Disco de Garth Brooks: “This Is Garth Brooks”

As a lover of concert videos and an ardent fan of GB, I think this Texas concert presentation (along with personal highlights) is awesome for anyone who is inspired by Garth's music. His rendition of Shameless was incredible (Billy Joel should be proud). Powerful. Second only to Central Park -- but until that's published ... I guess this is #1.

We were watching CMT awards and my husband happen to mention this video for the hundredth time and I thought there is no way I will be able to find it and what do you know you have it. He says it is great and it is one of Garth's many greatest.

Garth Brooks is cool!!!!!!!

I loved hearing him in concert & I loved this video!!!!!!!!

Up until the early 1990s, country music was populated by guys in sparkly jumpsuits with perfectly coiffed hairdos singing ponderous, slow ballads. It took a rock-and-roll fan from Oklahoma to change all that, and this tape showcases the transformation in full.

As soon as Garth Brooks burst onto the country music scene in the late 1980s, it quickly become clear that country music would never be the same. Garth kept the simple themes of country songs, but packaged it like a rock-and-roll arena show, the kind of performances he was mesmerized by in his own youth. Stadiums started filling up to seeing this rockin' cowboy, and the rest is history.

With his high-octane show and high-energy persona, Garth Brooks captivated music audiences like nobody had ever seen (or may ever see again). Plus, it didn't take political/lifestyle statements (e.g. Toby Keith) or outlandish antics (ala Lady Gaga) to fill the seats...just good old fashion country music with a rocking backbeat and energized vocals.

This tape, probably more than any other, showcases that frantic side of Garth, the one that can never stand still and is always jumping around and looking for new ways to get the audience involved in the performance. Though the Central Park concert may be his best ever effort, "This Is Garth Brooks" deserves a top spot for its showcasing of Garth's pizzazz.

If you are already a Garth fan and haven't seen this tape, where have you been all these years?! If you are a little wary of the Garthster, this is as good a place as any to be introduced to his rollicking style of showmanship. Either way, there isn't much here that is not to like.

I love Garth...... I have Garth brooks:Live In Central Park and i have this video I LOVE IT!!