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Glenn Demichele


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Post  Posted 4 Sep 2014 8:09 pm    
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Does anybody know who the steel player is on this tour (first after 13 years)?
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Bill Cunningham


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Post  Posted 4 Sep 2014 8:31 pm    
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I heard it is Bruce Bouton.
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Glenn Demichele


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Post  Posted 4 Sep 2014 8:37 pm    
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Thanks - I'm glad it's a real player.
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Mark Eaton


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Post  Posted 4 Sep 2014 8:52 pm    
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I was unaware that Garth Brooks had attained first name status only ("Garth").

I was thinking it could have been Garth Hudson, formerly of The Band.
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Glenn Demichele


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Post  Posted 4 Sep 2014 9:03 pm    
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We'll, the earlier reply could have said "Bruce", and we all would have known. At least I'm not a mega fan, and didn't refer to Mr. brooks as "lower case g with a circle around it", which is apparently his logo these days. Maybe we should call him "the artist formerly known as Garth (Brooks)"
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Dustin Rhodes


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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 4:52 am    
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Mark Eaton wrote:
I was unaware that Garth Brooks had attained first name status only ("Garth").

I was thinking it could have been Garth Hudson, formerly of The Band.


Really? The guy has sold more albums than almost anyone in history here in the states. 3rd all time to the Beatles and Elvis in the US.
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Dustin Rhodes


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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 4:58 am    
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Mark Eaton wrote:
I was unaware that Garth Brooks had attained first name status only ("Garth").

I was thinking it could have been Garth Hudson, formerly of The Band.


Really? The guy has sold more albums than almost anyone in history here in the states. 3rd all time to the Beatles and Elvis in the US.
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Tony Prior


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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 4:58 am    
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I thought he retired and stopped touring...like the Judds and everyone else who had goodbye concerts...

Maybe he heard Don Henley say "there's big money in I'm back concerts"
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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 5:01 am    
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Tony Prior wrote:
I thought he retired and stopped touring...like the Judds and everyone else who had goodbye concerts...

Maybe he heard Don Henley say "there's big money in I'm back concerts"


He had always said he was taking time off to be with family. It was never a permanent retirement.
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Tony Prior


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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 5:19 am    
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Dustin Rhodes wrote:


Really? The guy has sold more albums than almost anyone in history here in the states. 3rd all time to the Beatles and Elvis in the US.



Really,? Not according to google...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_the_United_States



Not only is he not 3rd, he's also behind Shania Twain on the list !

Funny thing about sales facts...
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Glenn Demichele


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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 5:20 am    
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I've got 6 years before my youngest goes off to college - then I'm going to do a come-back tour.
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Brett Day


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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 5:22 am    
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Bruce played great steel on Garth's records. His steel solo on "Learning to Live Again Is Killin' Me" is awesome! I taught myself how to play the solo, and "That Summer" and Shameless" both have awesome steel intros! "She's Every Woman" also features great steel

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Tony Prior


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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 5:23 am    
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Glenn Demichele wrote:
I've got 6 years before my youngest goes off to college - then I'm going to do a come-back tour.


I cancelled my first two come back tours, I'm going for #3 and see if anything happens...
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Dustin Rhodes


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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 5:25 am    
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Tony Prior wrote:
Dustin Rhodes wrote:


Really? The guy has sold more albums than almost anyone in history here in the states. 3rd all time to the Beatles and Elvis in the US.



Really,? Not according to google...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_the_United_States



Not only is he not 3rd, he's also behind Shania Twain on the list !

Funny thing about sales facts...


That list is individual album sales (not cumulative for each artist) and even then he has 6 on that list.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists_in_the_United_States

Funny thing about reading comprehension.....
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Dustin Rhodes


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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 5:29 am    
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Brett Day wrote:
Bruce played great steel on Garth's records. His steel solo on "Learning to Live Again Is Killin' Me" is awesome! I taught myself how to play the solo, and "That Summer" and Shameless" both have awesome steel intros! "She's Every Woman" also features great steel


Yep. Lots of great playing on those albums. I've always like the sound he had on those albums too.
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Tony Prior


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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 5:44 am    
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Dustin Rhodes wrote:
Tony Prior wrote:
Dustin Rhodes wrote:


Really? The guy has sold more albums than almost anyone in history here in the states. 3rd all time to the Beatles and Elvis in the US.



Really,? Not according to google...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_the_United_States



Not only is he not 3rd, he's also behind Shania Twain on the list !

Funny thing about sales facts...


That list is individual album sales (not cumulative for each artist) and even then he has 6 on that list.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists_in_the_United_States

Funny thing about reading comprehension.....
getting personal are we ? Question

the list above is certifications for distribution, NOT sales, and even states that...thats an old label trick, release an album , have distribution create 1,000,000 units and it comes out #1 for the week on the release date...

Did we all not wonder why Billboard states a record comes out in the #3 spot this week..on the release date ? It's based on certificates of distribution not actual sales...the funny part about those certificates is they don't report how many were returned to the distributor...then sold to Columbia House ! Where do we all think those 99 cent albums come from ? returns to distributors...


GB is a fine artist but he is NOT one of the top 3 album sellers in the USA for all time.The numbers don't add up..Worldwide he is # 138 on the list as well . I think the confusion is he was one of the top CONCERTS booked in the US, not # 3 in record sales...
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Dustin Rhodes


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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 6:04 am    
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Tony Prior wrote:
Dustin Rhodes wrote:
Tony Prior wrote:
Dustin Rhodes wrote:


Really? The guy has sold more albums than almost anyone in history here in the states. 3rd all time to the Beatles and Elvis in the US.



Really,? Not according to google...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_the_United_States



Not only is he not 3rd, he's also behind Shania Twain on the list !

Funny thing about sales facts...


That list is individual album sales (not cumulative for each artist) and even then he has 6 on that list.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists_in_the_United_States

Funny thing about reading comprehension.....
getting personal are we ? Question

the list above is certifications for distribution, NOT sales, and even states that...thats an old label trick, release an album , have distribution create 1,000,000 units and it comes out #1 for the week on the release date...

Did we all not wonder why Billboard states a record comes out in the #3 spot this week..on the release date ? It's based on certificates of distribution not actual sales...the funny part about those certificates is they don't report how many were returned to the distributor...then sold to Columbia House ! Where do we all think those 99 cent albums come from ? returns to distributors...


GB is a fine artist but he is NOT one of the top 3 album sellers in the USA for all time.The numbers don't add up..Worldwide he is # 138 on the list as well . I think the confusion is he was one of the top CONCERTS booked in the US, not # 3 in record sales...


#138? By what account? He has 6 Diamond certified albums. And if he was purely a product of shady business by the labels then why are they not doing the same for every other hot artist? Why do Brooks numbers come out so high?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists

Even this list has him at 14.
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Tony Prior


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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 6:07 am    
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http://tsort.info/music/faq_album_sales.htm


with a very good disclaimer of how sales are logged..

Certifications of distribution is not SHADY business ..it's a method to anticipate sales and to keep the artist in the spotlight...would you rather have the new artist release come out in the top 10 or the bottom 200 ?

I like the language here:

"The list of best-selling music artists includes artists with claims of 75 million or more record sales in multiple third-party reliable sources. The claimed sales figures and the total certified sales figures (for each country) within the provided sources include sales of albums, singles, compilation-albums, music videos as well as downloads of singles and full-length albums. The artists in the following tables are listed with both their claimed and certified sales figures and are ranked in descending order"


Sounds like a lawyer in court...


thx
t
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Dustin Rhodes


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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 6:24 am    
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And to your question of "getting personal are we?". My response was to your initial post which reads a bit different now after its 6th revision.
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Tony Prior


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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 6:31 am    
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I didn't edit my intitial post and I was not being personal, so I don't know what you are referring to.

I did edit other posts as even I didn't understand them...
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Glenn Demichele


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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 6:37 am    
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I think we can agree there's great players and production on his albums. He also has lots of pictures of himself singing to huge crowds, but to me his legacy will always be that headset mic. I heard somebody say "hey, Britney Spears is using that Garth Brooks mic".
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David Nugent

 

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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 6:49 am    
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Last that I knew, Bruce Bouton was still with Reba Macintire.
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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 7:04 am    
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Mike Johnson's with Reba now.
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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 7:24 am    
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Glenn Demichele wrote:
I think we can agree there's great players and production on his albums. He also has lots of pictures of himself singing to huge crowds, but to me his legacy will always be that headset mic. I heard somebody say "hey, Britney Spears is using that Garth Brooks mic".


Don't forget the Mo Betta shirts.
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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2014 7:37 am    
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He had always said he was taking time off to be with family.

I guess he's done with family now... Confused Winking
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