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69-510: The lake is named for the Native American legend of the Thunderbird , a supernatural bird of power and strength. Many locals commonly refer to the lake as "Lake Dirtybird" due to the very murky lake water. The Little River valley was the subject of several Army United States Army Corps of Engineers studies in 1936 and 1947 for flood control. In 1953 the issue of water supply was raised among

138-507: A Dallas , Texas, rally on the night before the election. Keith also endorsed Democrat Dan Boren in his successful run in Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district and was good friends with former Democratic New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson . In a January 2007 interview with Newsday , Keith was asked whether he supported the Iraq War . He responded with "Never did", and said he favors setting

207-557: A copy of Keith's demo tape from a flight attendant who was a fan of Keith's. Keith's debut single, " Should've Been a Cowboy ", went to number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 1993, and it reached number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100 . This song led off his self-titled debut album . Certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of one million copies,

276-514: A council of local governments consisting of Norman , Midwest City , Del City , Moore and Tinker Air Force Base , and it was forecast that by the 1970s and 1980s the cities would be requiring all available water to meet municipal demand. A feasibility study in 1954 led to a plan report in May 1961, and construction began on Norman Dam in 1962. Oklahoma State Highway 9 was re-routed in 1963 from present-day Alameda Street to its current location, south of

345-504: A cover of Inez and Charlie Foxx 's " Mockingbird ", recorded as a duet with his daughter, Krystal Keith . "Stays in Mexico" was a number 3 hit on the country charts, while "Mockingbird" peaked at number 27. Keith's final DreamWorks album was Honkytonk University in early 2005. Lead-off single " Honkytonk U " peaked at number 8, followed by " As Good as I Once Was ", which spent six weeks at number 1, and " Big Blue Note " at number 5. After

414-523: A cover of Sting 's 1996 single " I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying ". Sting also sang duet vocals and played bass guitar on it, and the two also performed the song at the 1997 Country Music Association awards. After this song, the album's title track reached number 5, while "Double Wide Paradise" peaked at number 40. Keith's last Mercury release was Greatest Hits Volume One in October 1998. The album included twelve of his prior singles and two new songs:

483-514: A cover of their 1963 hit " Be True to Your School " with the Beach Boys themselves providing the harmonies and backing vocals. Following a corporate merger, Keith returned to Mercury in 1997. His fourth studio album, Dream Walkin' , was also his first produced by James Stroud , who would also serve as Keith's co-producer until 2005. It produced two consecutive number 2 hits with " We Were in Love " and

552-495: A hunter. Keith also made an appearance as a musical guest on the October 27, 2011, episode of The Colbert Report . On October 29, 2011, Keith appeared on Fox Channel 's Huckabee with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee . He played "Bullets in the Gun" and he joined with Huckabee ' s house band to play a song at the end of the show. In December 2018, Keith appeared as a guest on Darci Lynne : My Hometown Christmas . In

621-639: A more confident sense of humor". In 2002, he released the Unleashed album which included four singles. First was " Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) ", which Keith wrote in 20 minutes as a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks . The song references Keith's father, a United States Army veteran who died that March in a car accident. Both this song and " Who's Your Daddy? " were number 1 hits, with " Rock You Baby " reaching number 13. The last single

690-438: A myth since no freshwater species of octopus are known to exist, and because of the relatively young age of the human-made lake with no connecting inlets. The water temperature of the lake ranges from about 86 °F (30 °C) during the summer months to under 40 °F (4 °C) during the winter months. In the summer, at a depth of 30 feet (9.1 m), the water temperature is about 10 °F (5.6 °C) cooler than at

759-507: A number 31 peak on the Hot 100. It was also the top country song of 2000 according to the Billboard Year-End chart. The album, which was certified platinum, produced a Top 5 hit in " Country Comes to Town " and another number 1 in " You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This ". It was also his first album to feature songs co-written by Scotty Emerick , who would be a frequent collaborator of Keith's for

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828-611: A single, "Red Solo Cup" became Keith's best-peaking crossover, reaching number 15 on the Hot 100. The album's final single was " Beers Ago " at number 6 in 2012. In December 2011, Keith was named "Artist of the Decade" by the American Country Awards. Keith's sixteenth album, Hope on the Rocks , was released in late 2012. It produced only two singles, both of which are top 20 hits: " I Like Girls That Drink Beer " reached at number 17 and

897-564: A sister and a brother. The family lived in Fort Smith, Arkansas , for a few years when Keith was in grade school, but moved to Moore, Oklahoma (a suburb of Oklahoma City ), when he was still young. Before the family moved to Moore, he visited his grandmother in Fort Smith during the summers. His grandmother owned Billie Garner's Supper Club in Fort Smith, where Keith became interested in the musicians who came there to play. He did odd jobs around

966-492: A supervisor. When Keith was 20, he and his friends formed the Easy Money Band, which played at local bars and roadhouses as he continued to work in the oil industry. At times, he would have to leave in the middle of a concert 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 tried out for

1035-553: A two-disc compilation featuring most of his singles to date, as well as the new song " She's a Hottie ", which peaked at number 13 on Billboard's country songs chart. Keith released " She Never Cried in Front of Me ", which went to number 1 in 2008. Its corresponding album, That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy , followed on October 28, 2008. It was followed by " God Love Her ", also a number 1 hit, and " Lost You Anyway ". American Ride , in 2009, produced another number 1 in its title track . It

1104-563: A war chief of the people. Ethnographer George Amos Dorsey transcribed a tale from the Arikaras with the title The Boy who befriended the Thunderbirds and the Serpent : a boy named Antelope-Carrier finds a nest with four young thunderbirds; their mother comes and tells the human boy that a two-headed Serpent comes out of the lake to eat the young. In Algonquian images, an X-shaped thunderbird

1173-747: Is often used to depict the thunderbird with its wings alongside its body and the head facing forwards instead of in profile. The depiction may be stylized and simplified. A headless X-shaped thunderbird was found on an Ojibwe midewiwin disc dating to 1250–1400 CE. In an 18th-century manuscript (a " daybook " ledger) written by the namesake grandson of Governor Matthew Mayhew , the thunderbird pictograms varies from "recognizable birds to simply an incised X". American science historian and folklorist Adrienne Mayor and British historian Tom Holland have both suggested that indigenous thunderbird stories are based on discoveries of pterosaur fossils by Native Americans. Similar beings appear in mythologies

1242-554: Is protected by a buoy-line about 50 yards from the shore that prevents boat access, Zoom Beach has a designated swimming area with buoys indicating 'no boats' allowed. Regular weekly organized open water swimming events are organized by the Triathlon Club of Oklahoma City in partnership with the Lake Thunderbird Boathouse from the end of April through to the end of September each year. Some 'winter swimmers' swim throughout

1311-450: Is said to create thunder by flapping its wings (Algonquian ), and lightning by flashing its eyes (Algonquian, Iroquois ). Across cultures, thunderbirds are generally depicted as birds of prey, or hybrids of humans and birds. Thunderbirds are often viewed as protectors, sometimes intervening on people's behalf, but expecting veneration, prayers, and gifts. Archaeologically, sites containing depictions of thunderbirds have been found dating to

1380-479: Is the centerpiece of Lake Thunderbird State Park . In addition to water activities the park offers hunting, horse rental and boarding, equestrian trails, hiking, mountain biking, nature trails, a nature center, and an archery range. The park has 447 primitive campsites and unfurnished one-room lake huts as well as RV provisions. The park is near two casinos. It had its own restaurant, the Clear Bay Cafe, until during

1449-567: The Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy , which aired on March 14, 2009. Keith received the "Colbert Bump" when he appeared on Comedy Central 's The Colbert Report . He holds the distinction of being the only musical artist to have received a five star rating from Stephen Colbert on iTunes . Keith furthered this connection when he appeared in Colbert's 2008 Christmas special as

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1518-538: The country rap " Getcha Some " and "If a Man Answers". Both were released as singles, with "Getcha Some" reaching the Top 20, but "If a Man Answers" became his first single to miss the Top 40. According to Keith, these two songs were originally to be put on a studio album, but Mercury executives, dissatisfied with the album that Keith had made, chose to put those two songs on a greatest hits package, and asked him to "go work on another album". After he recorded two more songs which

1587-406: The four directions and arrived with the other birds in the springtime. In the fall, they migrated south after the end of the underwater spirits' most dangerous season. The Menominee of Northern Wisconsin tell of a great mountain that floats in the western sky on which dwell the thunderbirds. They control the rain and hail, and delight in fighting and deeds of greatness. They are the enemies of

1656-407: The supper club and started getting up on the bandstand to play with the band. He got his first guitar at the age of eight. After the family moved to Moore, Keith attended Highland West Junior High and Moore High School , where he played defensive end on the football team. Keith graduated from Moore High School and worked as a derrick hand in the oil fields. He worked his way up to become

1725-407: The title track peaked at number 18. In mid-2013, he entered the charts with " Drinks After Work ", the first single from his seventeenth album, also titled Drinks After Work . The album's second single is "Shut Up and Hold On". In October 2014, Keith released " Drunk Americans ", the lead single from his eighteenth studio album, 35 MPH Town . In April 2015, Keith released " 35 MPH Town ",

1794-564: The 2008 film Beer for My Horses , inspired by his song " Beer for My Horses ". In all, Keith released 19 studio albums, two Christmas albums, and five compilation albums, totaling worldwide sales of over 40 million albums. He charted 61 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including 20 number one hits and 22 additional top 10 hits. His longest-lasting number one hits are "Beer for My Horses" (a 2003 duet with Willie Nelson ) and " As Good as I Once Was " (2005). He

1863-706: The 2008 movie Beer for My Horses , which is based on the 2003 hit single " Beer for My Horses " recorded by Keith and Willie Nelson . In 2005, Keith opened Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma, as well as Syracuse, New York , and Tulsa, Oklahoma , and later also had restaurants in Thackerville, Oklahoma ; Auburn Hills, Michigan ; Kansas City ; Las Vegas ; Mesa, Arizona ; Peoria, Arizona ; St. Louis Park, Minnesota ; Foxborough, Massachusetts ; Cincinnati, Ohio ; Newport News, Virginia ; and Denver , Colorado. Keith did not actually own

1932-496: The Autumn of 2005, he filmed Broken Bridges , written by Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld , and directed by Steven Goldmann . This feature film from Paramount / CMT Films was released on September 8, 2006. In this contemporary story set in small-town Tennessee , Keith plays Bo Price, a washed-up country musician. The movie also stars Kelly Preston , Burt Reynolds , Tess Harper , and Lindsey Haun . Keith wrote and starred in

2001-780: The Capri Restaurant Group included those in Great Lakes Crossing in Auburn Hills, Michigan , and in the Shops at West End in St. Louis Park, Minnesota . Both of which closed in 2015. In 2011, Keith introduced a new drink named "Wild Shot". At first it was only available in Mexico, but now is sold and served in America. It is a featured drink in his restaurant chain. Keith's music career and his various other business ventures made him one of

2070-462: The Crow's Secret Nature Center. In recent years the lake has become the subject of national attention due to allegations of a lake monster , believed by some to be a freshwater octopus . Due to an increase in reports of drownings in recent years, tales of the "Oklahoma Octopus" have increased, gaining national attention from media outlets such as Animal Planet 's Lost Tapes . To date the octopus remains

2139-560: The Lake Thunderbird Boathouse volunteer organization. The Boathouse Organization in cooperation with the Lake Thunderbird Education Foundation make possible several events throughout the year, including sailing lessons, sailing camps for children, an annual fishing derby for developmentally disabled children, sanctioned sailboat races, and fun regattas. There are a number of specified swimming beaches at Lake Thunderbird, including Zoom Beach and Little Sandy. Little Sandy

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2208-564: The Northeast region has included Algonquian -speaking people in the Lakes-bordering U.S. Midwest states (e.g., Ojibwe in Minnesota ). In Algonquian mythology , the thunderbird controls the upper world while the underworld is governed by the underwater panther or Great Horned Serpent . The thunderbird creates not just thunder (with its wing-flapping) but lightning bolts, which it casts at

2277-625: The Top Country Albums chart and 38 on the Billboard 200 chart. In 2021, Keith featured on the Brantley Gilbert single " The Worst Country Song of All Time " with Hardy . On January 13, 2021, President Trump awarded Keith the National Medal of Arts . The award was given in a closed ceremony, alongside fellow country musician Ricky Skaggs . On September 28, 2023, after receiving

2346-435: The U.S. military. "My father was a soldier. He taught his kids to respect veterans", said Keith. "It's that respect and the thank-you that we have a military that's in place and ready to defend our nation; our freedom." In 2004, Keith called himself "a conservative Democrat who is sometimes embarrassed for his party". He endorsed the re-election of President George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election and performed at

2415-460: The album produced three more Top 5 hits on the country charts with " He Ain't Worth Missing " (at #5), " A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action " (originally the B-side of "Should've Been a Cowboy"), and " Wish I Didn't Know Now " (both at #2). Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote of the album, "It is given a production that's a bit too big, clean, glossy and cavernous for Keith's good—it fits

2484-408: The album with session guitarist Kenny Greenberg and recording engineer Mills Logan . On October 25, 2011, Clancy's Tavern was released. The album included the single " Made in America ", written by Keith along with Bobby Pinson and Scott Reeves , which went to number 1. Following it was " Red Solo Cup ", which had previously been made into a music video which became popular. Upon release as

2553-593: The album's title track and second single. In 2015, Keith was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In September 2017, Keith released the compilation album, The Bus Songs . The album contains twelve songs: two new, five re-recorded, and five previously released songs. The new songs on the album are "Shitty Golfer" and "Wacky Tobaccy". In the U.S. The Bus Songs topped the Billboard Comedy Albums chart for 11 weeks. It also reached number 6 on

2622-406: The colder months. On April 6, 2021 local swimmer Piers Hale swam the length of the lake, covering a distance of 16,800 yards in 6 hours and 10 minutes. The water temperature was 59.5 degrees, the wind was 17-20 mph, gusts from 25-30 mph. Fish species stocked at the lake include large-mouth bass, crappie, sunfish, channel catfish, white bass, and saugeye. The 6,000 acre (24 km) lake

2691-463: The country charts, with the latter two both holding that position for five weeks. "I Wanna Talk About Me", written by Bobby Braddock , also displayed a country rap influence with its spoken-word lyrics. The Country Music Association named "My List" as Single of the Year in 2002. Of Pull My Chain , Erlewine wrote that "this is a bigger, better record than its predecessor, possessing a richer musicality and

2760-628: The country. In 2009, Capri Restaurant Group announced that it will open another "I Love this Bar & Grill" location in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania's South Side Works shopping and entertainment district. In 2009, Keith also established a line of clothing, TK Steelman. February 2010 marked the opening of the Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill in the Winstar World Casino, exit 1 on Interstate 35 in Oklahoma. Other locations opened in 2010 by

2829-517: The earnings of even more well known musicians such as Jay-Z and Beyoncé and that he hasn't earned less than $ 48 million a year over the past 5 years. Keith wrote at least one #1 country single per year over the past 20 years and the partnership between his own label, Show Dog-Universal , and Big Machine Records , which Keith also helped found in 2005. Keith had made numerous trips to the Middle East, starting in 2002, to perform for those serving in

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2898-516: The first Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (then NWA-TNA) weekly pay-per-view on June 19, 2002, where his playing of "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" was interrupted by Jeff Jarrett . He would later enter the Gauntlet for the Gold main event and eliminate Jarrett from the match. He appeared the next week, on June 26, and helped Scott Hall defeat Jarrett in singles action. In 2009, Keith participated in

2967-702: The first Country Icon Award at the People's Choice Country Awards, Keith performed publicly for the first time since his June 2022 cancer diagnosis announcement. His performance of " Don't Let the Old Man In ", which was previously used in Clint Eastwood 's 2018 film The Mule , received a standing ovation. Keith's final performance was held in Las Vegas, Nevada , at the Park MGM , on December 14, 2023. His last studio recording

3036-627: The great horned snakes (the Misikinubik) and have prevented these from overrunning the earth and devouring humankind. They are messengers of the Great Sun himself. The thunderbird motif is also seen in Siouan -speaking peoples, which include tribes traditionally occupying areas around the Great Lakes. Ho-Chunk tradition states that a man who has a vision of a thunderbird during a solitary fast will become

3105-457: The label also rejected, he asked to terminate his contract with the label. After exiting Mercury, Keith co-wrote Shane Minor 's debut single " Slave to the Habit " with Chuck Cannon and Kostas . In 1999, Keith moved to DreamWorks Records ' Nashville division, of which Stroud served as president. His first release for the label was "When Love Fades", which also failed to make Top 40. Upon seeing

3174-605: The lake. Thunderbird (mythology) The thunderbird is a mythological bird-like spirit in North American indigenous peoples' history and culture. It is considered a supernatural being of power and strength. It is frequently depicted in the art, songs, and oral histories of many Pacific Northwest Coast cultures, but is also found in various forms among some peoples of the American Southwest , US East Coast , Great Lakes , and Great Plains . The thunderbird

3243-496: The lake. The dam and lake were completed in 1965 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation . The earthen dam has a height of 144 feet and impounds 171,400 acre-feet of water. The Bureau owns the dam, which is operated by the local Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy District. Lake Thunderbird is a venue for boating, fishing, swimming, and hiking. The lake has two marinas and a boathouse that are operated and maintained by

3312-496: The late spring rains in May and June 2015, Lake Thunderbird flooded and the restaurant was so badly damaged that it closed permanently. On May 10, 2010 the Little River Marina was struck by a tornado and was closed until it was rebuilt in 2012. Lake Thunderbird falls within the bald eagle winter migration corridor. Bald eagles are present at the lake roughly from December through February. Guided eagle tours are provided by

3381-466: The new restaurants; the new restaurant is the first in a franchise under Scottsdale, Arizona -based Capri Restaurant Group Enterprises LLC, which purchased the master license agreement to build more Toby Keith restaurants nationwide. Capri Restaurant Group is owned by Frank Capri, who opened the restaurant in Mesa in the shopping center known as Mesa Riverview and is planning on opening multiple locations across

3450-546: The next several albums. Steve Huey wrote that this album "had a rough, brash attitude that helped give Keith a stronger identity as a performer." In 2001, Keith won the Academy of Country Music 's Top Male Vocalist and Album of the Year awards. Following this album was Pull My Chain , released in August 2001. The album's three singles—" I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight ", " I Wanna Talk About Me ", and " My List "—all went to number 1 on

3519-675: The outsized sound of early-'90s radio, but not his outsized talent—but beneath that sheen the songs are very strong." He also thought that it showed the signs of the style that Keith would develop on subsequent albums. The album's success led to Keith touring with then-labelmates Shania Twain and John Brannen . Keith and Twain also appeared in Tracy Lawrence 's music video for " My Second Home " in 1993. Keith then signed with Polydor Records Nashville and released his second album, Boomtown , in September 1994. Also certified platinum, this album

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3588-576: The past 4,000 years. Petroglyphs of thunderbirds are found near Twin Bluffs, Wisconsin . They are in a shelter that was probably used c. 250 BCE to 1500. The thunderbird myth and motif is prevalent among Algonquian peoples in the Northeast, i.e., Eastern Canada ( Ontario , Quebec , and eastward) and Northeastern United States , and the Iroquois peoples (surrounding the Great Lakes ). The discussion of

3657-585: The professional Oklahoma Outlaws . When he did not make the team, he joined its unofficial semi-pro farm club , the Oklahoma City Drillers, and played defensive end while continuing to perform with his band. He then returned to focus once again on music. The Easy Money Band then began playing the honky-tonk circuit in Oklahoma and Texas . Keith went to Nashville, Tennessee , where he busked along Music Row to no avail, until producer Harold Shedd signed him with Mercury Records after receiving

3726-910: The release of the latter, DreamWorks Records ceased operations. On August 31, 2005, Keith founded a new label, Show Dog Nashville . Its first release was his 2006 album White Trash with Money , followed by the soundtrack to Broken Bridges . He also abandoned Stroud as co-producer in favor of Cannon's wife, Lari White . The album included three singles: " Get Drunk and Be Somebody ", " A Little Too Late ", and " Crash Here Tonight ". Big Dog Daddy followed in 2007, with Keith serving as sole producer. Its singles were " High Maintenance Woman ", " Love Me If You Can ", and " Get My Drink On ". "Love Me If You Can" became Keith's first number 1 hit since "As Good as I Once Was" more than two years prior. A two-disc Christmas album, A Classic Christmas , followed later in 2007. In 2008, Keith completed his Biggest and Baddest Tour. On May 6, 2008, he released 35 Biggest Hits ,

3795-620: The short-lived Nashville division of A&M Records to release his third album Blue Moon in April 1996. That album received a platinum certification and produced three singles. Its first single, " Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You ", which Keith wrote in 1987, peaked at number 2. Following it were " A Woman's Touch " at number 6, and " Me Too ", which became his third number one hit in March 1997. Keith also appeared on The Beach Boys ' now out-of-print 1996 album Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 performing

3864-407: The single's poor performance, Keith requested that it be withdrawn and replaced with " How Do You Like Me Now?! ", a song that he wrote with Chuck Cannon, and which had previously been turned down by Mercury. It also served as the title track to his first DreamWorks album, How Do You Like Me Now?! The song spent five weeks at number 1 on the country charts, and became his first top 40 pop hit, with

3933-493: The standard level of the lake. The lakes' surface area was 5,349 acres (21.65 km). The volume of the reservoir (at this standard depth) was 105,838 acre-feet (130,549,000 m). The total watershed area feeding the lake is 163,840 acres (663.0 km). The rate at which sediment was accumulating in the lake is 393 acre-feet (485,000 m) a year. The reservoir had lost a total of 13,762 acre-feet (16,975,000 m) of capacity since its completion in 1965. The shoreline length

4002-505: The surface. Surface water temperature is usually about 60 °F (16 °C) during spring and fall months. As of 2001, the lakes' standard surface level was at 1,039 ft (317 m) above sea level, the maximum depth of the lake was 58 ft (18 m), with an average depth of 15.4 ft (4.7 m). The top of the Lake Thunderbird Dam was (and is) 1,071 ft (326 m) above sea level, 32 ft (9.8 m) above

4071-479: The underworld creatures. Thunderbird in this tradition may be depicted as a spreadeagled bird (wings horizontal head in profile ), but also quite common with the head facing forward, thus presenting an X-shaped appearance overall (see under §Iconography below). The Ojibwe version of the myth states that the thunderbirds were created by Nanabozho to fight the underwater spirits. Thunderbirds also punished humans who broke moral rules. The thunderbirds lived in

4140-469: The wealthiest celebrities in the United States. The July 15, 2013, edition of Forbes magazine features Keith on the cover with the caption "Country Music's $ 500 million man". The article titled "Cowboy Capitalist" by Zack O'Malley Greenburg also contains information regarding Keith's earnings as a musician over the course of his career, such as earning $ 65 million in the past 12 months, which surpasses

4209-709: The world over. Examples include the Chinese thunder-god Leigong , the Hindu Garuda and the African lightning bird . Toby Keith Toby Keith Covel (July 8, 1961 – February 5, 2024) was an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and businessman. Keith released his chart-topping debut single, " Should've Been a Cowboy ", in 1993. During the 1990s, Keith released his first four studio albums, each of which earned gold or higher certification . Keith's breakthrough single, " How Do You Like Me Now?! ",

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4278-478: Was " Beer for My Horses ", a duet with Willie Nelson which spent six weeks at the top of the country charts. At the time, it was also Keith's highest entry on the Hot 100, at number 22. In July 2003, Keith made a guest appearance on Scotty Emerick's debut single "I Can't Take You Anywhere", which was previously recorded by Keith on Pull My Chain . Emerick's version of the song was his only top 40 country hit, at number 27. Shock'n Y'all , his eighth studio album,

4347-502: Was 60 miles (97 km). The capacity of the reservoir, the maximum depth, and the average depth had all decreased since 1965. The following table gives original statistics for the reservoir from 1965. Toby Keith wrote a 2010 song "Kissin' in the Rain" about Lake Thunderbird off his Bullets in the Gun album. His final album Peso in My Pocket , released in 2021, also featured a song about

4416-427: Was followed by the Top 10 hit " Cryin' for Me (Wayman's Song) ", a tribute to basketball player and jazz bassist Wayman Tisdale , a friend of Keith's who died in May 2009. Bullets in the Gun was released on October 5, 2010. This was Keith's first album not to produce any top 10 singles, with " Trailerhood " reaching number 19, followed by the title track and " Somewhere Else " both at number 12. Keith produced

4485-786: Was included on Hixtape: Vol. 3: Difftape , a tribute album to Joe Diffie , to which Keith joined Luke Combs on a rendition of Diffie's single " Ships That Don't Come In ". In March 2024, one month after his death, it was announced that Keith would be posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame , having been elected just hours after his death. Keith performed on a series of television advertisements for Telecom USA for that company's discount long-distance telephone service 10-10-220. He also starred in Ford commercials, singing original songs such as "Ford Truck Man" and "Look Again" while driving Ford trucks. Keith made an appearance at

4554-464: Was led off by the number one single " Who's That Man ". After it, " Upstairs Downtown " and " You Ain't Much Fun " both made the Top 10, while " Big Ol' Truck " peaked at number 15. By late-1995, he released his first Christmas album, Christmas to Christmas , via Mercury. Composed entirely of original songs, the album produced one chart entry in "Santa I'm Right Here", which reached as high as number 50 based on Christmas airplay. Keith then signed with

4623-537: Was nominated for seven Grammy Awards . Keith was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Donald Trump in a closed ceremony alongside Ricky Skaggs on January 13, 2021. Keith died on February 5, 2024, from stomach cancer . He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2024, having been elected just hours after his death. Toby Keith Covel was born on July 8, 1961, in Clinton, Oklahoma , to Carolyn Joan ( née Ross) and Hubert K. Covel Jr. He has

4692-528: Was released in November 2003. The album's title is a pun on the military term " shock and awe ". It became his second album from which all singles went to number 1: " I Love This Bar ", " American Soldier ", and " Whiskey Girl ". Also included on the disc were "The Taliban Song" and "Weed with Willie", two live songs recorded with Emerick. The album was followed in late 2004 by Greatest Hits 2 , which included three new songs: " Stays in Mexico ", "Go with Her", and

4761-456: Was the title track to his 1999 album How Do You Like Me Now?! The single was the number one country song of 2000. Keith's next three albums were certified 4× Platinum, and each album produced three number one singles. In 2005, Keith founded the label Show Dog Nashville, which later became Show Dog-Universal Music . Keith also made his acting debut in 2006, starring in the film Broken Bridges . He co-starred with comedian Rodney Carrington in

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