Garth Brooks - Fresh Horses

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Free Music Review: My Fave Garth Album
Hit: 5 Stars

Among Garth's contributions to country has been the infusion of that old-time rock and roll spirit to Nashville's age-old conventions. On FRESH HORSES, Brooks once again drinks from that fruitful well with memorable results. "The Old Stuff" is a reminiscence about life on the road "back when the old stuff was new," and gives guitarists Chris Leuzinger and Gordon Kennedy some space to do a Silver Bullet Band-styled battle with Bobby Wood's keyboard; "The Fever" updates an old Aerosmith thrasher for the rodeo set; and "Rollin'," aportrait of a female trucker's life on the road, is a hard-driving piece of honky-tonk with a vocal that's pure Elvis.

That woman behind the wheel brings up another point that separates Brooks and FRESH HORSES from country's other hunk-alikes: the strength of his female characters. The fate-bitten, single mother nurturingly caring for her offspring ("That Ol' Wind"), the wife drifting into the sunset after the sudden demise of her one true love ("The Beaches Of Cheyenne") and the trucker choosing her ownpath rather than letting her man do it for her ("Rollin'") leap above easy cliches, and embody the respect Brooks approaches the so-called fairer sex with. This makes him not only a talented country star, but one who's easy to admire.

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