TobyKeith

Toby Keith was born with the name Toby Keith Covel on July 8, 1961, in Clinton, Okla. The family moved to Oklahoma City when Keith was young, and it was there he became interested in the musicians who worked in his grandmother's supper club. He got his first guitar at age 8, but it would be years before Keith would pursue music as a career. At 6-feet-4 inches, Keith worked in the oil industry and played defensive end with the Oklahoma City Drillers United States Football League (USFL) team. In 1984, he turned to music full time, playing the honky-tonk circuit in Oklahoma and Texas with the band Easy Money. A demo tape made the rounds in Nashville, but there were no takers. After catching a show in Oklahoma, Mercury Records President Harold Shedd signed him to Mercury Records. Toby Keith's latest album, Big Dog Daddy, was sung, written, released, and produced by the man himself. This is the 1st album he has produced, and so far, so good. Toby Keith has had 16 #1 singles on the Billboard Country Charts; he has won 6 ACM Awards, 2 CMA Awards, and 2 AMA Awards. He is also an actor to boot, last seen in Broken Bridges. Some of his hits include "Should've Been a Cowboy," "I Love This Bar," and "High Maintenance Woman." 9 of his 11 studio albums have been certified platinum (some multiple times), with the other 2 albums certified gold. 2 of his 5 compilation CDs were also certified platinum. Get your Toby Keith tickets today, before they're sold out!