garth brooks for the hour. next. on "larry king live." >> larry: great to welcome back after too long an absence, the brilliant garth brooks. the grammy-winning country superstar. he has sold more than 128 million albums. he's the number one selling solo artist in the united states' history. and he currently headlines at various times a series of shows at the beautiful encore theater at the wynn in las vegas. he'll next perform in nashville for their flood relief shows, and then be back at the wynn in january. when you hear that, number one selling solo artist, does that flip you? >> oh, yeah. i mean, it's kind of odd to hear your name with that. but i think that's more of a reflection of the audience i get to play for. i'll put the country music audience up against anybody as far as numbers, size, quality of fans. that's where it's at. you're lucky if that's your bunch. >> larry: why are they that way? >> it's really cool, man. they'll give you record sales that can make you stand shoulder to shoulder with the great

>> my god, that was the best frickin' concert i've ever been to. >> seeing garth brooks live, pricelesse to just spend five minutes alone with him. >> reba mcintire was in the audience. ronnie dunn was in the audience. >> when garth -- they were practically a capella, and reba was doing her trademark thing and crying. what an experience, you watch reba mcintire cry over garth and trisha. it was fantastic. ♪ >> that's the greatest thing. >> larry: having the pleasure of being in that audience, one of the great shows i've ever seen. >> thank you. >> larry: how did you get the idea to do it with yourself, period, you and a guitar? >> when we retired in 2001 -- in '98 we stopped touring, so the band was gone. so it was just me. and kind of reverted back to a place called willie's in oklahoma state university when i was going to school there. and that's where my music was born and so kind of went back to willie's, just playing other people's stuff, showing people what you were raised on and then going back and showing them how that influenced the music that you're playing and writing today.

we'll be right back with garth brooks. . >> larry: we're back with garth >> larry: we're back with garth brooks. now, you're not working at the wynn until january. what are you going to do in nashville? >> well, you know, they had those massive floods in may. and, again, when you talk about journalism, you talk about the -- everything that is a blessing is a curse, everything that is a curse is a blessing. journalism, i spoke about how it can hurt you. journalism is can also help you. what happened is at the exact same time, the gulf oil leakage, the spill thing, happened. so the press wasn't on nashville. but if you can imagine a flood where things are standing 40 to 45 feet under water, it was crazy. the grand 'ole opry, up to row 5 or 6 was just water. and we saw it on the internet so when i saw the pictures, i said there's no way that can be, that picture has been doctored. this thing was of epic proportions i don't think any of us were ready for. so they suffered a lot of damage. they need a lot of help. so a lot of the music community came together in may and june and did a lot of

>> reporter: even for garth brooks, this is an olympic event. nine concerts, six days, 140,000 tickets sold in just one day. $5 million in ticket and merchandise sales, and all the proceeds donated to those devastated by the tennessee floods. those still reeling, even though the world moved on. >> there were water depths in the city of 35 to 45 feet. are you kidding me? i don't know if any of us can fathom that. >> reporter: brooks' contributions are going to help more than 6,000 people who are still displaced or living in sub stan ard housing or just need help putting food on the table. as every fan knows, brooks was born in oklahoma, but like so many country greats, still remembers the heart pounding feeling when he headlined the grand ole opry. ♪ i got friends in low places >> reporter: the opry, still the pinnacle for each generation of soup per stars like carrie underwood. >> that's our home. and to see that thing five or six rows deep in water -- that kind of brought it home. >> reporter: but it wasn't enough that the opry was rebuilt. cou

no garth brooks here. >> it has got to have a beat though as far as what i do because you have to edit to the beat. want to hit the boom and clap. not necessarily going to have that in a slow country song. >> reporter: it is clear the magic happens in the editing. he has a degree in marketing so the video production is self- taught. >> that's how the magic is down right there. >> reporter: a star player juan anderson is a familiar face on bay area's finest one of the top 100 high school recruits in the country. and will play for marquette university next year. >> he helps get players out there. the recognition they deserve and stuff. a lot of players out here we feel like east coast, l.a. get more recognition than we do. >> reporter: web 2. 0 meet juan anderson. 6'6". unlikely match up of talent and technology. and so the more people that watch videos the more money he makes but alass it is not enough yet to allow him to quit his day job just yet. working on it. >> it is inspiring. wouldn't it be great to have that kind of music to our newscast each night. >> it elevates and makes thes

no garth brooks here. >> it needs a beat as far as what i do. you want to hit the boom, the clap. so it is not necessarily going to have that in a slow country song. >> reporter: it is clear the magic happens in the editing. he has a degree in marketing so the video production is self- taught. >> that's how the magic is done? >> that's how it is done right there. >> reporter: a star player one of the top 100 high school recruits in the country and will play for marquette university next year. >> he helps gets players out there the recognition they deserve. we feel like east coast, l.a. get more recognition than we do so it helps us a lot. >> reporter: web 2. 0. unlikely match up of talent and technology. he does not charge the players a dime. he makes all his money off ad revenue much not quite enough to quit his day job. >> that's all right. we will see where it goes. thank you. >>> a disaster over a restaurant food. >> like small balloons just exploded. hot grease. >> and now the case of the exploding escargot is on someone else's plate. what the judge had to say in the case of

and garth brooks on friday.tertainment week on "larry king live." >> larry: those clips are from "through the eyes of the world," that terrific documentary that followed celine everywhere. she is featured, she and the twins, showcased, in fact, in the edition of "people" magazine that hits the newsstands friday. there's obviously an intense public curiosity about the kids. how do you decide how much you'll share? >> i'll leave it to rene. first of all, as people know, i'm an open book. i have shared my whole life. my private and my show business life. it help mess s me actually to feel my songs and to go on with my dreams. but how much to share? i think i leave it to rene. i trust him. i love him. he's been my leader in my career. as well as the leader of my heart. and it's trust. and we share an amazing relationship together. for that part, i leave it up to him. >> larry: are the twins identical -- are they identical or fraternal? >> not identical at all. when they were born, they were actually separate. in the

and garth brooks on friday. it's entertainment week on "larry king live." change the w.ell, let's grow some algae." and that's what started it. exxonmobil and synthetic genomics have built a new facility to identify the most productive strains of algae. algae are amazing little critters. they secrete oil, which we could turn into biofuels. they also absorb co2. we're hoping to supplement the fuels that we use in our vehicles, and to do this at a large enough scale to someday help meet the world's energy demands. ♪ i drove all night ♪ to get to you ♪ that all right ♪ is that all right ♪ is that all right tokyo ♪ is that all right london ♪ is that all right shanghai ♪ is that all right copenhagen >> larry: those clips are from "through the eyes of the world," that terrific documentary that followed celine everywhere. she is featured, she and the twins, showcased, in fact, in the edition of "people" magazine that hits the newsstands friday. there's obviously an intense public curiosity about the kids. how do you decide how much you'll share? >> i'll leave it to rene. first

garth brooks, a remarkable, new musical mission. what is he doing?news." >> that's the news at 8:05. >>> time, to get the weather with sam champion. sam, you've gone hollywood. it's anaheim. but you're on a back lot, right? >> take a look at this. it's a little different for me. >> wow. nice look. >> thank you. >> it's very groovy. i like it. >> my lovely stylishs are beside me. this is one of the costumes jeff bridges wears in the movie "tron: legacy" that opens today. we'll give you a sneak peek of the film here. when you live in the computer world, when you live on the grid, things look different. you're different. yeah. and some amazing special effects. and then, the park has created this entire nighttime world here, full of laser lights and the disc throwers. this is how you enter the portal to go to the grid. so, if you want to live in the movie, this is where you're going to be. let's get to the boards. one or two things we want to talk about. as you head outside your door, we begin with this pattern of very heavy rain in california. storm aft

. >> garth brooks. >> andy gibb. >> no. >> singing senator -- >> we just -- >> willie wanted to -- >>res of last night? guess we won't show them. >> we would show them if we did them in a place where we were supposed to do the story. >> right. >>> here's sports with willie. >> big baseball news. cliff lee, the most coveted pitcher in baseball. yankees, red sox, rangers, no. he pulled a fast one on everybody. he's going back to the philadelphia phillies. cliff lee, the man everybody wanted. and guess what, he's doing it for less money and for fewer years than either the yankees or rangers were giving him. >> you know -- >> turned his back on the money. >> did you read in the "times" who the last man to do this was in a big way? greg maddux, 1993. >> that's right. spurned the yankees. >> turned down the yankees for the braves. >> likes a good cheesecake. >> yes. >> they don't like it when players aren't clamoring to join the deal. don't feel bad, five years, $100 million. yankees were offering seven years, $150 million. lee was on the phillies in 2009 but was traded to seattle so that t