On this day in 2013, Betsy Smittle died at age 60. She was the half sister and former bassist of country superstar Garth Brooks.
It was 25 years ago, almost exactly to this week, that Garth Brooks‘ “Friends in Low Places” reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard country charts. With it, the Oklahoma native shot into a realm of ...
Stapleton took the stage to honor Garth with a performance of his 1991 hit single “Shameless,” from his third studio album Ropin’ The Wind. In the early going, Garth was steady as a rock, with his ...
The Grand Ole Opry, country music's beloved radio institution and an American pop cultural staple, turns 100 in 2025. To celebrate, the Opry is revealing a fan-compiled list of the greatest country ...
Larry Bastian, a songwriter famous for his collaborations with Country Music Hall of Famer and Grand Ole Opry member Garth Brooks, has died. Brooks memorialized him by telling the New York Post he was ...
From "Friends in Low Places" to "The Thunder Rolls," Garth Brooks' COTA concert brought country pop nostalgia to Formula One ...
Larry Bastian, a country songwriter known for "Friends in Low Places," has died. He was 90. Per The Porterville Recorder Bastian died on Sunday, April 6, according to a Facebook post his son Nick ...
Larry Bastian, a songwriter who collaborated with Garth Brooks on hits like "Unanswered Prayers," died at age 90. Bastian's songwriting career spanned five decades, including hits for artists like ...