Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood joined forces to carry out a touching tribute to the late Jimmy Carter as he was laid to relaxation on Thursday, January 9. The nation music couple teamed as much as sing John Lennon’s “Think about” on the funeral service.
Brooks performed his acoustic guitar and wore a black go well with as he harmonized along with his spouse, who was additionally wearing black for the somber event. The pair beforehand sang the identical tune at Carter’s spouse Rosalynn Carter’s funeral in November 2023. Brooks and Yearwood have been shut with the Carters as a result of their involvement in Habitat for Humanity.
The efficiency garnered blended reactions from folks on-line who have been watching a stream of the funeral. Whereas some thought it was a touching tribute, others felt just like the tune selection was weird.
“This efficiency by Garth & Trisha has me in full physique goosebumps,” one supporter wrote on X, whereas another person added, “Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood did that tune proud. Each John and Jimmy could be proud.”
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Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood did that tune proud. Each John and Jimmy could be proud💖— hesouttamylife (@Ilive4u4me) January 9, 2025
Though unhappy, I take pleasure in watching dignitary funerals. This efficiency by Garth & Trisha has me in full physique goosebumps.
— Krystal Blum (@KrystalBlum) January 9, 2025
Nonetheless, a critic stated, “Garth and Trisha singing “Think about” is form of odd,” and one other jumped in to put in writing, “Garth Brooks and Trisha yearwood Singing the worst tune ever written. “Think about” there’s no Heaven. It’s straightforward in case you attempt. No thanks. What sort of funeral tune is that?!”
Garth and Trisha singing “Think about” is form of odd.
— travis (@travisclones) January 9, 2025
Garth Brooks and Trisha yearwood Singing the worst tune ever written. “Think about” there’s no Heaven. It’s straightforward in case you attempt.
No thanks. What sort of funeral tune is that?!
— Angie Williams (@GrangiePatriot) January 9, 2025
Brooks and Yearwood’s efficiency got here three months after his former hairstylist and make-up artist filed a lawsuit that accused him of sexual assault, together with a particular allegation that he raped her in 2019. The “Mates in Low Locations” singer has denied the allegations and claimed that the accuser — known as “Jane Roe” within the lawsuit — tried to blackmail him earlier than publicly submitting her accusations.
“For the final two months, I’ve been hassled to no finish with threats, lies, and tragic tales of what my future could be if I didn’t write a test for a lot of hundreds of thousands of {dollars}. It has been like having a loaded gun waved in my face,” he stated in a press release in October 2024. “Hush cash, irrespective of how a lot or how little, remains to be hush cash. In my thoughts, meaning I’m admitting to habits I’m incapable of — ugly acts no human ought to ever do to a different. We filed go well with in opposition to this particular person practically a month in the past to talk out in opposition to extortion and defamation of character. We filed it anonymously for the sake of households on either side.”
To conclude his assertion, Brooks added, “I need to proceed our good deeds going ahead. It breaks my coronary heart [that] these great issues are in query now. I belief the system, I don’t concern the reality, and I’m not the person they’ve painted me to be.”