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Friday, October 16, 2009
Garth Brooks ends retirement, signs on for Vegas show
Jordy Wagoner | Daily Texan Staff
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By Chris Talbott The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — The e-mail from Garth Brooks was so special, Steve Wynn printed it out and framed it. The note from the country superstar, in retirement for nearly a decade, asked the owner of the Wynn Las Vegas resort if he could test out the relatively intimate Encore theater — just him and his guitar. What’s more, Wynn was asked to invite a handful of his closest friends for the private show. The note may have been special, but the performance was “magical.� It took a while, but Wynn finally landed country music’s biggest name in a partnership that will put Brooks in the Encore 15 weeks a year, perhaps for the next five years, beginning Dec. 11. “I told him he couldn’t afford me,� Brooks said. “I was wrong. Wow.� Wynn sealed the deal with a jet that will allow the entertainer maximum time at home with his three teenage daughters. Brooks can hop on the plane and play gigs Friday, Saturday and Sunday, then return home in time to take his kids to school like usual Monday mornings. “Every argument we ever had about why we shouldn’t do this, he had an answer to,� Brooks said. He got a simple answer when he asked: What happens if things don’t work out? Wynn told him, “You quit.�
Brooks said there will be no script for the show, which will be about 90 minutes. He plans to play solo with his acoustic guitar, but he could invite others to join him and didn’t rule out wife Trisha Yearwood taking the stage with him occasionally. He will play some of his own music, but also offer fans interpretations of his favorite artists, such as Merle Haggard, Elton John, George Strait and Simon & Garfunkel. Brooks, 47, started the day in Nashville where he told reporters he was coming out of the retirement he announced in 2000. Brooks wanted to spend more time with his children, and has accomplished that goal. He said every member of his family signed off on the deal. The girls range in age from 13 to 17 and weren’t exactly upset that dad might be getting out from under foot some of the time, he said. Yearwood also signed off on the plan, as did his ex-wife, Sandy Mahl. “I don’t have any trepidation because I’ve cleared it with the most important people,� Brooks said. It was clear Brooks was excited about the opportunity to play on a regular basis and reconnect with the fans who have helped him sell more than 128 million albums in a stellar career that started in the late ‘80s and transformed country music. “When a man can do what Garth does,� Wynn said, “it’s almost a crime against nature for him not to do that.�
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