Show mm 1 are the coofesskms of a closet country fan Ustra to countiy stations I don't buy country CDs I don't wear Wranglers I don’t even a cowboy hat and Birirenstocks not Justins are my footwear of choice But whenever I chance across a good soog truth is I listen learn the wonts and have a good time doing it I mean bow can you aot have fun with stuff like The American Honky Took Bar Association Boogie oc On the Fnmt Porch Just A Swingin' to name just a few So it came as no huge surprise to me at least that I knew moat of the woods to the soqgstflast week's Gatth Brook’s concert h As you'll see in this week’s feature HJ photographer S John Wilkin and I went to the concert to do a story on two loyal Gatth Brooks' fans And there I was groovin’- -- yeah that's right groovin' — along with Garth I sat in media-com- p seats so close when Garth wiped the sweat off hu brow I could see him flick it And what a show But about three songs into the conceit I began to fed a little guilty OK a lot guilty I was enjoying one of the best seats in the house and I don’t even listen to ' countiy musk" Our fans Gay und Ginger Smedley had put a lot of effort into being there that night These are people who do Usten to country musk stations who do buy the CDs who did stand in line with a wristband to get tickets who do wear Wnglen and cowboy hoots These people really were v Brooks' Garth fius And the seats they wotked so hard to get were OK They weren't had — up in the second bowl ' or something like thrt But they weren’t my seats I began to look around The whole section was stuffed with peopk who got their tickets the same way I did— somebody ' : gave them thek seats You had your soda pop distributors your journalists your security guanls and their wives this somebody who knew that somebody and so on and so on v Some stood Some didn’t ' Soon enough my conscience got the best of me and hbout midpoint Wilkin and I traded ow tickets with our fans As journalists we are often allowed access to things- -- sometimes cool things like a Garth Brooks’ concert And Tm not going to suggest we shouldn't get part of our job It allows us to write stories about things everyone else is interested in But I'm flunking there's no reason why my seats at the concert couldn't have been a little higher There's no reason why they had to give me one of the best seats in the house ' Shame on the promoters Shame on the Delta Oentet Shame on Garth Brooks Those serts should have been sold to the people who deserve them They should have stuck us comp people up in seam where our noses bled a little They should have let the die-hafans leave their binoculars at home And as for the two front rows the very best seats in the house packed with women all between the ages ofUand 21 with waist sizes no larger thaa a four well I’m pretty sure they didn't stand k line far those seals either But that's a whole 'nother column Herald These (i it o toe-Uppi-n' j hn i Friday Boot-Scooti- n’ ot A d Itf n Hi iT re : "r & VX (dr ir (X ti -- 1 comp-ticketslt- a v 8 3r Mt ’s rd w Y va jp K -- tr —by Nancy July 17 r wM 1998 SB w - - fll yS S inside PAGE 11 — Teapot? You bet k Is And Ms arttat has lota more hmky dseigns He’s gMng e workshop at USU ?¥ ?t performing arts PAGE 12 — Baiburn Stlnaon Lee reviews Utah's Shakespearean Fesdvnl for The Herald Journal 'PAGE 8 — Sporting a now translation the classic comedy The Servant otTwo Masters' opens at The Lyric Them music PAGE 10 — Utah Festival Opera Is going bang tfaring the montti of July See whafs on the menu PAGE 4 — Ntty Grtty Dirt Band is just one of foe upcoming performances as the Capitol Arts ASanca amounoss Ks upcoming i slightly off PAGE 9 f f PAGE 6 — Demis in the BodHy “ USU Alumni Band continues Its Sunday ovsning pertonnanoee Hbikamp counts bugs dark C v- corkboard ikr i -- PAGE 11 eyes of an V —A ld toe at Newton Vwough tie woman s w ' ON THE COVER: y 'v ?’ 5sl Cache Magazine ednor'r JH Vv f " ii " 1 A- - 7" GytfLBrooka' tansCory and Ginger Smedtoyand J V IR COPY r rnoH neeeiq eifeeriT wolM mocmL 3 m q S te eeiriT m neqqah eryi(tT |