In "Devil Can't Write No Love Song," Brooks plays a struggling musician named Milo Jenkins. "He's starin' over a bowl of dreaaaams," Milo sings as he strums his guitar. Despite his red wig and ...

In 1999, Garth released an entire album under a pseudonym. Naturally, many want to better understand what drove Garth to make that unorthodox move, and why he decided to make an album as Chris Gaines.

Undoubtedly one of the oddest chapters in Brooks’ career was his infamous alter-ego, Chris Gaines, a brooding and sex-addicted alt-rocker who released a faux-greatest hits record, Garth Brooks ...

Don Henley and Stevie Nicks’ 2015 Duet, a Ballad Originally Released by Garth Brooks’ ’90s Alter-Ego Chris Gaines. By. Tina Benitez-Eves. Updated: March 24, 2025 10:10 am.

Only hardcore Garth Brooks fans remember the Chris Gaines era. In 1999, the “Unanswered Prayers” crooner, 63, created a fictional rock-star persona named Chris Gaines.