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Sad News Country singer Garth Brooks Is Pass Away Expected Soon Family Prepare To Say Goodbye

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Sad News Country singer Garth Brooks Is Pass Away Expected Soon Family Prepare To Say Goodbye

Troyal Garth Brooks was born on February 7, 1962, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the youngest child of Troyal Raymond Brooks Jr. (1931–2010), a draftsman for an oil company, and Colleen McElroy Carroll, a 1950s-era country singer of Irish ancestry who recorded on the Capitol Records label and appeared on Ozark Jubilee. This was the second marriage for each of his parents, giving Brooks four older half-siblings. The couple had two children together, Kelly and Garth. At their home in Yukon, Oklahoma, the family hosted weekly talent nights. All of the children were required to participate, either by singing or doing skits. Brooks learned to play both the guitar and banjo.

As a child, Brooks often sang in casual family settings, but his primary focus was athletics. In high school, he played football and baseball and ran track and field. He received a track scholarship to Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, where he competed in the javelin. At nights, he worked as a bouncer at a local bar and formed his own band, Santa Fe, learning to play whatever the college audience wanted. Brooks graduated in 1984 with a degree in advertising. His roommate, Ty England, later played guitar in his road band until going solo in 1995.

In 1985, Brooks embarked on his professional music career, singing and playing guitar in Oklahoma clubs and bars, notably Wild Willie's Saloon in Stillwater. He was exposed to a wide range of music through his elder siblings. Although he enjoyed rock music the most, with influences like James Taylor, Dan Fogelberg, and Townes Van Zandt, he decided to pursue country music after hearing George Strait's debut single, "Unwound," in 1981.
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