Chris Gaines was actually mentioned in 96/97 and whole different story

[Brett Dale]

And it was a whole different storyline.

Not sure if this has been posted before.

But I remember reading an interview with Kenny Rogers, I think it was 96/97. (either one
of those years because I was living in Oz at the time)

Kenny Rogers said he is aware that Garth has created a fictional rock charterer called Chris
Gaines.

I remember reading Kenny said it's going to be for a movie and the movie revolves around,

Chris Gaines being murdered backstage at the Grammy's, and the authorities call it Suicide,
but a reporter uncovers the truth and why it was covered up.

Anyone here remember this?????

[Brett Dale]

So Nothing, no thoughts? No comments, 495 views????

Boring topic???? I thought this would have some discussion?

[Brett Dale]

Around 96/97, two years before Garth Brooks
announced the Chris Gaines project, I remembered
reading an interview with Kenny Rogers.

I read the interview online, which seemed really
cool to me, because I read it on the web and not
just on usenet, which was the internet for me way
back then.

The Interview with Kenny seemed to be a normal
interview, until he diverted to Garth Brooks.

Kenny Rogers said Garth has taken the country world
by storm, but he's about to do the same with the Rock
world. Kenny said Garth Brooks has created a
fictional Rock personae called Chris Gaines, and
there is going to be a movie.

When asked what the movie was about, Kenny Rogers
said something along the lines of.. Chris Gaines is an
Australian Rock God, who gets killed backstage at the
Grammy's, the Police detectives get it wrong, but
one reporter uncovers the truth that shocks the music
world.

Again the internet was in it's early days, and the story
wasn't picked up, in 1999 When Garth Brooks announced
the Chris Gaines project, a pre soundtrack to a movie,
the script had changed.

Of course the movie didn't get made, but if it did, the script
was going to revolve around, Chris Gaines being invovled
in a horrible car accident, but he comes back to make an
earth shattering album that changes the world.

Here's what I want to know, and apart from the Kenny Roger's
interview from around 1996/1997, I have read nothing about
this.

How and why did the original script change???

A murder back stage at the Grammy's, transformed into a car
accident and an epic album that changes the world.

One screenplay seems to be a thriller with a twist, one seems
to be a feel good movie.

I wish someone could shed some light, my #AskGarth question
on this hasn't been answered, and no one seems to remember
the Kenny Rogers interview.

For me if the original script or the original draft ever appeared,
that would be worth a ton, not even Rick from Pawn Stars, could
say "Here's the thing" and low ball it.

So what is the story, what is a writer's practise to take a 180 with
a story and change the main idea??

Why is this not part of the story when the media
mentions Chris Gaines?

Again I had read the interview around 96/97 two years before
Chris Gaines was ever mentioned by anyone else.

Can someone help me out here??

Hashtag?
Sammie?
Kenny?
Chris?
Garth???

[Paula]

Interesting. I don’t recall the Kenny Rogers comments. Did you ever do a search in the Forums here to see if that was ever discussed at the time? This board was pretty much on top of things back then, and if that happened, I’m pretty sure it would have been discussed here. I’m not disputing what you read...I’m just wondering if it was one of those spoof articles that crop up.

Paula

[Brett Dale]

Interesting. I don’t recall the Kenny Rogers comments. Did you ever do a search in the Forums here to see if that was ever discussed at the time? This board was pretty much on top of things back then, and if that happened, I’m pretty sure it would have been discussed here. I’m not disputing what you read...I’m just wondering if it was one of those spoof articles that crop up.

Paula

It was so long ago, Im from New Zealand, and I was living in Australia at the time, ( I lived there for a year), it may of been an Australian website from what I can remembered,
it seemed to be a legitimate website, that I had gone to before.

Ive done a search of PG forums but cant find anything.

This was in 1996 or 1997, Garth had not mentioned Chris Gaines at all then, so Im guessing it cant of been a news site making it up.

Perhaps I dreamt it years later, and im confused or something.

But my memory is telling me it wasa 96/97, cuz I was in aussie at the time

[Brett Dale]

I found this from planet garth, but ITS from 1999.

http://www.planetgarth.com/forums/sh...t=kenny+rogers