[Neil Strauss couldn’t get around the fact that Garth often referred to himself as GB.] The New York Times, December 2, 1999.
[Still another speculated that the entire Chris Gaines project was Garth’s payback because the Backstreet Boys had beat out his record for single-week sales of the previous year’s Double Live.] Renee Graham, The Boston Globe, August 14, 1999.
[“He’s even handing out a bio re-creating himself as a brilliant rock icon.”] Miriam Longino, The Atlanta Constitution, July 28, 1999.
[“For the album cover, Mr. Brooks, the balding country superstar, put on a tousled] Frank DeCaro, “Split Personalities Can Be Better Than One,” The New York Times, October 17, 1999.
[“Country for me in Manhattan was the Hamptons,”] Neil Strauss, The New York Times, October 30, 1999.
[And you couldn’t argue with success] Neil Strauss, The New York Times, October 30, 1999.
[When Pat Quigley left Capitol the following year, Billboard asked Garth about that meeting he’d called with the label’s staff.] Melinda Newman, Billboard, October 14, 2000.
Chapter Twenty-one
[“I had such good parents,” he went on. “And I worry about how I’m doing in the job.”] Author conversation with the artist, 2000.
[“I want them to dare to fly, to make stupid mistakes and learn from them. I want them to be foolish, and I want them to be responsible. Life only goes by once. Let’s rip it up!”] Country Grapevine, December 1998.
[“The announcement certainly didn’t come as a surprise to me,”] Author conversation with Terry Stevens, 2008.
[Ed Benson, executive director of the Country Music Association, told the Tennessean: “Somebody’s got to wake up in the morning on Music Row and] The Tennessean, December 20, 1999.
[“This had to happen,” Benson had said] Author conversation with Ray Benson, 1993.
[Frequent collaborator Victoria Shaw] Tom Roland, The Tennessean, December 16, 1999.
[“No one would have predicted Garth’s huge success] Jay Orr and Tom Rowland, The Tennessean, December 26, 1999.
[“Nobody ever tried to stay married more than Garth did,”] Author conversation with Allen Reynolds, 2008.
[Teammates for Kids, still located in the Denver suburb] For up-to-date information about Teammates for Kids, visit www.Teammates4Kids.com.
[Lisa spoke to Entertainment Weekly’s Chris Willman] Chris Willman, EntertainmentWeekly, April 14, 2000.
[“Songwriting brought me to the music industry in the first place] Author conversation with Allen Reynolds, 2000.
[“Right now, we’re focusing on the impact it will have on the children, and how to handle that.] Melinda Newman, Billboard, October 14, 2000.
[“She said, ‘Be sure you know who’s willing to ride shotgun and who’s just along for the ride.’ ”] Author conversation with the artist, 2000.
Chapter Twenty-two
[“The song you’re looking for is on the tape you haven’t listened to yet.”] Author conversation with the artist, 2001.
[“I heard songs I thought would be smashes for half the artists in town,” Garth laughed.] Author conversation with the artist about the music and songs on Scarecrow, 2001.
[This time those emotions ran the gamut,] Author conversation with Allen Reynolds, 2001.
[Shawn Camp, who wrote “Big Money” with Randy] Author conversation with Shawn Camp, 2006.
[“There won’t be a person in the world that doesn’t know there’s a new Garth Brooks out,”] Mike Dungan interview with Billboard, November 3, 2001.
[He put talking about his music on the back burner.] Author conversation with the artist, 2001.
Epilogue
[Garth has sold an additional 28 million records.] RIAA figures.
[“After Scarecrow was released, I had a long talk with Garth,”] Author conversation with Allen Reynolds, 2008.
[He was especially proud of Girls Night Out] Author conversation with the artist, 2002.
[“I’d give anything to hear Garth say he was consumed with songwriting again,”] Author conversation with Allen Reynolds, 2008.
[In fact, between 2002 and 2005, country music was in a state of flux.] CMA wrap-up.
[that in February 2002 the major website devoted to the artist’s news and history] PlanetGarth.com.
[“He blends right in, moving from field to field,” Royals VO David Witty] The Kansas City Star, February 27, 2004.
[After he started thinking about it, Garth realized that there was one period of time especially, that he’d recorded a wealth of material] Author conversation with the artist about assembling the songs for The Lost Sessions, 2005.
[Bob Doyle had come up with the idea after reading Chris’s biography] David G. Brown, Gold Buckle Dreams: The Rodeo Life of Chris LeDoux (Wolverine, 1989).
[At the time of its release, Garth said] Jonathon Cohen, Billboard, November 11, 2005.
[Hazel Smith, the woman who, while working with Waylon and Tompall Glaser, coined the term The Outlaw Movement.] Hazel Smith, CMT.com, November 2005.
[And so, during the spring of 2005, while he was driving with his three girls, he asked them how they would feel about his proposing to Trisha.] Author conversation with the artist, 2005.
[“I told Trisha that the loss of her father would only be a part of what she’d miss,”] Author conversation with the artist, 2005.
[One child psychologist who read about that family event called it perhaps the most important thing a parent can do, to allow children the freedom to be honest.] Dr. Mari Jo Renick, The Gow School, South Wales, New York.
[a combination cookbook and family memoir.] Trisha Yearwood, Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen (New York: Clarkson Potter, 2008).
[“Brooks gave country music the ambition and presence to strive for universality,”] Author conversation with Edward Morris, 2008.
[Hank Williams was competitive] Observations on Hank Williams’s personality are taken from an author conversation with Faron Young, 1986.
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