Garth Brooks is really clever. He took country music and injected it with rock and roll showmanship. He has said his influences are not only singer songwriters such as George Strait and James Taylor but also Billy Joel and Kiss.
The excellent Ken Burns Country documentary shows that country music as a genre is an ever evolving artform, from the Carter Family through to Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton. Garth Brooks essentially took these raw elements and infused them with the contemporary pop rock music he grew up with, which turned out to be a winning formula. It’s no surprise that he’s one of the biggest selling country artists ever.
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