black tie affair ♪ >> when they ask people their favorite singer, number one in the nation was garth brooksere before they did. ♪ i got friends in low places where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away ♪ >> living in mississippi, country was a huge part of my life, and it was all because of garth brooks. the first time i ever saw him in concert, i was probably 10 or 11-years-old. ♪ i said, "that is exactly what i want to do." >> garth brooks is the biggest-selling artist of the decade and the fastest selling musical artist ever. >> he's been described as a cross between john wayne and mick jagger. he's got the looks of a cowboy and the moves of a rock and roll star. >> it sounded like rock and roll. guitars and big drums and everybody singing along. that's what people liked about rock shows. >> as the acts became maybe less twangy in their way, that expanded their audience. artist like george strait or brooks and dunn, plenty of acts really worked their way up. it became massive. >> over the last two years, country music has taken over the airwaves and the record charts with

and next week, country music icon loretta lynn will hold an all-star concert with appearances by garth brookser music legends. held at the grand ole opry, proceeds will benefit tennessee flood victims. >>> for more news download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. >>> i'm elise preston, cbs news, new york. >>> it's monday, labor day, september 6th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." aid expires. unemployment benefits for millions of americans runs out today. what this means for people who are out of jobs across the nation. >>> severe spike. new covid infections are reportedly up 1,000% since memorial day. what dr. anthony fauci says about the delta variant as kids return back to class. >>> and death toll climbing. ida has now killed at least 68 people after ravaging the gulf coast and the northeast where the president will be tomorrow the president will be tomorrow to tour the storm's damage. captioning funded by cbs

they ain't seen us >> c legenloretta lynn is calling on luke combs and other greats including garth brooksbryan. the superstars are set to hold a fundraising concert to help tennesseeans recover from last month's deadly floods. lynn's ranch foreman died in the flooding. the concert will take place at the grand ole opry house next monday and will be live streamed. >>> and jay-z's made in america festival made a smashing return to philadelphia this weekend. tons of music lovers turned out for the popular two-day concert. people came out to see performers including justin bieber, doja cat, and lil baby. attendees had to show vaccination cards or show proof of a negative covid test. people also had to wear masks on the festival grounds. >> it was good to know that everybody here like either has a negative covid test or they have their vaccinations. >> yeah. oh, yeah. >> we had to go through a lot of strings, but honestly it makes us feel more comfortable. >> the festival was canceled last year due to the pandemic. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," we'll have a preview of a new documentary a

so today we are unveiling unseen footage from garth brooks come jonathan tucker, the impractical jokers, and wilmer valderrama. you don't want to miss any minute of it, but now on to. this week we're looking back at some of our kellyoke fan favorites. sandy in our house seats has one that she wants to hear. so what you want to request? >> hi, kelly! thank you for having on the show. i want to request "dreams" by fleetword mac. when you sang that song in your show you just knocked it out of the park and i've seen lots of covers over the years, so i was just so blown away by it and i know you had the cranberry juice guy in the audience, that was so awesome. and i've been a fan of fleetword mac since i was a teenager. i've been to 30 plus concerts. i even have room in my house decated to stevie nicks and fleetwood mac and i have a signed guitar, i have a signed drum head and to even have a signed stevie nicks to marin, which is one of my most prized things that i have. so the "dreams" song means so much to me, it is so inspirational. whenever i hear it i just am so happy and it's a good, t

low places" by garth brooks. >> bill: interesting top ten? >> dana: it's not even in the top 500. >> bill: i think that marvin gaye song is a legendary song and i think that sam cooke song number three is a legendary song. bob dylan song "like a rolling stone" changed music in a lot of ways. and i think "the five" will have a field day with a list. >> dana: we might come e-cig tonight. harris faulkner is up now. >> harris: fox news alert, big movement on the investigation into the origins of the russia probe. special counsel john durham is set to request the grand jury indictment for michael sussman, evan attorney whose firm represented former presidential candidate tillery clinton in 2016. he's accused of lying to the fbi in september of that year. former house oversight committee chairman jason chaffetz is here to weigh in on that in just a bit. and of this, another sob story that we are watching for you at this hour, we are getting brand-new insight into president biden's decision to make that full troop withdrawal from afghanistan. fox ne

but i do want to talk traffic because of the garth brooks concert. >> it was a disaster. so what's the plan this time around. >> well, that's the one problem with fortunately, i don't have to drive here with all the rest of writer nation fans. but that is a problem because i didn't know we have 2500 slots just right around the stadium. so a lot of people and this is really the first stadium built in that new era of uber and left. so they're expect a lot of people to overhear lift they have some satellite parking lots around the stadium that the writers have bought up land. and so you can tell get some of these places. and they also have incorporated the the local regional or excuse me, the buses rtc. they call it. where you can get dropped off and picked up the various casinos around for $2 each way. we'll bring it to the stadium. jump on the bus will take you back to that casino, which if i was going to do that. if i was going to come as a fan. that's exactly what i can do because you can park in any one of satellite, lots way outside of the casino jump on an rtc bus. th

some, like garth brooks and k-pop stars b.t.s., have canceled shows and tours altogether. clapton reportedly said he would not play any venues that do mandate vaccines. for working musicians, it's a time of uncertainty. >> i don't even know if we're all going to feel comfortable going to dinner, much less putting ourselves in indoor rooms night after night. >> brown: ryan miller is lead singer and guitarist for guster, the alternative rock band that turns 30 this year, hanging on through the pandemic. >> there was also some kind of low lows, of just figuring out how this was going to play out, how we were going to stay connected internally, how are we going to stay connected to our fans, how we're going to keep some momentum up, if that even mattered anymore. >> brown: the band had weekly meetings to stay connected, and played a drive-in show last august in new hampshire. >> we're in the midst of this storm, but we felt like it was important to do, even though it was-- it was a lot of stress and, and not something that any of us were, like, super excited to do, other than

if you asked me like 88 it would have been music the hearing earlier and then transitioned into garth brooks dunn i went through solid brooks and dunn. will: my stepsister went to see brooks and dunn. they had travis troy smith tritp for them. shout out to knee on moon. rachel: i love that song. will: great song, isn't it? rachel: we got to get to the border down in where you are from. pete: voo we have all been to the border. you have been to the border. i know you have been to the border. rachel: i'm going back to the border probably this coming month and there is a lot of action. and peter doocy, by the way, has been on this story and really making the white house very uncomfortable. here he is pressing jen psaki on why the president will not go to the border. listen. >> why hasn't president biden ever visited the southern border? >> what would you like him to do at the southern border and what impact do you think that would have on the policies? pete: why doesn't he want to go. >> i don't think it's an issue of wanting to go. it's an issue of what is most constructive to address as what

every wedding come every event, everyone knows all the words and that's "friends in low places" by garth brooksong and i think that sam cooke song number three is a legendary song. bob dylan song "like a rolling stone" changed music in a lot of ways. and i think "the five" will have a field day with a list. >> dana: we might come e-cig tonight. harris faulkner is up now. >> harris: fox news alert, big movement on the investigation into the origins of the russia probe. special counsel john durham is set to request the grand jury indictment for michael sussman, evan attorney whose firm represented former presidential candidate tillery clinton in 2016. he's accused of lying to the fbi in september of that year. former house oversight committee chairman jason chaffetz is here to weigh in on that in just a bit.