If you missed the 2015 ACM Awards this Sunday night, then you missed one hell of a performance by, none other than, country music legend, Garth Brooks. The Milestone Award winning mega-star performed his song “All-American Kid,” as a special tribute to the troops, after an introduction by late American Sniper Chris Kyle’s wife Taya Kyle. Luckily you can still watch the performance in the video below.
Garth Brooks is one of the worlds most recognizable country music, skratch that, music stars. The performer, who by some accounts has sold more records than Elvis or The Beatles, has won an impressive 21 ACM Awards throughout his career. Brooks returned to the spotlight in late 2013 after retiring in 2001 (Brooks was in a state of semi-retirement from 2009-2013).
So Garth Brooks returning to the ACM’s to perform is obviously a pretty big deal.
Garth performed one of his newer songs, “All-American Kid.” The song, which can be found on Brook’s 2014 record, Man Against Machine, and was written by Craig Campbell.
Recently, Brooks opened up to performing the song proudly, especially overseas (via The Boot):
“We’re lucky enough to travel around the world playing music, but the first thing I’ll tell anybody [is] … ‘Hey dude, I’m American.’ I’m not gonna to change to fit your format. We’re not going to lose the steels, we’re not going to lose the fiddles. We’re going to do what we do. And that’s country music with muscle in it. And I gotta tell ya, ‘All-American Kid’ is exactly that, just Garth Brooks country music with a hell of a lot of muscle.”
What did you think of Garth Brooks performance? Do you think that the country music legend still has it? Let us know your thoughts on the performance, as well your favorite Garth Brooks song, in the comments section at the bottom of the page.
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