While the girls hadn't been old enough to work on previous Habitat for Humanity builds, Brooks told Taste of Country that they had prepared for the work, getting their feet wet with not-so-small construction projects on the family property. He taught them to bend rebar, transport concrete, and even construct a bridge! It had to have felt good for the young ladies to make such a difference with family by their side.
Garth Brooks' daughter Allie may have to think for a minute to choose just one favorite song of her dad's — turns out it's "When You Come Back to Me Again" — but she knows exactly which one she hates with a passion.
Rolling her eyes, Allie recalled high school guys saying, " I'll be your friend in low places," saying it "freaks [her] out. However, Allie told Children of Song that the best musical experience she remembers having with her dad didn't actually have anything to do with any of his own iconic tunes. It was singing Elton John 's "Crocodile Rock. That selflessness may have contributed to her decision to attend school at Nashville's Vanderbilt University after graduating from Oklahoma State.
She studied history at Oklahoma from to , according to Country Fancast , and her sister August's Facebook page announced that she graduated with a Masters Degree in Theology from Vanderbilt on May 18, With Taylor all grown up and chasing her own dreams, we expect her graduate school studies made her father proud as he was instrumental in forming her early faith.
The event also happened to be on the night of her 21st birthday. While it must have been memorable for her dad to lead the crowd in a "Happy Birthday" sing-a-long, what came next for Allie was the surprise of a lifetime. Just offstage, Roberts dropped to one knee, presented her with a ring, and asked her to marry him as Brooks sang "She's Every Woman" on stage. A tearful Allie can be heard in a video accepting enthusiastically.
Country Rebel reported that, after a yearlong engagement, the couple later wed on Oct. And as seen on Allie's Instagram page, her dog was dolled up in a sparkly tutu for her wedding. Committing to family first and halting everything to raise his girls was "the greatest thing that ever happened" to Garth Brooks, as he told The View. And we're sure he hopes his daughters feel the same way. He told Closer Weekly that he was completely in love with his daughters to the point that he "worshipped" them.
Now that the girls are older and have gone off to college and have started to build their own families, we're sure Brooks and his girls look forward to shared times, though he admitted to Entertainment Tonight that getting them all together only happens now about three days a year.
Blame it all on her roots. Talking about Allie, who loves to play the guitar and sing, he said, "She's got the gift.
She can run laps around me when it comes to talent. From writing poetry as a young child to penning "silly songs about boys" as a pre-teen, the youngest Brooks girl contends that she knew she wanted to be a musician since around age 8, as she told Children of Song. She's following not only in her father's footsteps but also in the musical legacy of her grandmother, Colleen Carrol, for whom she was named.
She told the Children of Song podcast that she made a promise to her father to graduate before pursuing a career in music. Since graduating from Belmont University, Allie has been playing a lot of shows in Kentucky, Florida, and Texas, not to mention Nashville. The special featured exclusive dialogues with country music colleagues and the people closest to the star — his family.
He had been on the road full time that he barely knew his daughters. And 20 years later, there is still no ounce of regret with that decision. Music will always be there, but his daughters will be growing, and he will be missing out a lot on that.
Brooks knew that. Interestingly, they named their first child after country music legend James Taylor , the state she was conceived in, and country comedian character Minnie Pearl. Just like her parents, Taylor attended Oklahoma State University.
She enrolled in and then graduated six years later. Very fitting for the path she decided to take on. Born on May 23, , August Anna is a mom of two lovely daughters -Karalynn and Gwendolyn — with husband and high school sweetheart Chance Michael Russell.
August was attending the University of Oklahoma and working at a law firm as a side job when she found out that they were expecting their first child. The Oklahoman gives Yearwood, whom he married in , a ton of credit for helping him parent his children.
Although divorce and introducing a stepparent has its challenges, Garth is thankful for how everything turned out. In , Brooks temporally took a break from his country music career to focus on his family and stated that he would not return until his youngest daughter graduated high school.
He held true to his word! Garth made Allie promise not to pursue a career in the music industry until after she got her college degree. She married Jonathan Roberts, a Tennessee-based physical education teacher, in November Her debut full-length album, Stones , was released in April So it never really crossed my mind to do it any other kind of way.
August, 26, made her parents grandparents when she was just years-old. The high school sweethearts later married and welcomed a second daughter, Gwendolyn, into their family in December
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