Garth Brooks ‘Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences’ (Walmart exclusive)

For country music fans who vowed to skip the chaos of this year’s earlier-thanever Black Friday festivities, Garth Brooks seemed determined to test their resolve.

The Oklahoma music megastar was set to release Thursday an eight-disc box set titled “Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences,” inspired by his residency at the Wynn Las Vegas resort and casino. Available exclusively through Walmart, the six-CD, two-DVD collection, which comes with a 68-page photo booklet, is priced at $24.96.

The new DVD “Blame It All on My Roots: Live at the Wynn” alone is worth that paltry sum, capturing the Owasso resident in full-on storyteller mode, commanding the stage with just his acoustic guitar, smooth voice and self-deprecating sense of humor.

In a hyper and hilarious mood, the Tulsa native chats about his musical influences in between zipping through acoustic versions of 36 songs in two hours. Most are snippets — often just the first verse and chorus — but they tell the story of how he developed his signature sound. Growing up in Yukon as the youngest of six children, Brooks got his love of oldschool country from his dad (inspiring him to sample Merle Haggard’s “Mama Tried” and George Jones’ “The Grand Tour”), his penchant for soul from his mom (leading into covers of Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine” and Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay”) and his devotion to 1960s and ’70s rock ’n’ roll from his older siblings (moving him to play Bob Seger’s “Night Moves” and his hero James Taylor’s “Sweet Baby James”).

Along with covers of George Strait, Billy Joel and Jim Croce, the Oklahoma State University alumnus regales the audience with tales of playing Willies Saloon in Stillwater as well as raucous one-manband renditions of his hits “Papa Loved Mama,” “The Thunder Rolls” and “Friends in Low Places.” He also croons