Yes, that song. The one you probably don’t need to hear your co-worker sing at the holiday party again or your uncle at a wedding reception party is now considered “old country.” 30 years ago today (8/6/90), Capitol Records released “Friends in Low Places” by Garth Brooks, which was the first single from his second album, No Fences, and spent four weeks at #1 on the US country singles charts. The idea for the song was born when Earl Bud Lee and some songwriting friends gathered for lunch one day at Tavern on the Row, in Nashville eatery. When the check came, Lee realized he had forgotten his money. He was asked how he was going to pay for the meal, and he replied, “Don’t worry. I have friends in low places. I know the cook.” Check it out live from 1990…
