What does friends in low places mean?

Question

idk?

Answer 1

Not the kind you would take home to Momma. Rowdy drinkers, etc.

Answer 2

As opposed to friends in high places.  Friends in high places usually refers to network connections that can help you out, presumably as the woman in this song has.  Like being friends with "the man."  But Garth's friends are in low places and help him drown and chase his blues away.  

Answer 3

According to Earl Bud Lee, one of the songs' co-composers, the idea of the song was born when he and some songwriting friends gathered for lunch one day at Tavern on the Row, a popular Nashville eatery. When the check came, Lee realized he had forgotten his money. He was asked how he was going to pay for the meal, and he replied, "Don't worry. I have friends in low places. I know the cook."[1]

Lee and his songwriting partner, DeWayne Blackwell, immediately recognized that the line "friends in low places" had potential, but they didn't act upon it immediately.[1]

Some months later, Lee and Blackwell were at a party, celebrating a recent #1 hit by another songwriter. They began to talk about the dormant "friends in low places" idea, and "at that very moment, it all started to come together in a song," Lee said.[2] Because nothing else was available, they wrote the song on paper napkins.[2]

The song tells the tale of an unexpected, presumably drunk, guest who made an unscheduled appearance at his ex-lover's formal party, where her new boyfriend is present. The "guest" then presents this toast to her: "Honey, we may be through, but you'll never hear me complain!", before taking solace in his barroom buddies.

When the composers polished "Friends in Low Places", they contacted Garth Brooks to see if he would record a demo for them.[2]

[edit] Brooks' demo

Answer 4

Its Mean For Me He Sees He Ex And He Trying 2

Say He Good Byes Buy Drinking His Pain Away

And It Hurt Him For The Memories They Shared

He Trying 2 Drink Out The Sorrow and Pain But Making

A Fool Of Him Self With His Friends...and she dont really care anyway

Cause She Moved On Or Never Loved Him Its the way i feel lately

ive been playing it alot:)

Answer 5

It means he has friends that drink and don't care what happens.They drink their sorrows away

Answer 6

In this song he is making a reference that the girl lives in an ivory tower, toasting with champaigne.  His "friends in low places" are the local honky tonk, where they do not put on airs, just simple country people, hard working, hard living and hard drinking.  

Answer 7

drunks

Answer 8

As oppossed to "friends in high places"  Garth has friends in "low places"  that just like to have fun, don't need to put on the "social graces" and drink whiskey and beer instead of champagne.