Garth Brooks is a country legend but he s not the first person in his family to have a career in Nashville.
Brooks mom, Colleen McElroy Carroll, was signed to Capitol Records in the 1950s, recording under the name Colleen Carroll. She released a few songs on the label and regularly performed on
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Brooks picked up the guitar in his late teens, and also learned to play the banjo, but his parents had him and his five siblings dabbling in music years before that. Friday and Saturday nights at the house, Jerry played guitar, Jim played the harmonica, Mike played guitar, Betsy played guitar, and, of course, Dad played guitar, Brooks tells