Did you know the Southern Tier has quite a strong connection to the man who just so happens to be the number one selling solo musician in United States history?
Garth Brooks scored one of the most important hits of his career with Friends in Low Places in 1990, and in an upcoming episode of
Music s Greatest Mysteries on AXS TV, songwriter Earl Bud Lee opens up about a story that s been making the rounds in Nashville for years.
Lee and Dewanye Blackwell co-wrote the song, and they pitched it to Brooks when he was a young and unknown singer. He cut it and released it as the lead single from his sophomore album,
No Fences, and Friends in Low Places became a career-changing song for Brooks, spending four weeks at No. 1 and winning Single of the Year honors at both the ACM and CMA Awards.