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Clinton, Oklahoma, United States (1961 – present)
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]
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ThaRoosta justice is the one thing you should always find!
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VK1990 I Love This Bar
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CosmonotMusic Toby snuck into the "Best Songs of 2011" http://aircoreyell.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/best-songs-of-2011-31-40/
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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
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Nikko999 she's amazing!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nGqSKT3O6k
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genx-ed Pure shit.
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loh-teixeira WoW! This is a true man! *-* Hehehehehe
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mrackles um salve pro Dan Henderson que entrou a música Made In America !
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tsudduth24 Love the new album <3
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Mebusch Country? More like nationalistic propaganda.
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crazychrisr92 Red Solo Cup, I Fill You Up, Lets Have A Party!
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JNez red solo cup is bout to be a huge hit! toby deserves it. very cool artist.
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Psychicmind I like old Toby Keith better. He's been going downhill ever since Courtesy of the Red White and Blue.
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DJSMusicfactory Hummm..sounds good!!! :-)
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thejackson4 This guy is a legend. Haters gonna HATE.
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derrderr420 This guy is to studly to criticize, besides, anyone can tell by that pic that hes secretly a gangster rapper
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ExtraMapleSyrup Toby Keith doesn't want to be fed, Toby Keith wants to hunt!
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yelow REAL COWBOY
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alemii AMURICA! [4] FUCK YEAH!
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Toby Keith's "RED SOLO CUP" Officially A Single!
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Toby Keith's "RED SOLO CUP" Exceeds 3 Million Views -- Fox's GLEE To Feature Song
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