Garth Brooks: No TV for me
Country superstar Garth Brooks, in support of the writers strike, canceled scheduled promotional appearances Monday on "The View" and Tuesday on "Ellen." Brooks also missed a strategically timed appearance last week on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" that would have aired the night before the release of his new album, "The Ultimate Hits." That coincided with the start of the strike.
"This is the first time in many years that he has not done television in support of his music," according to a statement issued Thursday by Brooks' spokeswoman. It went on to say that he has taken the stand backing the writers because "he hopes to be a writer in the not too distant future." Asked for an explanation, given that Brooks officially retired from entertainment seven years ago to devote his time to raising his three daughters, spokeswoman Nancy Seltzer said, "[I] can't elaborate for now."
-- Randy Lewis
Garth Brooks is the worst thing to happen to country music since Hank Williams died but you have to respect the man for standing up for organized labor.
I'm sure Garth can relate to the writers not because he "opes to be a writer in the not too distant future" but because he knows what its like to make millions of dollars for giant media conglomerates and be paid about four cents a disc.
The new CD is on Garth's own label so he can give his fans 34 of his hits on 2 CDs and throw in a DVD of the videos for the songs all for a street price of about $12.00 and make way more than he ever could when he was sharecropping for Warner or EMI.
Posted by: Jerry | November 16, 2007 at 04:28 PM