My daughter lived two years in California...she bought Garth Brooks greatest hits while out there...her room-mates thought she was crazy, but she said one of the things she missed most about home was country music...
She grew up practically from birth listening to me play banjo...I used to play a lot. I have also been getting the itch again...I sold my old Gibson when I bought my electric upright...big mistake, except the upright has made me a bunch of money in my band over the last 5 years or so.
I like Garth Brooks too...highest quality writers and players...If I wrote like that or played like that, I wouldn't be doing tax returns for a living...