Garthology - A Study of Garth Brooks

Send us Fan Mail We’re back and diving deeper into the Ultimate Hits DVD from Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences — and y’all… we are officially in the home stretch! In this episode of Garthology, Deb, Pete, and Jess break down videos 24–28, and this batch has a little bit of everything: beachy vibes, honky-tonk energy, iconic duets, and even a legendary CMA Awards moment. From the laid-back fun of “Two Pina Coladas” to the electric pairing of Garth Brooks and George Jones on...

Send us Fan Mail We’re back with another deep dive into Garth Brooks’ Ultimate Hits DVD from the Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences box set — and this time we’re tackling videos 19 through 23! In this episode, Deb, Pete, and Jess continue working their way through Garth’s legendary music video catalog, revisiting everything from rowdy concert performances to emotional storytelling moments that remind us why these songs still hit so hard. Along the way, we talk about th...

Send a text We’re back in the DVD player, friends! In this episode of Garthology, we continue our deep dive into the Ultimate Hits DVD from Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades of Influences — and today we’re breaking down videos 14 through 18. From the sweet studio vibes of Learning to Live Again, to the iconic Trisha stage rise in That Summer, to one of Garth’s most powerful storytelling videos ever in Standing Outside the Fire… we are feeling all the feelings. And yes — we also have thou...

Send a text Some of Garth’s most cinematic songs never actually had music videos... but what if they had? In this solo episode of Garthology, Deb steps into the director’s chair and imagines the epic music videos that never happened. No CMT premiere. No sweeping crane shots. No dramatic fade-to-black endings. Just pure fan imagination. From the sweeping battlefields of “Ireland”, to the dusty farmland of “Alabama Clay,” to the full-blown Western saga of “In Lonesome Dove,” Deb walks us t...

Send a text We’re back, Garthologists! 🤠 In this episode of Garthology, we continue our deep dive into The Ultimate Hits DVD from the 2013 box set Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences—and this stretch of videos brings all the feels. From the laser-focused intensity of “Shameless” to the high-energy chaos of “Papa Loved Mama” on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise, to the emotional punch of “The River” (yes, we talk about the crowd surf 👀), and the gut-check brilliance of “We...