George Strait And Miranda Lambert Teamed Up For Epic Rendition Of “How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls” & “Run”

On June 7th, 2014, George Strait made history with his final tour performance at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, before an astonishing crowd of more than 104,000 fans—the largest ever for a single show in the U.S.

During this unforgettable night, Miranda Lambert took the stage with him for two standout duets: “How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls” and “Run.” These moments were among the most memorable of the evening.

What many might not know is that Lambert’s connection to Strait runs deep—her admiration for him goes far beyond the stage.

Check it out in the video below, which has garnered 5.5M views and received countless positive feedback:

Clearly the video was showered by compliments from viewers around the world. One wrote, “The energy between them was off the charts. “Run” sounded studio perfect. They really caught lightning in a bottle on that duet.” Another continued, “I’ll never get tired of George Strait & Miranda Lambert singing this song. How ’bout them cowgirls.”

Are you curious why Miranda deeply admired George Strait?

“When I was on tour with George, I was 22 and my dad was on the road with us. And I had gotten a tattoo, and it ruffled my dad’s feathers pretty good, and he was really, really mad.

We rode the same bus together on the Strait tour, and so I had to wear I had to wear long sleeves for two weeks and he wouldn’t talk to me.”

George Strait, a father who knows how important family is, wanted to help fix the tension between Miranda Lambert and her dad. Having gone through his own loss with the tragic death of his daughter, Jennifer, George understood the emotional struggles.

To lighten the mood on the last day of their tour, he came up with a fun idea to ease the situation. George arranged for 75 temporary tattoos to be given to the tour crew, each one placed on their arm in the same spot as Miranda’s tattoo.

The goal was to laugh off the disagreement and bring everyone back together. When Miranda showed up for the group photo, she was surprised to see 60 crew members wearing the tattoos, including Rick Lambert. It was a heartwarming and humorous way to heal the rift.

“The last day of tour, before the end of tour picture, George had apparently heard about all this and sent out for 75 stick-on tattoos.

And when we took our group picture, everyone that was in the photo, which was like 60 people, rolled up their sleeve and they all had a tattoo exactly where my tattoo was, even my dad.

So I have to thank George for helping me get back to talking to my father again after I got my horrid, hideous tattoo. So thanks George, for mending our relationship.”

Helping to mend a disagreement between a 22-year-old girl and her dad seems that only George Strait could pull off.