While the end result is a seamless recording that moves effortlessly through the fourteen songs, it didn't start out that way, according to Garth. At that time I hadn't been touring, and I came in wondering where I was going. They recorded over a period of a year, and although Garth soon regained his confidence, Allen continued in the driver's seat. He didn't back off what he'd started. He brought me songs that were more 'me' than some I'd written myself.
Nothing is ever stale or cloned.
It's always fresh. Given the amazing assortment and number of songs, this is a show I'd go and see over and over. From the first note to the last, it's like an oasis, a shelter in the storm. Listening to Garth Brooks and Allen Reynolds talk music somehow makes the GB sales phenomenon all the more enthralling. Ego is always checked at the door at a Garth Brooks session.