Brooks, Yearwood hail Songwriters Hall inductees

“That's tough, but I'd say it would have to be Garth Brooks because I wrote them with him,” Williams said. “He was part of the songs, too, before he sang them. We had so much fun writing together.”

They had a load of fun together Sunday night, too.

Brooks and his wife Trisha Yearwood were on hand to help celebrate this year's inductees — Williams, Tony Arata, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Larry Henley. Brooks saluted Williams and Arata, while Yearwood paid tribute to Carpenter and Henley, the writer of the enduring hit “The Wind Beneath My Wings.”

“Over 200 artists have recorded 'The Wind Beneath My Wings,' so it's kind of how do you do a new twist?” Yearwood said before the ceremony. “And with Chapin, I've just known her a long, long time, so it was a no-brainer when she asked me. It's the Garth and Trisha show and we're just going to have a good time.”

Brooks sang “New Way To Fly,” “Papa Loved Mama” and “Three Wooden Crosses” to Williams during a moving and hilarious induction speech, then sang Arata's “The Dance.” The appearance comes a year after Brooks' own induction.

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