Some months later, Lee and Blackwell were at a party, celebrating a recent No. I know the cook.' Lee and his songwriting partner, Dewayne Blackwell, immediately recognized that the line 'friends in low places' had potential, but they did not act upon it immediately. He was asked how he was going to pay for the meal, and he replied, 'Don't worry.

When the check came, Lee realized he had forgotten his money. Mark Chesnutt recorded the song for his second album Too Cold at Home.Īccording to Earl Bud Lee, one of the song's co-writers, the idea of the song was born when he and some songwriting friends gathered for lunch one day at Tavern on the Row, a popular Nashville eatery.

Enamored with the song, Brooks recorded his version the next year. The two songwriters had given the song to Brooks to record as a demo soon before the release of his self-titled first album, when he was a relatively unknown singer. 'Friends in Low Places' was written in 1989 by songwriters Earl Bud Lee and Dewayne Blackwell and first released byĭavid Wayne Chamberlain in 1989. The song spent four weeks at number one on the Hot Country Songs, and won both the Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association awards for 1990 Single of the Year. It was released on August 6, 1990, as the lead single from his album No Fences. ' Friends in Low Places' is a song recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks.

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