Even country stars such as Dolly Parton, Carrie Underwood, and Garth Brooks are featured.

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Right in the eye of this popular storm is an unprepossessing-looking 30-year-old Oklahoman named Garth Brooks.

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Singers like Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood broke down the barrier between plaid and pleather in the early 1990s.

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They stay overnight at truck stops, and when curious onlookers ask him who's inside, he tells them it's Garth Brooks.

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The night was full of colorful performances, but the anticipation of Garth Brooks and George Strait performing together overshadowed almost everything else.

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The three-hour televised show also included performances from American Idol winners Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson, Garth Brooks and George Strait, and Brad Paisley and John Mayer.

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In the mid-1990s the University of Kentucky Wildcats wore some denim-style uniforms that resembled the kind of thing you would put on a cat on its way to a Garth Brooks concert.

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Though he continued to work with others, his songs were recorded by Garth Brooks, The Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, which spurred Scott toward a career as a solo artist.

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