Garth Brooks "The Dance" The guy who wrote it, LIVE !!!

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Check out my page, I have all kinds of studio videos on here and more coming!!!! Thanks for Watching!!! I recorded this a few months ago in 2006. This is Tony Arata. The guy who wrote "The Dance" by Garth Brooks in 1988 I think.

The story behind "The Dance" is :

By Tony Arata:

The Dance

I will be the first to admit that without this song there might not have been the others.
Ironically it was the very first thing I ever had recorded after we moved to Nashville.
More ironic, perhaps, is how prophetic the words to this song have become by virtue
of circumstance, not some grand design on my part at the time of their creation.
What has happened since then could have been no more anticipated than it could be
re-created. My one brush with being right was pure chance, as it were.

I met the gentleman who cut it at an open-mic songwriter's show at Douglas Corner.
Garth and Sandy had moved from Oklahoma about the same time Jaymi and I came up
from Georgia. We were both doing whatever we could to stay in Nashville, trying to get
our songs heard by anybody. The only folks listening, however, were other songwriters
as no one else was usually at our shows. And so it was at one of those nights at
The Bluebird, Garth heard this one and swore if he ever got a record deal,
he was going to do it. Well, he did, and he did. I will always be grateful that it
was a songwriter who made this one his own. The song was doubly blessed
because it was also produced by a songwriter, Allen Reynolds.

One little-known fact about this song is that it originally had another set of lyrics
which, by grace, never saw the light of day. Thankfully, these lyrics were lost in one
of our moves and haven't resurfaced! The melody is the same as it was but the words
that finally stuck were inspired by a scene from the movie Peggy Sue Got Married.
Kathleen Turner discovers she can't alter one aspect of her past without
affecting the rest. No one gets to pick their memories, thankfully.

I am humbled by letters I have received since this song was released—letters
from mothers, fathers, wives, husbands and children who found
something worthwhile in the message of The Dance.

Channel: Music
Uploaded: June 21, 2007 at 8:05 am
Author: nashvillefan

Length: 00:04:28
Rating: 4.70
Views: 332895

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Video Comments:
cpsan117 (November 17, 2008 at 11:26 pm)
hey i know this is slightly off topic, but i need some help. a few years ago i saw a video in which Garth was introducing his style of music to people who maybe wouldn't listen to it ordinarily. He makes the point that his style of country doesn't really fit the stereotype by showing clips of his concert in which the players to rock 'n roll things such as smash guitars, throw stuff into the audience etc. now i can't find this video and i was hoping someone could provide me with a link etc.thanks
janice35173 (November 12, 2008 at 6:15 am)
Thanks for doing this video, I may be wallowing in self pity, but this song brings me back to reality. I would not have missed the dance...It was worth it all.
moorec43 (November 11, 2008 at 7:51 pm)
Wow.. I've really like hearing this song the way it was intended from the writer thats amazing.. and i'm not taking anything away from Garth Garths version is fantastic too.. but i really like this one
TroyalGBrooks7 (November 7, 2008 at 1:03 am)
this is my favorite song that garth brooks ever put out
Rcbremen1969 (November 3, 2008 at 11:08 pm)
No way Garth wrote this song.This guy suck.Go back to that bar......try again in ten years
starsiv35 (November 9, 2008 at 2:04 am)
no your retarded, garth didn't write this song Tony Arata did.
Pastapete (October 22, 2008 at 2:03 pm)
stop fightin' !

I wanna make out with youuuuU! B8
seandeyoung (October 19, 2008 at 8:22 am)
I enjoyed the whole thing. You story was as good as your song, actually better. Thanks for being a Musician and spreading the storiesw. For that I give you 5 stars.
kahboom1234 (October 18, 2008 at 1:01 pm)
and by the way severed02 is wrong its more than one guitar... lol so severed02 if you are trying to act like you know anything about guitar just stop now man you can hear the main chords in the background and then the lead guitar lol wow man thats sad
ccs0424 (October 15, 2008 at 6:55 am)
I thing Garth is a better singer but I def. like this guys version better. Both good though, just more authentic from this guy.