Garth Brooks touring again in 2014....

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

Lot of that in this thread.

Again... didn't know we'd started hating Garth to be cool.

/always a cycle to these things

[trousers]

Maybe he could offer to sing at the opening of the inevitable OKC Olympic Games?

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

Lololol

[Mississippi Blues]

Maybe he could offer to sing at the opening of the inevitable OKC Olympic Games?

Yeah, he could sing at the world class Rose State Performing Arts Center or on top of OSU-OKC's brand new, state of the art parking garage.

[Jersey Boss]

What I don't understand is Garth worked the show, he just didn't sing. He gave his time and was not paid. Last summer he performed in Norman selflessly even though he was slated to perform in Vegas later. Seems pretty solid to this observer.

[bchris02]

Garth Brooks was decent back in his time. I thought he was pretty good in the early 1990s. He was probably one of the defining country stars of the first half of the '90s. After that, it just got weird. Then Chris Gaines pretty much did his career in in my opinion.

[kevinpate]

Some folks just never got passed the night they miaissed ... da dance.

[kevinpate]

No, deciding he'd already made a big arse boatload of money and figuring why not enjoy it when the kiddos were little and growing up dialed him down, not that silliness on Gaines (which by the by, was a huge seller, if only for the curiosity/novelty of it.) The chap managed to make quite a haul even in semi retirement when you get down to it. A whole passle of performers wouldn't mind having his 'retired' success level as their prime level.

[OkieHornet]

i'm a rock-n-roller, but did see garth back in '97 at the myriad when he sold it out 3 times. the guy puts on a great show and is very entertaining. and i would bet the biggest crowd at the tornado relief show this summer in norman was garth in the middle of the afternoon when it was blazing balls hot. he still draws a crowd.

[OKVision4U]

Maybe he could offer to sing at the opening of the inevitable OKC Olympic Games?

I will help you get up to speed on this... His ego would not let him "share the stage". Vince & Jimmy W were collaborating on the "theme song" and he felt slighted? ...pouted... Toby had zero issue w/ it.

[warreng88]

I will help you get up to speed on this... His ego would not let him "share the stage". Vince & Jimmy W were collaborating on the "theme song" and he felt slighted? ...pouted... Toby had zero issue w/ it.

Where did he say this?

[Bunty]

Garth Brooks was decent back in his time. I thought he was pretty good in the early 1990s. He was probably one of the defining country stars of the first half of the '90s. After that, it just got weird. Then Chris Gaines pretty much did his career in in my opinion.

I thought it started in Aug. 1992 when he came out with the hit song called "We Shall Be Free". A lot of people thought it was too liberal, or too gay.

[rezman]

The Chris Gaines album was the soundtrack to a movie that never got produced. It was not a career killer whatsoever for Garth Brooks.

I saw Garth Brooks back in the 80's, not long befor he hit it big and moved to Nashville. He was playing an annual shareholders dinner for a local credit union. He was very good then, and it impressed me that while he had a long line of autograph seekers after the show, he sat down and signed every one,.. till the last person left.

[venture]

Yeah, he could sing at the world class Rose State Performing Arts Center or on top of OSU-OKC's brand new, state of the art parking garage.

I was thinking more from the top someone's new isolated 20-story residential tower in South Norman on Hwy 9. They should be able to see that from Olympic Stadium right?

[RadicalModerate]

I've seen three "one-man stage shows" that I will never forget:

The first was Rush Limbaugh Live at a local venue (perhaps the Civic Center) several years ago.
The second was Garrison Keillor Live at the same venue (more recently).
The third was a telecast of Garth Brooks at some Steve Wynn Casino in Vegas, tonight on CBS.

It was an all-encompassing tribute to the incredible talent of the performer, on stage, and those who helped make him what he is.

Garth represented the REAL Oklahoma well. (imho)