Garth Brooks just lately revealed that he as soon as shared a bathe with Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler.
Speaking on The Kelly Clarkson Show, the nation singer-songwriter recalled the time he and Tyler each performed the final live performance at Shea Stadium in New York City in 2008, spearheaded by Billy Joel. (Other visitors included John Mayer, Roger Daltrey, John Mellencamp and Paul McCartney.)
“We were playing the Last Play at Shea Billy Joel, they’re getting ready to tear down Shea Stadium in New York,” Brooks defined, “and I go out there and I’m late anyway, and they just have the baseball showers.
“I’m in there showering, preparing for the present, and I had cleaning soap in my eyes, I go searching, and there is Steven Tyler,” he continued. “He’s showering, too. ‘Hey, how ya doin’?’ And so it was simply…How many individuals get to say that?”
“Who is aware of, it is rock and roll, you won’t be so particular, Garth!” Clarkson replied.
Brooks has frequently covered Aerosmith’s “Fever” at his concerts, along with a variety of other rock covers like Joel’s “Shameless,” Bob Dylan’s “Make You Feel My Love” and Don McLean’s “American Pie.” (He also covered Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bob Seger, Simon & Garfunkel and more on his 2013 box set, Blame It All on My Roots.)
Also in 2013, Brooks teamed up with Don Henley and Rufus Wainwright to perform a tribute to Joel as he received the Kennedy Center Honor. Two years later, Henley included a cover of Brooks’ “It Don’t Matter to the Sun” as a bonus track on his Cass County LP, with guest vocals from Stevie Nicks.
Watch Garth Brooks on ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’
Discussion about this post