Behind the Life of Chris Gaines
Garth Brooks unveils his alter ego Chris Gaines.
To promote the release of his album Garth Brooks in... The Life of Chris Gaines, Garth Brooks appeared as Chris Gaines in a television "mockumentary," a version of VH1's seminal cable classic Behind the Music, featuring a totally made-up tale that just may be the greatest rock n' roll documentary ever made. This piece of art has everything that makes the story of being a rockstar fucking cool. It has childhood trauma, record label trauma, death, disfigurement, a plane crash, a car crash, sex addiction, redemption, a house fire, random unexplained commentary from Billy Joel, and more sex addiction.
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Top Cast
Garth Brooks
Chris Gaines
Brian Vaughn
Young Chris Gaines
Linda Ljoka
Roma Stihl
Anthony Meindl
Ryan Duffy
Tom Ballatore
Dan Lanier
Carolyn Seymour
Carolyn Johnns-Gaines
Don Was
Self
María Costa
Self
Light Rand
Tasha Simon
Melinda Newman
Self
Ninette Terhart
Jennifer Allgood
Joe Smith
Self
Billy Joel
Self
Ted Larkin
Officer Barry Sanders
Martin Joseph
Tommy Levitz
Mark Allan Staubach
Young Marc Obed
Thomas Voelpel
Older Marc Obed
Fred Reiser
Gene Gaines
Jim Forbes
Narrator (voice)
James Cooley
Young Chris Gaines
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