oops-John you have a good point there-one I missed...........

as a general rule you dont want to ask one singer to mention another-even in a flattering way-in a song......partly ego and partly cause its going off track.........the song's purpose-other than entertainment-is to have people thinking "hey isnt so and so just a great singer/songwriter-man I love that song of his"

so name dropping of another singer generally isnt advised ... you can substitute something else for the George Strait CD'S easily enough......it would turn off a publisher to be thinking-"hey dude how can I pitch this to xy and z when it will require them to mention a competitor".....

small point but important I think......in my opinion anyway

Tom