Garth Brooks leads Hall of Fame class
Tennessee – Country superstar Garth Brooks, singer Connie Smith and keyboard player Hargus “Pig” Robbins are the newest members of the .
The announcement was made on Tuesday at a news conference at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.
Brooks took country music to a new level over a 15-year period, becoming the top-selling solo artist in the US with more than 128 million albums sold.
Smith, the wife of country singer Marty Stuart, is among a pioneering wave of female singers who helped lay the foundation for today’s success by women in country music. And Robbins is considered among the top session players in Nashville over a 50-year career that’s included work for everyone from George Jones to Bob Dylan.
