Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences

Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences
Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences
Box set by Garth Brooks
Released	November 28, 2013
Genre	Country ; country pop ;
Label	Pearl
Producer	Steve Buckingham ; Mark Miller; Allen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology

Last updated September 11, 2024

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 .^[2]

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 .^[3]

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.^[4] As of September 10, 2014, has sold 893,000 copies in the United States.^[5]^[6] 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.^[7]

Track listing

*Country Classics*
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Great Balls of Fire"	Otis Blackwell, Jack Hammer	1:59
2.	"After the Fire Is Gone" (duet with Trisha Yearwood)	L. E. White	2:59
3.	"Act Naturally"	Voni Morrison, Johnny Russell	2:23
4.	"Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down"	Merle Haggard	2:46
5.	"Amos Moses"	Jerry Reed	2:55
6.	"Fishin' in the Dark"	Jim Photoglo, Wendy Waldman	3:24
7.	"Unwound"	Frank Dycus, Dean Dillon	2:28
8.	"Good Ole Boys Like Me"	Bob McDill	4:17
9.	"White Lightnin'"	J.P. Richardson	2:41
10.	"Don't Close Your Eyes"	McDill	4:36
11.	"Jambalaya"	Hank Williams	2:50
Total length:			33:24

*Classic Rock*
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Against the Wind"	Bob Seger	4:48
2.	"Superstition"	Stevie Wonder	4:14
3.	"Sweet Home Alabama"	Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant	4:53
4.	"Life in the Fast Lane"	Joe Walsh, Glenn Frey, Don Henley	4:37
5.	"Somebody to Love"	Freddie Mercury	4:52
6.	"Bad Company"	Simon Kirke, Paul Rodgers	4:15
7.	"Midnight Rider"	Gregg Allman, Robert K. Payne	3:15
8.	"All Right Now"	Andy Fraser, Rodgers	4:49
9.	"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"	Elton John, Bernie Taupin	5:42
10.	"Addicted to Love"	Robert Palmer	4:01
11.	"Goodnight Saigon"	Billy Joel	6:19
Total length:			51:59

*The Melting Pot*
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Black Water"	Patrick Simmons	4:07
2.	"Mrs. Robinson"	Paul Simon	3:54
3.	"Maggie May"	Rod Stewart, Martin Quittenton	4:27
4.	"Who'll Stop the Rain"	John Fogerty	2:42
5.	"Wild World"	Cat Stevens	2:25
6.	"Doctor My Eyes"	Jackson Browne	2:50
7.	"The Weight"	Robbie Robertson	5:09
8.	"Amie"	Craig Fuller	4:21
9.	"Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)"	Jim Croce	3:50
10.	"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"	Bob Dylan	3:14
11.	"Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight"	James Taylor	2:47
Total length:			40:05

*Blue-Eyed Soul*
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"	Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong	3:31
2.	"Midnight Train to Georgia"	Jim Weatherly	4:10
3.	"Hold On, I'm Coming"	Isaac Hayes, David Porter	2:49
4.	"Ain't No Sunshine"	Bill Withers	2:20
5.	"Drift Away"	Mentor Williams	4:02
6.	"Stand by Me"	Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	2:59
7.	"Shout"	Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley Jr.	4:01
8.	"I Never Loved Someone the Way I Love You"	Ronnie Shannon	3:32
9.	"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"	Steve Cropper, Otis Redding	2:35
10.	"Lean on Me"	Bill Withers	3:24
11.	"What'd I Say"	Ray Charles	4:10
Total length:			37:51

*The Ultimate Hits*- CD (Disc 1)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)"	Kent Blazy, Kim Williams, Garth Brooks	Allen Reynolds	4:32
2.	"Friends in Low Places"	Dewayne Blackwell, Earl "Bud" Lee	Reynolds	4:18
3.	"Shameless"	Billy Joel	Reynolds	4:01
4.	"Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House"	Bobby Boyd, Warren Haynes, Dennis Robbins	Reynolds	2:31
5.	"The Beaches of Cheyenne"	Dan Roberts, Bryan Kennedy, Brooks	Reynolds	4:12
6.	"If Tomorrow Never Comes"	Blazy, Brooks	Reynolds	3:37
7.	"Papa Loved Mama"	Williams, Brooks	Reynolds	2:48
8.	"More Than a Memory"	Lee Brice, Kyle Jacobs, Billy Montana	Reynolds	3:22
9.	"Good Ride Cowboy"	Jerrod Niemann, Richie Brown, Kennedy, Bob Doyle	Reynolds	3:26
10.	"In Another's Eyes" (The duet with Trisha Yearwood)	Brooks, Bobby Wood, John Peppard	Reynolds	3:33
11.	"The Fever"	Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Roberts, Kennedy	Reynolds	2:40
12.	"Midnight Sun"	Brooks, Jerrod Niemann, Richie Brown	Reynolds	3:44
13.	"Learning to Live Again"	Don Schlitz, Stephanie Davis	Reynolds	4:04
14.	"Longneck Bottle" (featuring Steve Wariner)	Steve Wariner, Rick Carnes	Reynolds	2:15
15.	"To Make You Feel My Love"	Bob Dylan	Reynolds	3:55
16.	"We Shall Be Free"	Davis, Brooks	Reynolds	3:47
17.	"The Dance"	Tony Arata	Reynolds	3:37

*The Ultimate Hits*- CD (Disc 2)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Callin' Baton Rouge"	Dennis Linde	Reynolds	2:35
2.	"Two Piña Coladas"	Shawn Camp, Benita Hill, Sandy Mason	Reynolds	3:34
3.	"The Thunder Rolls"	Pat Alger, Brooks	Reynolds	3:42
4.	"That Summer"	Alger, Sandy Mahl, Brooks	Reynolds	4:45
5.	"The River"	Victoria Shaw, Brooks	Reynolds	4:23
6.	"Beer Run" (The duet with George Jones)	Kim Williams, Amanda Williams, Keith Anderson, George Ducas, Blazy	Reynolds	2:28
7.	"Unanswered Prayers"	Alger, Larry Bastian, Brooks	Reynolds	3:23
8.	"Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)"	Randy Taylor, Brooks	Reynolds	2:53
9.	"Workin' for a Livin'" (The duet with Huey Lewis)	Huey Lewis, Chris Hayes	Reynolds	2:40
10.	"What She's Doing Now"	Alger, Brooks	Reynolds	3:23
11.	"When You Come Back to Me Again" (from Frequency )	Jenny Yates, Brooks	Reynolds	4:44
12.	"Standing Outside the Fire"	Yates, Brooks	Reynolds	3:51
13.	"American Honky-Tonk Bar Association"	Kennedy, Jim Rushing	Reynolds	3:31
14.	"The Change"	Tony Arata, Wayne Tester	Reynolds	4:06
15.	"Rodeo"	Larry Bastian	Reynolds	3:51
16.	"Wrapped Up in You"	Wayne Kirkpatrick	Reynolds	4:31
17.	"Leave a Light On" (Bonus Track)	Randy Goodrum, Tommy Simms	Reynolds	3:41

*The Ultimate Hits*- DVD
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Length
1.	"Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)"	Randy Taylor, Garth Brooks		2:59
2.	"If Tomorrow Never Comes"	Kent Blazy, Brooks	John Lloyd Miller	3:44
3.	"The Dance"	Tony Arata	Miller	4:04
4.	"Friends in Low Places"	Dewayne Blackwell, Earl "Bud" Lee		8:54
5.	"Unanswered Prayers"	Pat Alger, Larry Bastian, Brooks		4:27
6.	"Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House"	Bobby Boyd, Warren Haynes, Dennis Robbins		2:38
7.	"The Thunder Rolls"	Alger, Brooks	Bud Schaetzle	4:27
8.	"Rodeo"	Larry Bastian		3:55
9.	"Shameless"	Billy Joel		3:38
10.	"Papa Loved Mama"	Kim Williams, Brooks		2:46
11.	"What She's Doing Now"	Alger, Brooks		3:40
12.	"The River"	Victoria Shaw, Brooks		3:40
13.	"We Shall Be Free"	Stephanie Davis, Brooks	Timothy Miller	3:40
14.	"Learning to Live Again"	Don Schlitz, Stephanie Davis		4:04
15.	"That Summer"	Alger, Sandy Mahl, Brooks		5:01
16.	"Standing Outside the Fire"	Jenny Yates, Brooks	Jon Small	3:55
17.	"Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)"	Blazy, Williams, Brooks		4:46
18.	"Callin' Baton Rouge"	Dennis Linde	Michael Salomon	2:47
19.	"American Honky-Tonk Bar Association"	Kennedy, Jim Rushing		4:19
20.	"The Fever"	Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Roberts, Kennedy		3:24
21.	"To Make You Feel My Love"	Bob Dylan		3:55
22.	"The Beaches of Cheyenne"	Dan Roberts, Bryan Kennedy, Brooks		3:43
23.	"The Change"	Tony Arata, Wayne Tester	Small	3:40
24.	"Two Piña Coladas"	Don Schlitz, Davis		3:12
25.	"Longneck Bottle" (with special guest Steve Wariner)	Alger, Sandy Mahl, Brooks		3:33
26.	"In Another's Eyes" (The duet with Trisha Yearwood)	Brooks, Bobby Wood, John Peppard	Michael Salomon	3:32
27.	"Wrapped Up In You"	Wayne Kirkpatrick	Small	5:27
28.	"Beer Run" (The duet with George Jones)	Williams, Amanda Williams, Keith Anderson, George Ducas, Blazy		2:40
29.	"When You Come Back to Me Again" (from Frequency )	Jenny Yates, Brooks	Gerry Wenner, Brooks	4:38
30.	"Good Ride Cowboy"	Jerrod Niemann, Richie Brown, Kennedy, Bob Doyle		3:39
31.	"More Than a Memory"	Lee Brice, Kyle Jacobs, Billy Montana		3:39
32.	"Workin' for a Livin'" (The duet with Huey Lewis)	Huey Lewis, Chris Hayes		2:45
33.	"Midnight Sun"	Brooks, Jerrod Niemann, Richie Brown		4:37

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

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2013–2014)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[8]	20
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[9]	12
US Billboard 200 ^[10]	1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[11]	1
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[12]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)	Position
US Billboard 200^[13]	9
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[14]	1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[15]	2

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v t e Garth Brooks
Discography Awards and nominations Concert tours
Studio albums	Garth Brooks No Fences Ropin' the Wind The Chase In Pieces Fresh Horses Sevens Scarecrow Man Against Machine Gunslinger Fun Time Traveler
Holiday albums	Beyond the Season Garth Brooks and the Magic of Christmas Songs from Call Me Claus Christmas Together (with Trisha Yearwood)
Compilation albums	The Garth Brooks Collection The Hits Songs from Call Me Claus The Lost Sessions The Ultimate Hits
Live albums	Double Live Triple Live
Box sets	The Limited Series (1998) The Limited Series (2005) The Entertainer Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences The Ultimate Collection
Concert tours	The Garth Brooks World Tour (1993–94) The Garth Brooks World Tour (1996–98) The Garth Brooks World Tour (2014–17) The Garth Brooks Stadium Tour (2019–22)
Promotional tours	Dive Bar Tour (2019–20)
Residency shows	Garth at Wynn (2009–14) Garth Brooks/Plus ONE (2023–24)
Specials	Garth: Live from Central Park Garth Brooks: Live in Kansas City Garth Brooks: Live in LA Garth: Live at Notre Dame
Other ventures	America's National Parks Chris Gaines Greatest Hits GhostTunes Pearl Records Teammates for Kids Foundation
Associated acts	Ty England Jim Garver Allen Reynolds Trisha Yearwood