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 (2013-11-28)
Genre	Country country pop
Label	Pearl
Producer	Steve Buckingham Mark Miller Allen Reynolds
Garth Brooks chronology
The Ultimate Hits (2007) Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences (2013) Man Against Machine (2014)

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.

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)	20
Irish Albums (IRMA)	12
US Billboard 200	1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	1
US Independent Albums (Billboard)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)	Position
US Billboard 200	9
US Independent Albums (Billboard)	1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	2