The Ultimate Hits * by Garth Brooks

Personnel: Garth Brooks (acoustic guitar); Gordon Kennedy (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Johnny Christopher, Mark Casstevens, Pat Alger, Pat Flynn, Shawn Camp, Steve Wariner, Wayne Kirkpatrick (acoustic guitar); Chris Leuzinger (electric guitar); Bruce Bouton (steel guitar); Jerry Douglas (dobro); Bela Fleck (banjo); Sam Bush (mandolin, fiddle); Rob Hjacos, Jimmy Mattingly (fiddle); Nashville String Machine (strings); Huey Lewis, Terry McMillan (harmonica); Joey Miskulin (accordion); Blair Masters, Bobby Wood (keyboards); Edgar Meyer (acoustic bass); Jimmie Lee Sloas, Mike Chapman (bass guitar); Ferrell Morris, Kenny Malone, Sam Bacco, Milton Sledge (drums, percussion). For a period in the early 1990s, Garth Brooks was not only the biggest star in country music, he was one of the biggest stars in music, period. An unassuming Oklahoman who fused the blue-collar ethic of new traditionalist country with an unapologetic pop side that drew on his love of 1970s rockers like Kiss and Billy Joel, Garth Broo...