Behind the Life of Chris Gaines

Michael McNamara
1999-11-24

Garth Brooks unveils his alter ego Chris Gaines.
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44 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Garth Brooks Chris Gaines Unowned
Brian Vaughn Young Chris Gaines Unowned
Linda Ljoka Roma Stihl Unowned
Anthony Meindl Ryan Duffy Unowned
Tom Ballatore Dan Lanier Unowned
Carolyn Seymour Carolyn Johnns-Gaines Unowned
Don Was Self Unowned
MarĂ­a Costa Self Unowned
Light Rand Tasha Simon Unowned
Melinda Newman Self Unowned
Ninette Terhart Jennifer Allgood Unowned
Joe Smith Self Unowned
Billy Joel Self Unowned
Ted Larkin Officer Barry Sanders Unowned
Martin Joseph Tommy Levitz Unowned
Mark Allan Staubach Young Marc Obed Unowned
Thomas Voelpel Older Marc Obed Unowned
Fred Reiser Gene Gaines Unowned
Jim Forbes Narrator (voice) Unowned
James Cooley Young Chris Gaines Unowned