Re: If you ran into Garth with a used CD in a dark alley.....

[Bob Soron]

On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Stevie Simkin wrote:

> Don Yates wrote:
> > Don't get me wrong -- I don't think Garth so loves the world that He gave
> > us lower CD and concert prices.  No matter how you slice it, he's makin'
> > tons of money.  Still, I'd have to agree with Jon that the Garthman's
> > primary motivation seems to be the fame of record-breaking numbers, rather
> > than making every possible dollar that he can.
> 
> Now if he would only put half as much effort into making soulful, good country
> music as he puts into chasing record-breaking numbers, maybe I would sit up
> and listen when he releases another of his Godawful albums.

I think *he* thinks he does. That aside, though, I'm not sure he could if
he wanted to. What's he going to say... "This is my country album"? "This
is the good one"? "Here's an album that everyone will want to buy"? Just
don't see it, I'm afraid.

Bob