This was the ultimate Garth Brooks fan's dream-a free live performance in Central Park. Garth gave a good showing in it, and I loved his performances of all his classic songs, such as "Unanswered Prayers, "The Dance," and "Friends in Low Places." While there weren't any of the high-kinetic, ultra-energetic stage movements usually reserved for the arena shows Garth gives, it was still worth the video purchase. Garth's performance was terrific, and the audience members obviously loved it as they sang along with all of his songs. You will find yourself doing the same.
Acting
Garth's raw vulnerability during Unanswered Prayers.
Direction
Marty Callner captures 980,000 voices as one instrument.
Sound
The crowd drowning out Friends in Low Places — chills.
Director
Marty Callner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1997 free concert drew an estimated 980,000 people, making it one of the largest concerts in U.S. history — and the NYPD initially denied the permit fearing exactly that.
Garth's decision to perform The Dance — a song about accepting loss — to a post-9/11 nation in subsequent tours cemented its status as secular hymn; this 1997 performance captures its original wound.
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