Welcome, Garth!
[CHEERING]
Look at you.
How you doing?
What do you mean? Listen to that.
How do you think I'm doing? - That's awful.
Thank you for coming.
I always appreciate you stopping by here.
This is fun, man.
Thank you.
You're on a tour that was two really polar opposites.
You're doing these dive bars and these huge stadiums
simultaneously.
It's fantastic.
Does it keep you off balance or is it just the same?
No, man.
It's-- everything's a dive bar, just what size is it, you know?
[LAUGHTER]
It's so much fun.
You know, you're right in a way.
Those stadiums are, you know--
bathrooms are both disgusting.
[LAUGHTER]
Yeah.
But there's just no difference.
It's just loud in both of them.
It's fun.
And I got to tell you, don't make me pick one over the other
because then we're going to get into size matters things.
And I know we're not supposed to think that, but--
That's right.
It does.
It's pretty cool.
When you were just starting out,
did you play a little bars like that?
Those divey-- - You betcha.
Yeah, right.
A lot different from now, though.
In what ways?
Well, then nobody was there, one.
[LAUGHTER]
And two, you had one single.
90 minutes, one single, right?
So you'd play, like, three or four times a night.
And each time and they had to act like it's
the first time they heard it.
And it was so sweet.
And now you go in there and thank god they're packed.
And you've got a list about this long.
And they know every word.
So you start it, they finish it.
Start the next one, they finish that one.
Easiest gig on the planet.
Did you ever, in those early days, feel like, oh no.
This is a bad place for me to be in.
Like, I might actually be in danger here.
Oh, well, yeah.
It's a honky-tonk.
Everybody's in danger.
[LAUGHTER]
It was fun, we played this one gig.
I kept waiting to get to Oklahoma, Oklahoma because--
of the seven guys who started, five of us are still together.
So they can all tell you this story.
Finally got to southern Oklahoma.
We brought some buddies down from northern Oklahoma.
Here comes-- somewhere around two-three songs
in, the fight starts.
The whole floor just starts--
I look, two band members are already in it.
[LAUGHTER]
And then the next thing I know, the whole damn place
is burning. The thing burned down.
- On fire? - To the ground, yeah.
- What! - We didn't get paid that night.
You didn't, huh?
[LAUGHS]
But that was--
that was another day on the tour, man.
So you're saying the worst gigs are when the venue
burns down at the end of it.
No, I'm saying the best gigs are the ones
where the venue burns down.
[LAUGHS]
[CHEERING]
The tour, "Dive Bar" also is the name of your duet
with Blake Shelton.
You mentioned Oklahoma.
You guys are both from Oklahoma.
You guys are both in relationships
with famous female singers.
What else?
Anything else in common?
I mean, you're both, you know.
You do the same thing for a living.
Yeah, man.
If your texting him, you can always find
him in the deer stand, always.
- Is that right? - That's where I'm at.
So he's always hunting.
He answers texts from the deer stand?
Mhm.
I guess texting isn't noisy, yeah, so that would make sense.
It's not, man.
We released a video and I was telling him,
hey man are you watching what's happening here?
He goes, no, something wrong?
I said, not something wrong, where are you?
He goes, I'm in the deer stand.
It's every time you text him.
How did these two huge--
I mean, you guys are both huge forces in music--
come together to do the song?
Is it something you've been working on for a while?
No, I saw him do "God's Country," his current single,
you know.
And I thought he did great on it.
And just called him up and just said, hey man.
Because you could tell he was listening
to what he was singing.
And that's the first thing about a performer
or entertainer is sincerity.
And just loved him.
Got with him.
He came in the studio.
He was great.
So we just did it at the CMAs.
And so Carrie and Reba are introduced as two Okies.
There's me and him, two Okies.
And it hits me right before they call our names.
I go, look.
Okie, Okie, Okie, Okie.
He goes, yeah!
I said, what's it feel like to be the weak link in the chain?
[LAUGHTER]
We both started laughing so hard I missed
the first two lines [INAUDIBLE] He's
the coolest guy on the planet.
I love him.
You Okies are pretty jokey, it sounds like.
[PERCUSSION]
Thank you!
Yeah, he is a nice guy. - Yeah.
We literally will be here all week.
You were to the seventh--
you've won Entertainer of the Year
seven times at the [INAUDIBLE].
[CHEERING]
--is the most ever.
Who is second after you?
Do you know?
I have no idea.
I mean, I'm a George Strait fan.
So I think George is the only guy that's ever won it, like,
in three different decades.
And you know, he's like the king, so.
You know, I'm trying not to keep up with the numbers.
Just lucky that we're still in it this long with people
who've, for some reason, showed up.
[CHEERING]
I want to ask you about this box
set because it's very heavy.
[LAUGHS]
- What is in this? - It's vinyl!
Is there one of your boots in here or something?
What's going on?
Can you believe vinyl is back?
Yes I can.
Because people-- especially now--
they're kind of yearning for a different time.
But were your albums--
your first album for sure was on vinyl--
were the other albums on vinyl?
No, I mean you could find them in Europe kind
of mixed together and stuff.
But the first one was the only one that was pure vinyl.
The rest of them-- you know, were
all going to CDs at the time.
So these are not vinyl reissues
except for the first one.
They're issues on vinyl.
This is the first time a lot.
Because, you know, when we came out of retirement
and it came back, the question-- which I couldn't believe--
was man, we're going to do your stuff on vinyl.
I went, pfft.
[LAUGHS] Vinyl?
Do you have a record player in your house?
Oh yeah.
Yeah, everybody does.
That's kind of the thing now.
It is kind of the thing, but not everybody does.
I mean, you know, it's one of those things
that requires a lot of space.
Yeah.
But I'm telling you right now.
Forget Garth Brooks's vinyl.
If you're going to be the cool gift-giver this year,
vinyl is the thing.
Turntables are already sold out.
And man, if you would've told me that 10 years ago,
I would've said you were crazy. - Yeah.
Right, yeah. - That's nuts, man.
I mean, I don't know what's next.
Eight track tapes, maybe.
I would like that.
Garth Brooks is here.
This is his box set The Legacy Collection.
We'll be right back.
Why is there an astronaut on the cover of the Legacy Collection?
I love that cover.
NASA was so sweet with this.
This is Apollo 14.
It's the 50th year of the moon landing anniversary.
So we kind of got together and this was a joke for the DJ
up in the northwest who said, you're
going to be the first guy to ever play on the moon.
I know it.
So this is a shot I actually took
in Chicago with my own phone and [INAUDIBLE]
up there and I just--
I love that cover.
I don't know what it is.
Would you go to the moon if you had the opportunity?
No, my thing is, it isn't where you play,
it's who's waiting for you when you get there.
[CHEERING]
So wherever there's the people that love country music
or love Garth Brooks stuff--
I don't care if it's one or 100,000-- count me in.
Yeah, but there won't be anyone on the moon so probably
save yourself the trip.
[LAUGHS] What about a new Garth Brooks album?
You've been working on one for-- - Yes.
Fun was supposed to come out this fall,
but we were worried these two we're going to kind of collide
with each other. - I see.
So it'll come out-- and that's the one that's got "Dive Bar"
on it, "All Day Long" and stuff. - Is it done?
- Yes, it is. - It's completely finished.
OK.
You're just holding it for the summer time.
And it's Fun.
And what about Chris Gaines?
What happened to him, is he OK?
Chris Gaines is fine.
We just don't-- we don't let him out much.
You know, if Arnold Schwarzenegger could
be the Terminator again, you could
certainly revisit Chris Gaines.
[CHEERING]
I got to tell you, man.
We can talk about it all day, but never I've
been more proud of any music I've done than that project
right there. That thing.
I love [INAUDIBLE].
That's fun for you.
A little different.
It's a lot of fun.
The first time I met you was a long time ago.
Really long time ago, like 25 years ago, maybe.
You were in a hotel lobby and you
were wearing a baseball cap.
And I actually called my sister.
I was like, I just saw Garth Brooks in a baseball cap!
Because you're really known for wearing this--
Cowboy hats, right.
Black cowboy hat, yeah.
Now I thought it might be fun.
And you don't have to do this if you're not interested.
I know that this is your thing, your hat,
but I've got some other hats here.
They're not cowboy hats.
Sure, OK.
[CHEERING]
I thought it might be fun to see what they look like,
all right? OK.
So this--
[LAUGHTER]
--this is a Viking hat, you mind? (LAUGHS)
I know how to do this.
OK, pretty simple.
I'm going to pass the one I'm wearing to you.
OK, all right.
Can I wear this? - Every time.
You betcha. - Oh, all right.
OK. - Got it?
[CHEERING]
I have a pretty big head.
You've got the biggest head imaginable.
My head is being devoured.
Let me see that [INAUDIBLE].
Let's do this thing.
You'll love this.
All right.
We'll just get it good.
There we go.
Now try it on, big man. - Now I'll look like a Pilgrim.
Now let's see it.
There it is!
Woo!
[LAUGHTER]
This has backfired.
All right.
Now OK, you pass that over to me,
I pass that one over to you. - How do I look?
You look ridiculous.
I like the cowboy hat better.
OK?
Oh.
That's not bad.
It matches the gray in your goatee, actually.
It's not a bad look for you. - Oh it does, doesn't it?
Yeah.
[LAUGHS] All right.
We got that. Now--
Ohh--
This is classy.
That's sweet.
[CHEERING]
That's not a bad look for you either.
I just-- I feel smart.
It's a little bit like slash, kind of.
You know what I'm saying?
All right. Sherlock Holmes?
Oh, there you go.
I like this one.
This one, you don't know whether you're
coming or going in this one. - I'll take that one from you.
That actually-- that's you.
That's pretty sweet.
I like this.
It fits nice.
Monopoly guy.
I know your wife, Trisha does a lot of cooking.
But maybe-- - Oh!
I thought that was underwear. - No.
[LAUGHTER]
All right.
Let's try this.
Does it go [INAUDIBLE]?
[CHEERING]
Which way?
[INAUDIBLE]
Very Ratatouille.
I like this!
You know what.
This might be the one I stay with.
That's not a bad look.
[CHEERING]
All right, one more.
There you go.
What is this?
A little LL Cool J.
- LL Cool J! - Yeah.
Yeah.
LL Cool G!
[LAUGHS] Yeah, no.
That's not the one.
[LAUGHS] Very gangster.
All right.
Well, somewhere under these hats is your-- there it is.
It's the Legacy Collection.
It is available now on [INAUDIBLE]..
Garth, do you have a special something for our audience
tonight, correct?
Yes we do!
What is that for the audience?
Well, we're very sweet.
Amazon decided that everybody here should
have one of these [INAUDIBLE].
[CHEERING]
Garth Brooks, everybody!
He'll be back in a minute.
We'll be right back!