Garth Brooks insisted someone bring him two boozy rum drinks — “One for each hand!” —in his 1998 drinking anthem “Two Piña Coladas.” Now he’s building his own Nashville bar for his friends in low places to knock ’em back. On Tuesday, the country singer announced plans for a “new …
Read More »How Chris LeDoux, 'The Bon Jovi of the Cowboys,' Mixed Country, Rock and Rodeo
By the time Garth Brooks name-checked Chris LeDoux in his debut single, 1989’s “Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old),” the real-life rodeo champ and balladeer was already a cult star. LeDoux wrote and sang detail-rich songs about the grueling rodeo circuit with a restless spirit and his own …
Read More »Garth Brooks, Kelsea Ballerini Slated for New Bluebird Cafe Movie
“What do I owe the Bluebird? Just everything I’ve got,” says Garth Brooks of the Bluebird Café, the iconic club that launched his career and those of many other aspiring songwriters and artists. As the fabled Nashville nightspot celebrates its 35th anniversary, a star-studded documentary film is in the works …
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