Friends in Low Places

That Old Rich White Men should DEFINITELY keep The Mystery Alive.

I have adored this man since early adulthood. Now - after watching just over half the first episode - I feel it's *very* important to preface that I enjoyed this man's MUSIC. Why? Because I don't sense that Garth is coming off the way Garth thinks he is coming off in this Series.

Almost like an industry inflated some of the person's perception of who he is. Perhaps this much "reality" is not necessary when you reach a certain point in your career. And I just feel like this is the second show in a Prime trend that shows an ageing Artist (I'm looking at you Jlo) struggling with the very Human part of loosing their Hollywood lustre. I say Hollywood because if said both Artists had not subjected Us to their (seemingly oh fudge I'm ageing out of my Industry Crisis) Documentary Style - we wouldn't be having this conversation.

I watched all six episodes of "Friends In Low Places." If you know where low places are, you know where Garth Brooks keeps them. Not once in all six episodes did I get any of my questions answered. There are so many missing friends and family members out there. How can we expect to ever see them again when the show does not answer the question we all want answered. Garth has been all over the county singing country songs that people claim to like. Yet there are dozens amd dozens of people who are not ever seen again after last being seen during one of his concerts. It begs the question. If you know you know: WHERE ARE THE BODIES G?

I'm not sure what the other reviewers problem is, but it seems like petty grade school jealousy. I really liked this series/documentary. It was entertaining seeing how wholesome Garth and Trisha are. How they function as a family unit, how they cohesively work together as a married couple. These two clearly have a deep love for each other, even after all these years. They appear to be good natured, kind hearted people who care about their community. For example, they find it a rewarding experience being involved in habitat for humanity building houses for people in need, with an desire to give back to their community, while remembering their home town roots and family values. They have a love of family, God, and church. They back the blue, and have respect for EMS and first responders. Sharing life experience doesn't equate name dropping and virtue signaling. I personally plan on going to Nashville this fall, with the soul purpose of visiting Friends in low places. I intend on eating that delicious Sunday dinner that Trisha has prepared. For me, this shows a win. If you don't like wholesome content, it's probably not for you.

This self serving, self referencial, self conscious "documentary" is so annoying, all you'll want to do, is walk past this bar the next time you're on "Lower Broad". A term no one in the history of Nashville has ever spoken. The pretense of "reality" never materializes at any point. A weekly infomercial for a strange mix between a honky-tonk and Jimmy Buffet's Cheeseburger In Paradise. Then the occasional faux "moments" when we learn what Garth's father said will make you toss whatever on the menu the "Queen" cooked up. Oh yeah, that's right, the guys who will actually operate the place are so "surprised" to learn that Trisha Yearwood will be in charge of the food. Ugh.

Not content to rule the music domain, Garth Brooks and wife Trisha Yearwood created the Friends in Low Places bar in downtown Nashville. This series is the story of that bar's creation.

For a very basic overview, "Friends in Low Places" gives some Garth & Trisha context on the origins of the move into the hospitality business--then pretty quickly focuses on the bar's creation. We meet the project planners, the interior designers, the construction workers, and everyone in between needed to pull off this massive undertaking.

As always, Garth's emotion and inspiration is palpable here. He has a certain--and unique--"method to his madness" that has served him well his entire career, and he puts it to great use here. In what could have been a low-rent bar with his name pasted on it, he instead puts all of himself into the project--involved in seemingly every aspect! The designs represent motifs from his career/songs, the food is from Trisha's own kitchen, and the atmosphere is reminiscent of Garth's early career playing the Nashville honky-tonks.

If you are a fan of Garth/Trisha or country music as a whole, I don't see how you could not enjoy this documentary. It has certainly inspired me to get to Nashville sooner rather than later and Friends in Low Places will most certainly be my first stop!