Garth Brooks Friends in Low Places songwriter Larry Bastian dead at 90: Greatest of all time

Larry Bastian, who worked with Garth Brooks on hit songs like “Friends in Low Places” and “Rodeo,” has passed away.He was 90.The legendary country songwriter’s son, Nick, announced the sad news on Facebook and confirmed that Bastian passed away on Sunday, April 6, in California.“The Lord called Dad home last night,” Bastian’s son wrote, per The Mirror.

“He taught us at a very young age gun safety, along with teaching us hunting and fishing.He let us be boys, which seems to be a dying thing these days.”“Thank you Dad for inspiring in how I raised my kids,” the tribute continued.

“I took them to work with me and raised them to be free range country kids and now they are raising their’s the same way.I love you Dad.”Brooks, 63, celebrated the songwriter back in 1995 when he called Bastian one of “music’s greatest writers of all time.”“If one looks down the list of music’s greatest writers of all time, I couldn’t imagine the list being complete without the name of Larry Bastian,” the country music superstar said.Besides hit songs like “Friends in Low Places,” “Rodeo,” and “The Dance,” Bastian also helped pen the hugely popular hit “Unanswered Prayers” with Brooks and fellow songwriter Pat Alger in 1991.Brooks was so impressed with Bastian that he included a story about the songwriter and “Unanswered Prayers” in the liner notes of his 1994 compilation album, “The Hits.”“Pat Alger and I worked on this song quite a long time without a hook, without the line.

We passed it by Larry Bastian, and it was as if it was meant to be,” the country crooner wrote.“Larry, his wife, Myrna, and I were taking a walk down 18th Avenue, and he looked at me and said, ‘Oh, that’s simple.

This song should be called ‘Unanswered Prayers’ because some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.'”“This is probably the truest song I have ever been involved with as a writer,” Brooks continued.“This act...