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Barry Blackwood Member From: elk grove, CA |
posted 12 November 2005 06:21 AM
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http://www.calendarlive.com/music/cl-et-garth12nov12,0,2138284.story?track=widget |
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Jack Stoner Sysop From: Inverness, Florida |
posted 12 November 2005 09:29 AM
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Makes no diference to me. Although he's made a boat load of $$$ and is/was very popular it's not my version of "country" music. |
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Keith Cordell Member From: Atlanta |
posted 12 November 2005 10:26 AM
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it smells, for sure. |
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Donny Hinson Member From: Balto., Md. U.S.A. |
posted 12 November 2005 11:41 AM
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quote: Well, if that's the way he really feels, then he'd better stay where he's at! (Quit while you're ahead, son.) |
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Barry Blackwood Member From: elk grove, CA |
posted 12 November 2005 02:09 PM
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Donny, only Girth's ex-wife knows how he really feels ..... |
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Charles French Member From: Ms. |
posted 12 November 2005 03:31 PM
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Oh, it smells like something alright, jes don't know that I'd call it a comeback! |
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Kevin Hatton Member From: Amherst, N.Y. |
posted 12 November 2005 03:31 PM
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First Trisha on CMT warming up the audience for a comeback. Now Garth on Leno. Its so freak'n controlled. How stupid do they think we are? I'll take Patty Loveless thanks. |
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Charles French Member From: Ms. |
posted 12 November 2005 03:44 PM
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I'm with you, Patty is the real deal! |
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David Mason Member From: Cambridge, MD, USA |
posted 12 November 2005 05:12 PM
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You do know, if Barf Gooks offered you, me, or most anybody else on this forum $100,000 a year to be his steel player we'd jump on in, and I'll bet we wouldn't even snicker about ol' Barf behind his back? |
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Luke Morell Member From: Ramsey Illinois, USA |
posted 12 November 2005 07:55 PM
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I had a kid come up to the stage one night and requested "The River, by Garth Brooks ",I said "Who?" The look he gave me was priceless. |
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Keith Cordell Member From: Atlanta |
posted 12 November 2005 08:55 PM
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Yeah, David, I'd milk that cow for a while, to be sure. Heck, Bobbe Seymour did some steel work For Iron Maiden or some such at one point. Don't mean that it isn't industry manipulated crap. Garth himself will tell you that musch of his success can be attributed to marketing- he took an 80's hair metal stage show and added a cowboy hat to cover his shiny noggin, tossed a little twang into the vocals and tried as hard as he could to do the Eagles back catalog without infringing on anyone's copyright. All along, destroying most of the artists that were really doing country musicwithout ever acknowledging their prescence in any meaningful way. Bleh. Don't like him. If he had stayed off the whole Country tag and been what he was- an imitator of James Taylor and the Eagles- he'd have been a blip on the radar. |
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David Cobb Member From: Chanute, Kansas, USA |
posted 12 November 2005 10:24 PM
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How about if all his non-fans would take up a collection and send it to him on the condition that he takes another decade off.  |
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Rick Garrett Member From: Tyler, Texas |
posted 13 November 2005 04:11 AM
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I watched his interview last night on CMT. According to what I heard of his new cd its real country. SOunds like stuff he did early on in his career. Maybe we shouldn't write ol Garth off till we hear this new one. Its being billed as pure country. Rick |
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Howard Tate Member From: Leesville, Louisiana, USA |
posted 13 November 2005 04:18 AM
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I've never been a fan of him but the new single Good Ride Cowboy sounds country to me, I believe it's Bruce Boughton (not sure of spelling ) playing some nice steel on it. ------------------ [This message was edited by Howard Tate on 13 November 2005 at 04:19 AM.] |
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Hook Moore Member From: South Charleston,West Virginia |
posted 13 November 2005 04:36 AM
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I liked Garth`s first album and maybe his second album too, can`t remember for sure. I just never cared for much of his material since then. I do like and respect Bruce Bouton though and I`m glad he and other steel guitarist still get the calls to keep a little steel on these projects, even if I don`t care for the projects.  Hook ------------------ |
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Myron Labelle unregistered |
posted 13 November 2005 09:52 AM
Statement: His none fans should take up a collection to keep him retired....That would not work..50 bucks from out of work Steelers wouldn't last too long... ------------------ |
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Stephen Gambrell Member From: Ware Shoals, South Carolina, USA |
posted 13 November 2005 01:19 PM
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More like a relapse, than a comeback... |
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Joe Miraglia Member From: Panama, New York USA |
posted 13 November 2005 01:27 PM
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What's it going to take to make a steel guitar player happy? Joe |
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David Mason Member From: Cambridge, MD, USA |
posted 14 November 2005 05:30 AM
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quote:Some other steel guitarist, releasing a CD with all the things on it you wish you could play, but are too lazy to figure out? No, wait, that wouldn't work either.... How about an injectable instruction method that you just plug right into your brain, and then you know everything without having to do any work? That sounds more like it.... |
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retcop88 unregistered |
posted 14 November 2005 08:22 AM
Well you can Ray,you can call him a has been . But you can't call him a never was and you can't call him Johnson..  Even tho thats what he used on Country Music  ------------------ |
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Terry Edwards Member From: Layton, UT |
posted 14 November 2005 09:01 AM
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I don't get it. Why all the animosity toward Garth Brooks?? Did he say or do something I'm not aware of? Terry |
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Chris Forbes Member From: Beltsville, MD, USA |
posted 14 November 2005 11:37 AM
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Terry, I've heard many people accuse him of being a mediocre singer doing mediocre material. Also stated earlier, his show wasn't like any other country show up to that point, it was more like a set from one of KISS's old tours. (edited to correct pathetic use of the English language) [This message was edited by Chris Forbes on 14 November 2005 at 11:38 AM.] |
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Earnest Bovine Member From: Los Angeles CA USA |
posted 14 November 2005 11:53 AM
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Most country singers should be so mediocre! |
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Scott Henderson Member From: Eldon, Missouri, USA |
posted 14 November 2005 03:16 PM
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My cousin is Steve McClure. The steeler for Garth for his entire "Career" After some of the stories I heard I don't know if a 100K a year would be enough. GB is a work horse. ------------------ |
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Keith Cordell Member From: Atlanta |
posted 14 November 2005 07:40 PM
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Terry my annoyance with him is stated abve, mostly. I think that non-country artists who use the country market to their advantage the way Garth and others have has totally diluted the music, not to mention making a real country artist unable to make a living in the face of all the marketed BS that country radio now plays. It isn't country music evolved, it is rock music with a bad accent and a hat. And now real country artists have been pressured to do the same thing, much to the detriment of the music. Garth and his ilk are the reason country isn't country anymore. |
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Terry Edwards Member From: Layton, UT |
posted 15 November 2005 07:22 AM
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Well then he's in good company. Hank Wiliams ruined country music and got kicked out of the Opry. Buck Owens was too loud for the Opry. Johnny Cash was too controversial and catered to prisoners. Willy Nelson had to leave Nashville to make it with other "outlaws". There are many other examples. Garth is guilty of having spirit and attitude and raising the energy level of country performances. He comes across as polite and humble and I can't recall one controversial or inappropriate subject matter in any of his songs. The music business is pretty much a democracy after you break into it. The people decide who is successful. Garth outsold them all in record sales. I guess some of you folks are still pining for the good old days when country music stars dressed and acted like Porter Wagoner. Those days are gone. Change happened. As for me, I'm tuning in to the CMA,s tonight from NYC and I hope Gretchen Wilson rocks the country house down!! Terry |
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Barry Blackwood Member From: elk grove, CA |
posted 15 November 2005 09:02 AM
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Terry - I would say 'The Thunder Rolls' was controversial .... |
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John Steele Member From: Renfrew, Ontario, Canada |
posted 15 November 2005 11:18 AM
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A few years ago I happened upon some talk show on T.V. Garth was the guest. After the chat, he performed one song. It was the perfect acid test, in my opinion. No stage paraphanalia, lights, fog, etc. They put the guy out there all alone, with just his flattop guitar, on a wooden stool. And..... He was really good. |
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Mark Metdker Member From: North Central Texas, USA |
posted 15 November 2005 11:46 AM
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All Garth did was figure out that most people that go to his concerts are not musicians. They are just regular people on the street that want to be entertained. So, he tailored his show to be the most energetic, fun show that ever came out of Nashville. IMHO the music was secondary to the "show", if you know what I mean. People go to concerts for several reasons. The first is escapism. They want to forget about their problems, about their crappy jobs and mediocre lives and get ROCKED. That's all. Their may be some who go to get 'moved' by his music, but I would say the vast majority of fans just want to go have fun. Like him or not, the guy knows how to put on an entertaining show. We are entertainers, remember? And remember this...the show is designed for "non-musicians". I have head to learn this over the years. Now I concentrate on the fun factor much more while on stage. ------------------ Strats thru a VHT Super 30 Band Pics |
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Joe Miraglia Member From: Panama, New York USA |
posted 15 November 2005 02:09 PM
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Todays country music is about having fun and a good time. Yesterdays country music had that crying in your beer,and sad flavor.Traditional country used more of a melody line and wow how the pedal steel guitar could cry. Buck- IT'S CRYING TIME AGAIN You know- Merle Haggard's SING ME A SAD SONG. Joe www.willowcreekband.com [This message was edited by Joe Miraglia on 15 November 2005 at 02:14 PM.] [This message was edited by Joe Miraglia on 15 November 2005 at 02:15 PM.] |
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David Cobb Member From: Chanute, Kansas, USA |
posted 15 November 2005 06:00 PM
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What I've heard is that Brooks and his bandmembers attended a Chris Ledoux concert way back when and afterwards he proclaimed to his group, "There's our show." Another note, I seem to remember controversy over his song "We Shall Be Free". [This message was edited by David Cobb on 15 November 2005 at 06:04 PM.] |
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Larry Hamilton Member From: Amarillo, Texas, USA |
posted 15 November 2005 08:04 PM
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Compared to what I heard tonight on the CMA awards Garth Brooks is pure country ------------------ |
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