Music's Lost History Artist Edition He Was Endlessly Rejected In Nashville Until He Went Live

For some people getting rejected over and over never comes across as being that ticket to get out and stay out.  Then one night, an executive who had rejected him earlier caught his live show.  It changed the face of this genre of sound.  

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
Music's lost history.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Aero Collins is back, back, back.

Speaker 1 (00:18):
Name the artist before we do. Music's lost history.

Speaker 3 (00:26):
Hey guys, welcome back to Music's Lost History, the Artist Edition.
This singer-songwriter is one of the most successful artists of
all time. In fact, he is one who is credited
for changing what country music superstars could actually be. Born
in Oklahoma in 1962, he'll tell you that music was
not his childhood dream. In fact, his love and life...
was sports, which he scholared in at Oklahoma State University.

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While in college, that's where he stumbled onto this thing
called the guitar, which served as an open door for
him to go all out live on local stages at
bars and clubs. It was while he was doing a
show at Willie's that he realized... Holy crap, I could
actually be doing this and making money at the same time? Well,
here's the thing. He didn't drop out of college and

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go score a major deal in Nashville, Tennessee. Nah, he
was rejected. So much so that he went back home
to Oklahoma until 1987 when he picked up a real
job at a boot store. That's where he met up
with other musicians who helped him create that sound. Coming

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up next, a love for sports. He loved the guitar,
but he was rejected over and over again. Who is this?

Speaker 1 (01:50):
Aero Collins is back.

Speaker 3 (02:12):
Hey, thanks for coming back to Music's Lost History, the
Artist's Edition. This dude was born to love sports. He
fell in love with the guitar, but he was rejected
in Nashville not once, but over and over again. In 1988,
this soon-to-be legend hooked up again with a record executive
who earlier had said, nah, you don't stand a chance.
But Lynn Schultz had never seen him live on stage

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until that one night at the Bluebird Cafe. And boom,
he was inked to a deal with Capitol Records. Now,
things were clicking, but not as big as the day
that he changed the scale of country music. His 1990
album sold 700,000 copies in just 10 days. As one
critic said, this artist brought a rock and roll energy

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into a country music vibe. He paid his dues knowing
music is something that just doesn't come easy. And it
was very difficult for him because he knew in his
heart that he didn't fit into country music. Until they
realized that Garth Brooks was helping to redefine what became
a huge music movement. And it's still going on today.
It goes to show you, you can have some friends

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in low places. But if you keep reaching, you're going
to conquer some serious goals.

Speaker 2 (03:23):
Music!

Speaker 3 (03:26):
I'm Arrow, and that's Music's Lost History, the Artist Edition.