The elaborate backstory that Brooks created for his fictional alter-ego was supposed to lead to a movie called 'The Lamb' ... but that movie was never made.
You'll get mixed reactions when you ask Garth Brooks fans how they feel about his 1999 off-genre album, Garth Brooks in … The Life of Chris Gaines, but the singer has given the last word as to the future of his alter-ego.
Garth Brooks is one of the most successful artists in music history, with more than 70 million albums sold in the United States alone. But even music superstars sometimes pour their heart and soul into a project that doesn't become a commercial success. For Brooks, that project was his Chris Gaines album.