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 Re: Garth Brooks
[Re: RickS.]
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12/03/18 05:54 PM
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elcoyote, esq.
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Not a fan of his music but I respect people that are self made, chasing a dream and becoming incredibly successful and rich at it. Says a lot this far ino his career that he is still butting buts in seats.
As for his cheating, hell country music was founded on cheating and drinking. Hard to argue with that. He's done more than I ever will in music. I've written a handful of songs. Two are potentially big sellers. I can sing like there's no tomorrow. Will jam all night around a small group of people I know. They all keep trying to talk me into fronting a band. One small problem. Stage fright. Anyone that can get up in front of strangers and give it their all deserves some respect. Mitch Hedberg has tremendous stage fright, but he was able to get past it. You should look into how he overcame it.
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Re: Garth Brooks
[Re: elcoyote, esq.]
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12/03/18 06:03 PM
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RickS.
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Not a fan of his music but I respect people that are self made, chasing a dream and becoming incredibly successful and rich at it. Says a lot this far ino his career that he is still butting buts in seats.
As for his cheating, hell country music was founded on cheating and drinking. Hard to argue with that. He's done more than I ever will in music. I've written a handful of songs. Two are potentially big sellers. I can sing like there's no tomorrow. Will jam all night around a small group of people I know. They all keep trying to talk me into fronting a band. One small problem. Stage fright. Anyone that can get up in front of strangers and give it their all deserves some respect. Mitch Hedberg has tremendous stage fright, but he was able to get past it. You should look into how he overcame it. Whiskey would probably do the trick. That's why so many of them are alcoholics or on drugs. 
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Re: Garth Brooks
[Re: Sawhorse]
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12/03/18 06:09 PM
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TheBiscuit
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I'm willing to cut him a little slack for the simple fact that he seems to like fluffy women. Women with a little padding makes my eyes  too.
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Re: Garth Brooks
[Re: Sawhorse]
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12/03/18 06:10 PM
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Bigbob_FTW
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According to the RIAA, he is the best-selling solo albums artist in the United States with 148 million domestic units sold, ahead of Elvis Presley, and is second only to The Beatles in total album sales overall.[5] He is also one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 170 million records.[6]
speaks for itself.
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Re: Garth Brooks
[Re: Sawhorse]
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12/03/18 06:18 PM
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ou.sooner
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Garth couldn't handle playing second fiddle to George Strait. Now that George is retired (or just doing limited performances) Garth figure he'll take another shot at being the "King" of Country Music.
The only good thing his music did was introduce the greatness of Chris LeDoux to a larger audience.
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Re: Garth Brooks
[Re: Bigbob_FTW]
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12/03/18 06:25 PM
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RickS.
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According to the RIAA, he is the best-selling solo albums artist in the United States with 148 million domestic units sold, ahead of Elvis Presley, and is second only to The Beatles in total album sales overall.[5] He is also one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 170 million records.[6]
speaks for itself. To be fair Elvis didn't have Columbia House slinging a bazillion albums. He also didn't live in the era of crappy cassette tapes. I know for me personally. I replaced several cassettes more than once because they would get eaten.
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Re: Garth Brooks
[Re: ou.sooner]
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12/03/18 06:27 PM
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RickS.
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Garth couldn't handle playing second fiddle to George Strait. Now that George is retired (or just doing limited performances) Garth figure he'll take another shot at being the "King" of Country Music.
The only good thing his music did was introduce the greatness of Chris LeDoux to a larger audience.
Chris's son Ned sounds just like him. He has some music on Spotify.
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Re: Garth Brooks
[Re: RickS.]
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12/03/18 06:28 PM
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Mark Perry
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Garth couldn't handle playing second fiddle to George Strait. Now that George is retired (or just doing limited performances) Garth figure he'll take another shot at being the "King" of Country Music.
The only good thing his music did was introduce the greatness of Chris LeDoux to a larger audience.
Chris's son Ned sounds just like him. He has some music on Spotify. . Speaking of sons sounding like their Dad. you should listen to Corey Taylor's son from Slipknot/Stone Sour.
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Re: Garth Brooks
[Re: RickS.]
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12/03/18 06:29 PM
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Bigbob_FTW
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According to the RIAA, he is the best-selling solo albums artist in the United States with 148 million domestic units sold, ahead of Elvis Presley, and is second only to The Beatles in total album sales overall.[5] He is also one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 170 million records.[6]
speaks for itself. To be fair Elvis didn't have Columbia House slinging a bazillion albums. He also didn't live in the era of crappy cassette tapes. I know for me personally. I replaced several cassettes more than once because they would get eaten. you could say the same thing about dark side of the moon or 2112. I've bought them on multiple platforms, multiple times. at any rate, he certainly was no one off. 
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Re: Garth Brooks
[Re: ou.sooner]
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12/03/18 06:30 PM
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1ShotNoKills
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Garth couldn't handle playing second fiddle to George Strait. Now that George is retired (or just doing limited performances) Garth figure he'll take another shot at being the "King" of Country Music.
The only good thing his music did was introduce the greatness of Chris LeDoux to a larger audience.
If by second fiddle you mean selling twice the amount of albums as George then ok. George is just above Shania Twain.
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Re: Garth Brooks
[Re: 1ShotNoKills]
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12/03/18 06:33 PM
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Bigbob_FTW
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Garth couldn't handle playing second fiddle to George Strait. Now that George is retired (or just doing limited performances) Garth figure he'll take another shot at being the "King" of Country Music.
The only good thing his music did was introduce the greatness of Chris LeDoux to a larger audience.
If by second fiddle you mean selling twice the amount of albums as George then ok. George is just above Shania Twain. you're dead to me.
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Re: Garth Brooks
[Re: 1ShotNoKills]
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12/03/18 06:35 PM
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ou.sooner
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Garth couldn't handle playing second fiddle to George Strait. Now that George is retired (or just doing limited performances) Garth figure he'll take another shot at being the "King" of Country Music.
The only good thing his music did was introduce the greatness of Chris LeDoux to a larger audience.
If by second fiddle you mean selling twice the amount of albums as George then ok. George is just above Shania Twain. I don't think it was an album sales deal with him, it was ego. Even in Garth's prime George was still widely recognized as the King of Country Music.
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Re: Garth Brooks
[Re: ou.sooner]
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12/03/18 06:36 PM
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1ShotNoKills
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Garth couldn't handle playing second fiddle to George Strait. Now that George is retired (or just doing limited performances) Garth figure he'll take another shot at being the "King" of Country Music.
The only good thing his music did was introduce the greatness of Chris LeDoux to a larger audience.
If by second fiddle you mean selling twice the amount of albums as George then ok. George is just above Shania Twain. I don't think it was an album sales deal with him, it was ego. Even in Garth's prime George was still widely recognized as the King of Country Music. I don't disagree. Probably my top two favorite artists. Yolo.
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Re: Garth Brooks
[Re: RickS.]
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12/03/18 06:37 PM
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ou.sooner
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Garth couldn't handle playing second fiddle to George Strait. Now that George is retired (or just doing limited performances) Garth figure he'll take another shot at being the "King" of Country Music.
The only good thing his music did was introduce the greatness of Chris LeDoux to a larger audience.
Chris's son Ned sounds just like him. He has some music on Spotify. yes he does. I think his backup band is still Western Underground although not 100% sure.
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Re: Garth Brooks
[Re: Sawhorse]
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12/03/18 06:42 PM
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RickS.
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Only two artists in any genre that I just can't stand no matter what. Nirvana and Rascal Flats. Both make me want to stay myself in the ears. So I guess Garth isn't too bad. IMO
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