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Merle Haggard provided her induction speech. Lee Ann Womack, the Quebe Sisters and The Whites saluted Smith. Strait, Seeger and Taylor played for Brooks, dubbed 'the mighty Garth' by Robbins. So I get to be a fan tonight.'īrooks was inducted along with trailblazing singer Connie Smith and keyboard player Hargus 'Pig' Robbins, whose rolling signature sound has adorned countless hits across the radio dial. 'I moved to this town for one reason and that was to get 'Much Too Young to Feel This Damn Old' cut by George Strait,' Brooks said before the ceremony as his eyes began to redden.

He only got more emotional as the night went along. Reflecting on personal heroes George Strait, Bob Seger and James Taylor on hand to salute him Sunday night, Brooks teared up as he spoke with reporters on the red carpet. But the tears started before he made it all the way into the building. Garth said about James, “Getting that kind of confidence boost, it was just nice to hear from a musical god of yours, I tell you what, the older you get, the more names you get to drop.NASHVILLE - Garth Brooks promised he'd be emotional during his Country Music Hall of Fame induction. “I texted him and said, ‘Hey man, would you ever think about producing a song and he said, ‘I’d love to!’ and I was on Cloud 9,” the artist messaged his friend. The Dance crooner then told the media outlet about his musical hero James Taylor. Garth continued, “because if this person is going to show up, then she’ll know the details that nobody else does and I’ll know I’m talking to the right person.” He’s not even sure if she recognized him, but stresses in the song he isn’t trying to disrupt his life or hers: “Now I’m not looking for relation/ And I don’t wanna change your life.”

In my dream of dreams, I’d love to run into her again and see if that easy feeling was really that or am I just imagining things.” When she started talking, there was something in me that unlocked. Through the hit album, the singer talked about a woman he met in the Twin Cities.ĭuring a conversation with Billboard, he said, “I don’t have a clue who she is. Garth Brooks has dropped a new album Time Traveler on November 7, 2023. Garth Brooks drops new album ‘Time Traveler’

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