Back in 2020, Garth Brooks was being honored by the Library of Congress for the Gershwin Prize award and the ceremony featured performances from Keith Urban, Lee Brice, wife Trisha Yearwood, and the legendary Chris Stapleton.
Stapleton performed Garth’s 1991 hit (and my personal favorite song from GB) “Shameless.” Garth absolutely nailed that song 30 years ago but let’s be honest, anything Chris Stapleton puts his voice on is Country at it’s best. Hell, even Garth knows it, based on the tears shed at the end of the performance.
To be fair, calling Stapleton’s performance a Garth Brooks cover is a little misleading, considering his version was a cover as well. Shameless was written by Billy Joel and first recorded in 1989. You’re welcome for that little fun fact. Nonetheless, I’ve really only known the GB version for most of my life.
Check out Chris Stapleton’s performance below and prepare to get the chill bumps.
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He always makes everything he sings better
Great job!❤❤
Chris Stapleton could sing the phone book and it would still sound great!
Awesome job, loved it….. however I still liked Garth Brooks version as well
I agree!
Awesome job 💪👍
That was AMAZING ! But… he’s no Garth Brooks!