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Clinton, Oklahoma, United States (1961 – present)

Toby Keith Covel (born July 8, 1961) is an American country music singer and songwriter.

Early life and career

Toby Keith Covel was born in Clinton, Oklahoma, United States. His family moved to Moore, Oklahoma (a suburb of Oklahoma City) when Keith was young. His grandmother owned a supper club and Keith became interested in the musicians who came there to play. He got his first guitar at the age of 8. Keith attended Moore High School where he played on the football team.

Keith graduated from Moore High School and, in 1979, went to work as a derrick hand in the booming oil fields of Oklahoma. He worked his way up to become an operation manager. At the age of 20, he formed the Easy Money band and they played local bars as he continued to work in the oil industry. At times, he would have to leave in the middle of a gig if he was paged to work in the oil field.

In 1982, the oil industry in Oklahoma began a rapid decline and Keith soon found himself unemployed. He fell back on his football training and played defensive end with the semi-pro Oklahoma City Drillers while continuing to perform with his band. (The Drillers were an unofficial farm club of the USFL’s Oklahoma Outlaws; Keith tried out for the Outlaws but did not make the team.) After two years with the Drillers, Keith decided to try music full time. His family and friends were doubtful he would succeed, but in 1984, Easy Money began playing the honky tonk circuit in Oklahoma and Texas. The band cut a single titled Blue Moon and the song received some airplay on local radio stations in Oklahoma.
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  • KermitVale

    "Toby Keith's guitar is red, white and blue. But Toby Keith you ain't fooling me. You'd have been sucking up to Hitler if you'd have lived back in Germany." Red Star Belgrade [7]

    last week
  • ThaRoosta

    justice is the one thing you should always find!

    12 days ago
  • VK1990

    I Love This Bar

    last month
  • CosmonotMusic

    Toby snuck into the "Best Songs of 2011" http://aircoreyell.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/best-songs-of-2011-31-40/

    December 2011
  • more_country

    Hello, in this week's update: Toby is in the top6 list (from >280 artists) in the analysis: country last.fm groups, see others here: http://www.last.fm/user/more_country/journal

    December 2011
  • Nikko999

    she's amazing!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nGqSKT3O6k

    December 2011
  • genx-ed

    Pure shit.

    December 2011
  • loh-teixeira

    WoW! This is a true man! *-* Hehehehehe

    December 2011
  • mrackles

    um salve pro Dan Henderson que entrou a música Made In America !

    November 2011
  • tsudduth24

    Love the new album <3

    November 2011
  • Mebusch

    Country? More like nationalistic propaganda.

    November 2011
  • crazychrisr92

    Red Solo Cup, I Fill You Up, Lets Have A Party!

    November 2011
  • JNez

    red solo cup is bout to be a huge hit! toby deserves it. very cool artist.

    October 2011
  • Psychicmind

    I like old Toby Keith better. He's been going downhill ever since Courtesy of the Red White and Blue.

    September 2011
  • DJSMusicfactory

    Hummm..sounds good!!! :-)

    August 2011
  • thejackson4

    This guy is a legend. Haters gonna HATE.

    August 2011
  • derrderr420

    This guy is to studly to criticize, besides, anyone can tell by that pic that hes secretly a gangster rapper

    August 2011
  • ExtraMapleSyrup

    Toby Keith doesn't want to be fed, Toby Keith wants to hunt!

    July 2011
  • yelow

    REAL COWBOY

    June 2011
  • alemii

    AMURICA! [4] FUCK YEAH!

    June 2011
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