| Cowboys and Dreamers | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | George Strait |
| Cover: | George Strait - Cowboys and Dreamers.png |
| Length: | 47:49 |
| Label: | MCA Nashville |
| Producer: | Chuck Ainlay, George Strait |
| Prev Title: | Honky Tonk Time Machine |
| Prev Year: | 2019 |
Cowboys and Dreamers is the thirty-first studio album by American country music artist George Strait. It will be released on September 6, 2024, via MCA Nashville. The album's first single, "MIA Down in MIA", was released on May 17, 2024.
Strait dedicated the album to longtime fiddle player of Ace in the Hole Band Gene Elders and manager Erv Woosley, who both died on March 20, 2024, as well as road manager Tom Foote who died on April 29, 2024.[1]
Strait announced the album on May 16, 2024, while performing at Lucas Oil Stadium.[2] [3] The album's lead single, "MIA Down in MIA", was issued on May 17, 2024.[4] [5] The album's second single, "The Little Things", was released on June 14, 2024.[6] The album's third single, "Three Drinks Behind", was released on July 19, 2024.[7] As with his last album, Honky Tonk Time Machine, Cowboys and Dreamers was co-produced by Chuck Ainlay.
While performing in 2024, Strait teased songs for Cowboys and Dreamers, including "Honky Tonk Hall of Fame" (featuring Chris Stapleton), "Three Drinks Behind", and "You Don't Know What You're Missing".[8] [9] "Waymore's Blues" was co-written and previously recorded by Waylon Jennings for his 1975 studio album, Dreaming My Dreams.[10]