The late great George Strait of country music said he “won’t ever be the same” after losing two very precious people. Strait, 71, paid respect to his “treasured”
bandmate Gene Elders and his 45-year manager Ervine “Erv” Woolsey on social media. Within hours of one another, the two music icons passed away, leaving Strait devastated.
It’s hard to realize that on the same day, we lost two members of our music family. Shortly after we lost Erv,
our beloved Ace In the Hole band mate Gene Elders died away yesterday afternoon, according to Strait. “We are sending our condolences to both families. Without our brother Gene,
the band and I will never be the same. We had a great fondness for him. Geno, go play with Mike once again. Later on, we’ll come see you folks. Austin,
