Thunder Rolls

When looking at country artist Garth Brooks is one artist you cannot pass up. He has been one of those artists that have helped fans through some good times and bad, he has created music that made you cry and created music that made you feel like you are on top of the world Garth Brooks is one of the country artist that will go down as one of the artists that blew his crowds away.

Garth Brooks is a pivotal figure in the history of country music, no matter how much some country purists would like to deny it. Garth Brooks brought country music to a new audience in the 90’s, namely a mass audience. Garth Brooks is the son of Troyal and Colleen Carroll Brooks. Colleen was a country singer herself; she recorded a handful of records for Capitol in the mid 50’s that never experienced any success in the charts. Garth Brooks received a partial athletic scholarship at Oklahoma State University as a javelin tosser, but he wounded up dropping the sport during his collegiate career. However, while he was at college Garth Brooks began singing in local Oklahoma clubs, often with the lead guitarist Ty England.

In December of 1984 Garth Brooks graduated with an advertising degree; after he tried to decide to try to forge out a career as a country singer. Then in 1985 he traveled to Nashville with hopes of being discovered by a record label. Within 23 hours of arriving in Nashville Garth Brooks returned to Oklahoma, frustrated with the industry, his prospects, and his naïve dreams. Garth Brooks continued to perform in Oklahoma clubs, but in 1986 he married his college girlfriend Sandy Mahl.

Garth Brooks recorded his first album with producer Allen Reynolds at the end of 1988, the self-titled debut appeared early in 1989. This album was an instant success, with its first single “Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)”, which climbed into the country Top Ten. Garth Brooks had three other hit singles; the number one “If Tomorrow Never Comes,” the number two “Not Counting you,” and the number one “The Dance;” but it was his second album, No Fences, that established him as a superstar. No Fences was released in the fall of 1990, preceded by the massive hit single “Friends in Low Places.” This album spent 23 weeks at the top of the country charts and sold 700,000 copies within the first ten days of its release; but by the year 1993 No Fences would sell over ten million copies. In 1990 and 1991 Garth Brooks had a string of number one country hits from this album including “Unanswered Prayers,” “Two of a Kind, Workin’ on a Full House,” and “The Thunder Rolls.”

Garth Brooks is an amazing artist who has so many hits it is unbelievable. Here is a chart of the awards Garth Brooks has won, because there was so many I decided to put them into a chart to make it easier to read.