Everything changed for LeDoux when a rising artist named Garth Brooks name-dropped him in the lyrics of his 1989 hit, "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)." Soon after, he inked his first major label deal with Capitol Records, earned a Top 10 hit with "Whatcha Gonna Do with a C...
Brooks has surpassedThe Beatles, who have six diamond releases, but the Fab Four outrank him in total number of certified units sold. Brooks’ wife,Trisha Yearwood, with whom he’s been on tour since 2014, announced the accomplishment at his Sept. 23 show in Fresno, California. The country...
Garth Brooks was born February 7, 1962, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His mother had been a singer before marrying his father, a working-class draftsman. Both parents had children by former spouses; Brooks was the younger of two they had together. He learned to play guitar and sing with his mother...
The other parts were on his mind when Brooks and Pauley first met 30 years ago, in 1992, for "Dateline NBC." After rocketing to the top of the music scene, he didn't like what he saw. "If it wasn't for the people that come see me and my love for them, I would've been out...
TheFriends In Low Placessign definitely fits right in with the rest of the bright neon signs on Broadway. When you first walk in, you see a giant statue of Garth Brooks himself. This is a great spot to take some fun photos with friends to show off that you're partying in Nashville an...
[where Brooks played] as compared to the Great Lawn [where Simon & Garfunkel played] and to see people farther than you could see, that was the first time it was like, “Holy sh–,” and then you got back to the hotel and they tell you HBO did a higher rating in the New York ...
Garth Brooks fans may be in luck because the country superstar appears to be eyeing a major world tour this year -- with details possibly coming this week. After a successful run in Las Vegas, Brooksrevealed last Decemberthat he plans to hit the road this year on his first extensive concer...
"Son of a Sinner" was his first country music release on Broken Bow Nashville, and it soared to No. 1 on airplay charts. Jelly Roll has been broadly accepted by country fans and the industry since. "What I love is he's not trying to fit in, he's just being himself," Brooks shar...
'Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On' Documentary: 12 Things We Learned From his lean years selling boots to wife Trisha Yearwood's staunch defense of Chris Gaines Music PreviousRead More The digital daily newsletter A Cultural Force That
Garth Brooksis a regular at the Pancake Pantry on Twenty-first Avenue inNashville. When he arrives for breakfast, the proprietor greets him at the door with a handshake, the waitress embraces him –“Ohhh, how areyou, darlin’?” She takes an order from his guest but doesn’t require o...