We spoke to Garth Brooks about the grand opening of his Friends in Low Places, and why he wanted to make it a fun, and safe, place for everyone.
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We're here with Garth Brooks. Trisha Yearwood's husband. Also known as Trisha Yearwood's husband
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I mean he's not wrong. Friends in Little Places brand opening. Okay, I have two questions for you. Starting with, Garth, you're doing so much. Why? Like why on this
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This one is a thank you. This one has been a guilt trip for me forever
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This city has been so good to me. And you know, it's like the musical Oz kind of thing, right
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So if you're one of the people that's lucky enough to get to live the dream, don't you owe this city
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This is how we think about it. So it's been piling up on you and piling up on you that you owe this city
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Let's give it something. So you notice it's not the Garth Brooks bar
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Because who knows how many people know who Garth Brooks is. But everybody has sang Friends in Little Places, right
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And so that's the fun part of it. And Friends in Little Places is going to live a lot longer than Garth Brooks ever will
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So I think it was the right name for the bar, right place for it. The location is fantastic
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And you don't get better in country music than right here in the home of country music
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So I didn't think I could love you anymore. But your idea to make it safe
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Because I won't come downtown at night without my husband because it's not safe
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So tell me why you made that such a big priority. Because there's a lot of people that don't have a husband to come down here with, right
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And you want girls to come down here and have fun. But here's the main thing, too
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You make this a safe bar and it's pretty much this simple. We want sweet people in here
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If you're an asshole, there are plenty of other places to go down here, right
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But we want a place where people go, hey, I want to go there because I feel welcome
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And I feel safe. That's what we want out of a honky-tonk
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So your bartenders are all safe. Bartend training. They go through that training and then you get that sticker
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Police is right next door to us. So I always think of this place as a community
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But I understand why it scares some people because there are more people out there than you can count on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday night
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It's like a city moving in its own out there. So with that comes beers. I'm hoping this is a place that you feel comfortable and safe
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