Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks once said “Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith”- Garth Brooks. (www.brainyquote.com). Garth Brooks had to have faith to do what he did. He became one of the greatest country singers ever. He did the impossible by becoming one of the greatest singers. Garth Brooks was one of the greatest country singers of his time. (www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/683566/GarthBrookste.com/quotes/authors/g/garth_brooks.html )l
Garth Brooks was born on February 7, 1962. He grew up in a small town in Oklahoma called Tulsa. As a child he always had music around him at school and at home. (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/683566/Garth-Brooks )His mom was always a very musical person she is one of the reasons he became a singer. (Stacey, Stauffer pg.13). Garth Brooks was always around music that’s what got him started on music.
As a teenager music helped Garth Brooks in many hard times. Garth Brooks graduated high school in 1980 and he had to choose to go to college or not to go. (Stacey, Stauffer .pg13). Garth Brooks got a scholarship for running track he had many choices. (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/683566/Garth-Brooks ) He finally chose Oklahoma state to run track at. During college is when his music career started to take off. (www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/683566/GarthBrookste.com/quotes/authors/g/garth_brooks.html )
Garth Brooks music career is just not starting to go somewhere besides him just singing at his house. At the being of his career is just play at bars, coffee shop and other places like that. He is getting very popular in his town everyone is going to see in where ever he was going to...
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