An evening with King George: Upstate Beat

On Saturday, May 2, my wife and I made a pilgrimage to Memorial Stadium in Clemson to see King George.

George Strait, that is. The man who has gone from mere “country singer” to legendary icon. This is a man with 60, yes 60, number one country hits including “Amarillo By Morning,” “The Chair,” “All My Exes Live In Texas,” “Ocean Front Property” and more.

And he played all of those and more during his Death Valley show, which, along with the missus and me totaled 90,037 people, the highest attendance in Clemson history, football game or no…

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