Posted on 06/11/2023 9:20:41 AM PDT by wardaddy
Brooks is a wife cheating fraud. He cancelled on Trump the day before the inauguration and even discouraged anybody from coming to the rescue but there he was with that BS smirk on his face at Biden’s.
Garth ain’t no Okie from Muskogee.
It’s a fact that he is a yay-hoo from Yukon.
Waylon obviously hadn’t seen the Clintons or Gavin Newsom when he made the remark.
Garth Brooks is a POSER!
Chet Atkins all of life- not so much stones but— Alan Parsons, 10cc you bet,for their advanced recording and writing. Allman Brothers from way back in FL
They played the pier in Daytona, as the Allman Joys (and both Greg and Duane were born in Nashville) then UF campus- but the dope (heroin) killed Duane very early. ATL: Joe South and of course the Atlanta Rhythm Section.
Garth from Oklahoma, and started with and still has a large oil trust fund inheritance he tries to disguise- acting and maybe being nuts (Townes van Zandt-Texas oil money, and a personal disaster alkie) but everyone knows the difference between an “act” and who someone really is- with rare exceptions in history the two were the same- Hank Williams (human disaster but wrote anguish of his times), and of course The Delmore Brothers- quite real Americana. Alton’s book- “Truth is Stranger than Publicity” is a gritty story of life on the road in the 1920’s.
Late 1980s I was walking past the Music Row area that used to have all the mini-museums. Saw a classy elderly lady loading boxes into a big moving van with no help around, so jumped in to help her finish moving her stuff. She said the people she was supposed to get (for pay) just didn't show up and she was on a deadline. I tried to get away clean but she strong-armed a $100 bill, a lunch and a blessing on me. Only later did I put it together that that was Sarah Cannon closing up her shop.
Definitions of "Good People".
Garth is a product of the Nashville cooperate music machine while Waylon went against that grain.
Strange, I always thought he just could't sing. Give me Merle, Randy, or the Possum.
I don't understand why Peyton Manning did a bunch of commercials with Brad Paisley--does Peyton really need the money?
It’s amazing how many of the little houses are now gone unless they have designation protecting them
Like Johnny Cash shot meth here
That sort of thing
LOL! So much better than "George Washington slept here." Which was far more appropriate for Benjamin Franklin.
I've only heard good stories on Johnny. You have to give credit to the man who taught Elvis how to be be true to himself AND a better entertainer.
“Sincerity. If you can fake that you’ve got it made.”
My only issue with John is the left Americana east Nashville sorts think they own his brand
Those were the three albums that made his career and put him into the stratosphere. The biggest criticism he got at the time from country purists was that his concerts were more like rock shows, complete with wireless mics that allowed him to run around the stage, something not done up to that point by country artists. He would also close out his show (encores) with straight-up covers of rock songs like "You May Be Right" by Billy Joel and "Keep Your Hands To Yourself" by Georgia Satellites. Garth Brooks had a college degree in advertising and so you might say he marketed his music career very well.
It is undeniable that the country music audience exploded during those early Garth years, with country radio becoming the number one music radio format in the U.S. (I believe still the case today). Of course, other country superstars were emerging at the same time such as Clint Black, Alan Jackson, and Travis Tritt.
By 1992 however, something changed about Garth Brooks. He started getting politically correct, even apologizing for earlier songs that celebrated drinking and getting rowdy, etc. His 1992 hit "We Shall Be Free" is a patronizing piece of pop pap - sort of a country version of "Imagine."
After that, Garth did nothing interesting artistically. He became sort of the "Air Supply" of country, churning out mediocrity after mediocrity. He still sells out concert halls (as does Barry Manilow) but hasn't had a top ten country hit in nearly two decades.
Political correctness does cause artists to lose their edge. In their zeal to not offend anybody, they become a mediocrity.
Duane was killed in a motor cycle accident, but drugs may have finally gotten him had he lived.
We have to go back at least 21 years? That is when he died. You’d think someone more recent would speak up.
Know that- Duane had just completed cleaning up from some kind of rehab. Went for a ride and could not avoid a flat bed. All in Macon know where it happened. Berry followed. The problem was the outfit Capricorn- Phil Walden blew his nose out. Used to come to church, where he got some mercy, perhaps from the Lord
The old hard-corps Easters who've resisted the crime and devaluation or the new Yups trying to gentrify it into a New Austen? LOL.
Johnny made it plain he owed allegiance to no political parties while standing up for the working class - so made all the right enemies. I know he approved Joaquin Phoenix playing him in "Walk the Line" and was totally right. Have no idea how Witherspoon got the June part...unpleasant brown bit floating in an otherwise great punchbowl there. I thought Renee Zelweger, who totally morphed Judy Garland and sang, would have been far better.
Garth Brooks? Isn't that Chris Gaines' country music alter ego he did for a hoot? Seriously though, that whole thing made me wonder about the man's sanity. Now he defends Bud Light while opening a bar on Nashville's Lower Broadway. All righty then...
Same here!
My first real guitar is named Possum.
:-)
Wasn’t aware of some of that. Thanks for the information.
I remember when Phil Walden died , I saw his obituary in the New York Times, and I was looking at the comment section, lo and behold there was a comment from Dickie Betts, all it said was, “ Thanks for the ride.”
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