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Blame it All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences compilation box set released by Garth Brooks in November 2013. The set, sold exclusively through Walmart and Sam's Club stores, includes 77 songs on six compact discs plus 33 music videos and a full-length live performance from the Garth at Wynn residency show in Las Vegas on two DVDs. Four of the CDs are new studio albums composed entirely of cover songs. The remaining two CDs in the set are a reissue of The Ultimate Hits [2]
Content Loosely modeled from the set list of his residency show , Garth at Wynn , the albums feature songs Brooks attributes to the development of his unique country pop genre. They were produced by Mark Miller, with additional production from Steve Buckingham on "Shout." Allen Reynolds produced The Ultimate Hits [3]
Commercial success The album reached number 1 on the Billboard Top 200[4] [5] RIAA lists individual Platinum certifications for the compilation with Country Classics , listed as Country Hits in the RIAA database, Classic Rock , The Melting Pot and Blue-Eyed Soul. [6]
Track listing Personnel A thru K
Jill Dell'Abate – background vocals
Pat Alger – acoustic guitar , background vocals
Bob Babbitt – bass guitar
Sam Bacco – percussion
Robert Bailey Jr. – background vocals
Al "Shaggy" Barclay – background vocals
Eddie Bayers – drums , handclapping, keyboards , percussionDeWayne Blackwell – background vocals
Bruce Bouton – steel guitar , background vocals
Tim Bowers – background vocals
Jimmy Bowland – saxophone
Garth Brooks – choir, acoustic guitar, electric guitar , handclapping, lead vocals, background vocalsSandy Brooks – background vocals
Stephanie C. Brown – background vocals
Tom Bukovac – acoustic guitar, electric guitarDennis Burnside – horn arrangements, string arrangements
Sam Bush – fiddle , mandolin Shawn Camp – acoustic guitar
David Campbell – string arrangements
Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Mike Chapman – bass guitar, handclapping, background vocals
Kathy Chiavola – choir, background vocals
Johnny Christopher – acoustic guitar
Charles Cochran – string arrangements
Allie Colleen – background vocals
Chad Cromwell – drums, percussionJerry Douglas – dobro Bob Doyle – background vocals
Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolinEarl of Bud Lee – background vocals
The England – background vocals
Béla Fleck – banjo Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
Paul Franklin – steel guitarDave Gant – background vocals
Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor
Barry Green – trombone
Charles Green – handclapping
Tracy Greenwood – handclapping
Rob Hajacos – fiddle, background vocals
Vicki Hampton – background vocals
Joe Harris – background vocals
Mike Haynes – trumpet
Dan Heins – background vocals
John Hobbs – keyboards
Jim Horn – saxophone
Jon Mark Ivey – background vocals
John Barlow Jarvis – keyboardsWendy Johnson – choir, background vocals
Rusty Jones – background vocals
Gordon Kennedy – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
Steve King – background vocals
Wayne Kirkpatrick – acoustic guitar, background vocalsJennifer Kummer – french horn
L thru Z
Chris Leuzinger – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Sam Levine – saxophone
Pam "The Chick" Lewis – background vocals
Terry McMillan – harmonica Richard Madenfort – piano, background vocals
Kenny Malone – drums, percussion
Rick Marty – acoustic guitar, e-bow , electric guitar
Blair Masters – keyboards
Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle
Edgar Meyer – upright bass
Joey Mikulin – accordion
Mark Miller – handclapping
Doug Moffet – saxophone, soloist
Buddy Mondlock – background vocals
Steve Morley – background vocals
Farrell Morris – percussion
Jonell Mosser – background vocals
The Nashville String Machine – strings
Jim Ed Norman – string arrangementsJennifer O'Brien – choir, background vocals
Mike Palmerman – background vocals
Billy Panda – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Steve Patrick – trumpet
Wayland Patton – choir, background vocals
Brian Petree – background vocals
Dale Pierce – background vocals
Jon Randall – background vocalsMichael Rhodes – bass guitar
Karyn Rochelle – background vocalsChris Rodriguez – background vocalsJim Rooney – background vocals
Tami Rose – background vocals
John Wesley Ryles – background vocalsLee Sartin – background vocals
Lisa Silver – background vocals
Milton Sledge – drums, percussion
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitarKira Small – background vocals
Chris Stapleton – background vocalsMorgane Hayes-Stapleton – background vocals
Charley Stefl – background vocals
Scott Stem – background vocals
Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolinDaniel Tashian – background vocals
Vaneese Thomas – background vocals
Fonzi Thornton – background vocals
Steve Wariner – acoustic guitar, background vocalsBergen White – string arrangements, background vocals
Hurshel Wiginton – choir, background vocals
Bobby Wood – handclapping, keyboards, background vocals
Glenn Worf – bass guitarTrisha Yearwood – choir, background vocalsCurtis Young – choir, background vocals
Reggie Young – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (2014)
Position
US Billboard 200[12]
9
US Independent Albums (Billboard )[13]
1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard )[14]
2
References
Studio albums Holiday albums Compilation albums Live albums Box sets Concert tours Promotional tours Residency shows Specials Other ventures Associated acts
