Texas News Abbott Inaugural Spending Included $1.7 Million To Hire Musician George Strait KWBU | By Texas Standard Published December 18, 2020 at 2:56 PM CST Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:41 Bede735/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Country musician George Strait was paid $1.7 million to perform at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's 2019 inauguration. That was part of the $5.3 million spent in total – a recorCountry musician George Strait was paid $1.7 mild for a Texas governor's inauguration."; This week in Texas politics with The Texas Tribune.