Garth Brooks 'Friends in Low Places' remake on hold because of royalties
[Update: Plans are on hold due to a royalty dispute.]
BY MELISSA RUGGIERI
Jason Aldean and Florida Georgia Line are reportedly among the new “friends” recruited by Garth Brooks for a special edition of his classic, “Friends in Low Places.”
A source tells Billboard that Brooks has teamed with the Georgia artists, along with his idol, George Strait, and guitar wizard Keith Urban, for a 25th birthday recording of the song. The revamp is also said to include the fan-favorite third verse, which doesn't appear on the original recording, but became known from Brooks' 1998 "Double Live" album.
"Friends in Low Places," a sing-along staple at bars, cruise ships, karaoke nights and Brooks' own live shows , arrived in 1990 and spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.
