Original sentence: It is the first single release in Strait's solo career that he has had a hand in co-writing, and only the second song of his entire solo career that he has co-written (the first being "I Can't See Texas from Here", a cut from his 1982 album Strait from the Heart)
Edited sentence: It is the first single release in Strait's solo career that he has had a hand in co-writing, and only the second song of his entire solo career that he has co-written (the first being the self-penned "I Can't See Texas from Here", a cut from his 1982 album Strait from the Heart)