“Amarillo by Morning” is the first song I ever asked to learn how to play on guitar. George Strait’s music was the first thing that I remember my folks playing around the house. He was their favorite, probably, and I loved all those cowboy songs.
“Amarillo by Morning” (written by Paul Shafer and Terry Stafford) is obviously a big rodeo song. It’s one of the quintessential country rodeo songs. And rodeo has always been right there, parallel with country music.
I think I was five years old when I took my first guitar lesson. My teacher asked me what I wanted to learn to play first, and I said, “Amarillo by Morning” without hesitation. I think she told me, “It’s a nice idea. Maybe we’ll start with ‘Jesus Loves Me’ and work our way up to that.” But I played my first show at seven years old and “Amarillo By Morning” was in the set list.” – Zach Top
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Zach Top, Randall King, and Adam Wainwright Talk “Amarillo by Morning’”
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