Toby Keith ranks third on music earnings list behind Police, Beyonce
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 – Toby Keith was named one of the world's best-paid music stars by Forbes. Keith ranks number 3 on the list, behind the Police and Beyonce, with $48 million in earnings between June 1, 2007 and June 1, 2008. Following Keith in the top five are Justin Timberlake and Madonna.
Keith also will receive the 2008 Will Rogers
Spirit Award recipient at the Will Rogers Rotary Club Gala dinner and
reception on Nov. 4 in Tulsa, Okla. "I may make my living in Nashville and at concert arenas across the country, but I make my home in Oklahoma," says Keith, who was born in Clinton and now resides near Norman. "Will Rogers was a great American and a great Oklahoman, and I'm honored to be given an award bearing his name."
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American Ride
As his latest 12-song outing demonstrates, few singer-songwriter's craft a commercial hook song as well as Toby Keith. Combining the by now standard mix of rock guitars with honky-tonk instrumentation, Keith largely eschews political ideology in favor of sincerely rendered romantic moments (Are You Feeling' Me, Tender As I Wanna Be) and self-reproach (Woke Up On My Own). And, just in case there was any doubt, he assures us that singing country music is preferable to digging ditches (Gypsy Drifter). »»» |
That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy
Toby Keith focuses on 2 major topics: 1) how much he enjoys drinking and carousing all night, and 2) how he can't seem to keep the love of a good woman. One wonders in most of these co-written tunes with Bobby Pinson whether he's considered how being successful in the one will impact the other. It's all great fun, though, whether it's the title track's plea for understanding on his honky-tonkin' ways ("I'm as good as I gotta be"), or his motorcycling »»» |
Classic Christmas
Recording Christmas music is trickier than it seems, especially with opinions so divided over the holiday's deeper meaning. Many believe it to be exclusively spiritual and solely focused on Jesus' birth, whereas others just want to have a jolly time. Although this chasm makes it extremely difficult to be all things to all people, Toby Keith has smartly recorded 2 distinct CDs of 20 songs of well-known seasonal songs: One that extols December's winter wonderland, the other filled with holiday hymns. »»» |
Editorial: A fine night for Taylor Swift –
Taylor Swift's showing at the Country Music Association awards Wednesday night was no surprise. In some respects, it was invigorating to see someone who was not male and not around umpteen years like some of her male counterparts take home the biggest prize of the night, entertainer of the year. »»»
Concert Review: Radney Foster sparks a revival –
Radney Foster told fans that he came home from the University of the South one weekend early in his college career and told his parents in the wee hours of the morning that he wanted to quit college and head to Nashville to pursue a music career. His parents agreed...fortunately.
Three decades later, that resulted in Foster playing songs on this... »»»
Concert Review: Neko Case overcomes obstacles –
The opening of Neko Case's show was unusual to say the least. "I'm angry right now," said the red head. "We just had a big fight with the promoter. We're going to sing weird, but we're actually very happy to be here."
Making quite clear that she was not a happy camper, Case still channeled her musical energies... »»»
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