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. In 1984, he turned to music full time, playing the honky-tonk circuit in Oklahoma and Texas with the band Easy Money. When the president of Mercury Records, Harold Shedd, left Mercury for Polydor Records, Keith went with him. He released the album Boomtown, in 19994. Keith moved to DreamWorks Nashville label in 1999, where he worked on the studio album How Do You Like Me Now?! With this album Keith earned some long-awaited award nominations. The 2002 album Unleashed sold 3 million copies, due to the feisty "Who''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''s Your Daddy?", the hugely popular Willie Nelson duet "Beer for My Horses" and relentless touring. Keith released the album Shock ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''n Y''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''all in 2003, and it debuted at No. 1. |
