# Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences

Blame it All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences is the fourth compilation box set by American country music artist Garth Brooks, released by Pearl Records on November 28, 2013.
The 8-disc 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 and the DVD in the set are a reissue of The Ultimate Hits.

## 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.

## Commercial success

The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard Top 200 chart with 164,000 copies from fewer than four days of sales and reached number 1 in its second week with 146,000 marking his ninth top album on the chart. As of September 10, 2014, has sold 893,000 copies in the United States. The RIAA lists individual Platinum certifications for Country Classics (listed as Country Hits in the RIAA database), Classic Rock, The Melting Pot and Blue-Eyed Soul.

## Personnel

* Jill Dell'Abate – background vocals
* Pat Alger – acoustic guitar, background vocals
* Bob Babbitt – bass guitar
* Sam Bacco – percussion
* Bob Bailey – background vocals
* Al "Shaggy" Barclay – background vocals
* Eddie Bayers – drums, handclapping, keyboards, percussion
* DeWayne 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 vocals
* Sandy Brooks – background vocals
* Stephanie C. Brown – background vocals
* Tom Bukovac – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
* Dennis 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, percussion
* Jerry Douglas – dobro
* Bob Doyle – background vocals
* Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
* Earl of Bud Lee – background vocals
* The Englands – background vocals
* Béla Fleck – banjo
* Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
* Paul Franklin – steel guitar
* Dave 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 – keyboards
* Wendy 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 vocals
* Jennifer Kummer – french horn
* Chris Leuzinger – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
* Sam Levine – saxophone
* Pam "The Chick" Lewis – background vocals
* Terry McMillan – harmonica
* Kenny Malone – drums, percussion
* Blair Masters – keyboards
* Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle
* Edgar Meyer – upright bass
* Joey Miskulin – 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 arrangements
* Jennifer 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 vocals
* Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
* Karyn Rochelle – background vocals
* Chris Rodriguez – background vocals
* Jim Rooney – background vocals
* Tami Rose – background vocals
* John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
* Lee Sartin – background vocals
* Lisa Silver – background vocals
* Milton Sledge – drums, percussion
* Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
* Kira Small – background vocals
* Chris Stapleton – background vocals
* Morgane Hayes-Stapleton – background vocals
* Charley Stefl – background vocals
* Scott Stem – background vocals
* Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
* Daniel Tashian – background vocals
* Vaneese Thomas – background vocals
* Fonzi Thornton – background vocals
* Steve Wariner – acoustic guitar, background vocals
* Bergen White – string arrangements, background vocals
* Hurshel Wiginton – choir, background vocals
* Bobby Wood – handclapping, keyboards, background vocals
* Glenn Worf – bass guitar
* Trisha Yearwood – choir, background vocals
* Curtis Young – choir, background vocals
* Reggie Young – acoustic guitar, electric guitar