A highlight was a rare live performance from country 's all-time top seller , Garth Brooks , who is slowly emerging from semi-retirement in Oklahoma , with a new fiancee -LRB- Trisha Yearwood -RRB- , a new distribution deal -LRB- Wal-Mart -RRB- , a new label for radio promotion -LRB- Lyric Street -RRB- and his first new single in several years , the honky tonk-flavored '' Good Ride Cowboy . ''