When asked about whether or not his new Nashville pub will serve Bud Light, Garth Brooks said he would “serve every brand of beer,” adding that if patrons didn’t like that, “there are plenty of other places.”
While appearing on Billboard’s Country Live in Conversation, the 61-year-old musician discussed his new club, “Friends in Low Places Bar & Honky-Tonk.” He seemed to be taking a swipe at other Broadway bar owners like Kid Rock and John Rich, who have joined the boycott of Bud Light over the company’s collaboration with transgender rights activist Dylan Mulvaney.
“Yes, we’re going to serve every brand of beer,” Brooks confirmed. Simply put, we are. That’s not a call we get to make.
When he said, “If you come into this house, love one another,” he meant it. As the saying goes, “If you’re an a**hole, there are plenty of other places on lower Broadway.”
For me, one a**hole down there may change the whole flow,” Brooks added. My goal is to help you feel secure, so let’s make that a priority.
Brooks added that he aspired for his bar to be a location where people could go to “feel good” and “safe.”
The “Thunder Rolls” singer once wished for the “Chick-fil-A” of honky tonks. I’d like there to be a location where people can go and relax and feel secure. Everyone is polite and courteous.
When asked to elaborate, he said, “I’m hoping that immediately when you come in there’s a ‘Love Everybody’ written right there.” That’s the whole point, right? Thus, I seek a location that is secure. Oh, that’s nice.
After Anheuser-Busch’s collaboration with Mulvaney, Rich previously stated that “cases and cases” of Bud Light began piling up at his Nashville pub.
It’s up to the consumers, I’d say. For Rich, the customer always comes first. Until just a few days ago, this was the most popular beer in our store:” This is a Bud Light. That beer topped the charts. Back there, we had cases upon cases of it.
However, “you’re hard-pressed to find anyone ordering one in the past several days,” he said. So, as a business owner, I’m thinking, ‘Hey, if you aren’t ordering that, we have to put something else in here.’ This is capitalism, after all. And that’s the way it goes!
Previously, the “Amazed” singer made waves when he joined other musicians in a boycott of the company over the Mulvaney connection.