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ABC invited Keith to sing "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" on a patriotic special it produced in 2002; however, the host of the show, Canadian-born newsman Peter Jennings, requested Keith soften the lyrics of the song or choose another song to sing. Keith refused both requests and did not appear on the special.
The narrator, a man approaching or in middle age and apparently sitting in a bar, is put into situations that test his masculinity. Having outlived his glory days, he insists he now is no longer "as good as [he] once was" in his younger days, but although he no longer has the stamina to do what he used to do all the time, he can still be "as good, once, as [he] ever was."
Toby Keith "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" Unleashed: 2001: Toby Keith wrote this song in response to his father's death and the 9/11 attacks in 2001. At first, he was reluctant to record the song and decided to only play it live for military personnel.
Keith’s feisty signature song, “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)” was the last song he performed publicly, at each of his trio of final concerts last December in Las ...
Toby Keith, the country music star behind hit songs including “Red Solo Cup” and “I Wanna Talk About Me”, as well as the controversial “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue”, has died ...
Toby Keith gave an impromptu performance at Ye Olde Steakhouse back in 2015. Watch his play “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue."
Keith said that the song was written "for all the times that I get to meet the troops on these USO tours, and since Courtesy of Red, White, and Blue, the P.O.W.s and the families that have come and brought me back my old CD covers and stuff that they had and shown how much support they had (for me), this is my support for the American fighting men and women."
Toby Keith Covel was born on July 8, 1961, in Clinton, Oklahoma, to Carolyn Joan (née Ross) and Hubert K. Covel Jr. [5] [6] [7] He had 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.