing vocals

– backing vocals

Chris Stapleton

– backing vocals (8)

Faith Hill

at Metacritic

Here for a Good Time