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Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

The Chris Gaines Disaster (GT Mini)

Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Jason Horton & Rebecca Leib

True Crime, Unknown, Paranormal, Weird History, Social Sciences, History, Science

3.7928 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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At the height of his success, musician Garth Brooks adopted the poorly received alter-ego Chris Gaines. New YouTube Video Cecil Hotel Shirt Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/ghosttownpod Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/32F4xid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.1

Slack presents hands-free conversations.

0:33.2

Hello, car commuter, dog walker, stroller pusher.

0:36.8

Your hands are busy. It's why we created hubbles in Slack, because sometimes talking

0:41.3

is easier than typing. Huddled without the hassle.

0:44.3

In Slack. An altered ego. I'm Jason Horton.

0:48.4

I'm Rebecca Leib. And this is Ghost Town.

0:54.0

I'm a big Garth Brooks fan listening to him way back from horse camp.

1:11.0

When Garth Brooks, at the height of his success, decided to create a bad boy rocker alter ego

1:18.8

named Chris Gaines. So we're going to be talking about the phenomenon that is Garth Brooks

1:24.1

slash Chris Gaines and what it meant for Garth Brooks's career.

1:30.0

Alter Egos are not new to any music genre really.

1:34.2

You get David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust, Abanos, Mac Fisto, for example.

1:40.0

But Garth Brooks was known for being this like good guy, American hero, country singer,

1:47.6

again, very 90s. He kind of felt like the Kevin Costner of country music. Very safe,

1:56.0

catchy, like no one, you can't disagree about Garth Brooks.

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