Well Garth, your music sucks and your career is just as over as the dixie chicks. Tell that little joke at the next concert you have in Texas. You will likely get a good old fasioned TX @$$ whoopin’.
In the early years Garth was very good. Then, over the past 10 years he started to introduce more and more “black” sounds into his C&W and that’s when he lost me.
He tried to use is influence to actually change C&W into some type of multicultural “save the world” type of music.
There is a song written about the change by the name of “Murder on Music Row.” By Alan Jackson. He was talking about the people like Garth who wanted to do away with our traditional C&W music.
(Murder on Music Row by Alan Jackson)
Nobody saw them running
From 16th Avenue
They never found the fingerprints
Or the weapon that was used
But someone killed country music
Cut out its heart and soul
They got away with murder
Down on music row
The almight dollar
And the lust for worldwide fame
Slowly killed tradition
And for that, someone should hang (”Ahh, you tell ‘em Alan”)
They all say “Not Guilty!”
But the evidence will show
That murder was committed
Down on music row
For the steel guitars no longer cry
And the fiddles barely play
But drums and rock ‘n’ roll guitars
Are mixed up in your face
Ol’ Hank wouldn’t have a chance
On today’s radio
Since they committed murder
Down on music row
They thought no one would miss it
Once it was dead and gone
They said no one would buy them ol’
Drinkin’ and cheatin’ songs (”Oh, but I still buy ‘em”)
Well there ain’t no justice in it
And the hard facts are cold
Murder’s been committed
Down on music row
For the steel guitars no longer cry
And you can’t hear fiddles play
With drums and rock ‘n’ roll guitars
Mixed right up in your face
Why the Hag wouldn’t have a chance
On today’s radio
Since they committed murder
Down on music row
Why they even tell the Possum
To pack up and go back home
There’s been an awful murder
Down on music row
A fitting song to illustrate Garth’s contribution to the destruction of C&W.
newsGarth Brooks: American Political System Needs ‘Kick In The Ass’
An event honoring former President George H.W. Bush Monday night includes performances by Carrie Underwood, Cee-Lo Green and Garth Brooks, the latter of whom thinks the nation’s political system needs a “kick in the ass.”
Brooks, who has apparently forgotten that Obama once said his iPod contains “everything but Garth Brooks.”
“The whole political system kind of has me concerned right now to tell you the truth — 200 years old and we might think of about, you know, kind of kicking it in the ass a little bit,” said the singer. “It just seems like we vote for things because they’re Republican or Democratic… I think we should vote for [politicians and laws] because they’re right or wrong and we kind of have seemed to have fallen into that trap.”
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/66857/garth-brooks-american-political-system-needs-kick-in-the-ass/
Garth Brooks, Carrie Underwood, Reba pay tribute to President George H.W. Bush in “A Celebration of Service”
On Monday, the Points of Light Institute hosted “All Together Now – A Celebration of Service” at The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., to honor President George H. W. Bush for his visionary leadership in the American service movement.
The tribute was taped, and portions of it will air at 7 p.m. Monday, March 28 on NBC (KFOR-4 in Oklahoma
The event brought together all four former presidents for the first time since the inauguration of President Obama. President William J. Clinton served as the event’s honorary co-chairman. He was joined by President and Mrs. George W. Bush and President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter.
The star-studded lineup also together some of the biggest acts in country music, soul and rock in a unique program celebrating the powerful role voluntary service can play in overcoming the challenges our communities face in the 21st century. “All Together Now – A Celebration of Service” featured performances by Oklahoma natives Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire and Carrie Underwood, along with Sheryl Crow, Cee Lo Green, Sam Moore, Brad Paisley, Kid Rock and Darius Rucker.
Points of Light Institute inspires, equips and mobilizes people to take action that changes the world; 25 million more Americans are volunteering today as volunteered in 1989. To find out how you can get involved and make a difference, go to www.PointsofLight.org.