BROOKS, GARTH
(*1963)
BROOKS, GARTH (b. Luba, Okla., February 7, 1963) Brooks's phenomenal success in the early 1990s was a combination of genuine talent, shrewd marketing, and being in the right place at the right time (with the right act). His new-country act draws so much on mid-1970s folk-rock and even arena-rock (in its staging) that it's hard to think of him as a pure country artist. The fact that his early '90s albums shot to the top of the pop charts, outgunning Michael Jackson , Guns 'n' Roses , and Bruce…