Toby Keith came onto the country music scene in 1993, starting in Nashville and debuting at No. 1 with his hit single, "Should've Been a Cowboy."
Click Here to Buy Toby Keith concert TicketsHis self-titled album went platinum, and he is also known for "A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action" and "Wish I Didn't Know Now." "How Do You Like Me Now" hit number one and brought his album of the same title double platinum. Keith has appeared in the 2006 film "Broken Bridges" and played a country musician whose career had hit a rough patch.
His song, "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue" made quite a stir when he played it for troops overseas, after the death of his father in a car accident. That event coupled with the attacks of September 11th prompted this patriotic song about his father's faith in the USA. The song reached number one on July 4th of the year 2001, and was the lead single on his 2002 album, Unleashed. Toby has had 15 number one singles, and has released 15 albums, 10 of which went platinum, one double platinum and two went gold. His video for "A Little Too Late" did well at the Country Music Television awards.
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America is a nation utterly lacking in ambiguity when it comes to political debate and Toby Keith embodies that quality in everything he does, or so it seems.
Keith comes across as a pro-military type who votes avidly for George W. Bush, supports the war in Afghanistan, and listens to Rush Limbaugh. But there's another side to Keith, one which most people don't get to see, and which Keith has used, sometimes unintentionally, to ramp up media attention to himself, and to his opinions. All media attention is good news in Keith's industry, though, and this can only translate to increased sales of tickets for Toby Keith concerts.
The country star is presently one of the country's media foci, due not least to the release of several tunes, in particular his "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)," which sparked a schism in an already divided public. For conservatives, Keith is a red-blooded hero, but for the left, he represents a form of redneck ignorance they cannot tolerate.
"I don't apologize for being patriotic," Keith says, and this simple statement carries so much meaning coming from the mouth of this not-so-simple guy. After all the endless debate in this country over the past several years it is sometimes nice to know where you stand with a public figure, even if you don't always agree with everything he says. Keith's tours are guaranteed sell-outs, as his supporters, both musical and political, turn out to show their support of his views, and Toby Keith tickets have almost taken on a meaning of their own.