“One night Terry called me at home, he had been watching television ... they could get your package to places like Amarillo by the next morning [and] he wanted to write a song around that ...

His late-night drive home inspired the opening lines of the song. The title, however, came from a FedEx commercial that promised to get packages to places like Amarillo by the next morning.

Tejano and country music meet on a rework of a George Strait classic. "Amarillo by Morning" gets a cumbia makeover by Siggno and Aaron Watson. The song dropped late Thursday night on all digital ...

For his moment, Leatherwood chose to sing George Strait’s “Amarillo by Morning.” “George Strait is an incredible artist. He’s the reigning King, man,” Leatherwood told coach Blake Shel ...