According to a statement posted on his official social media accounts, Keith “passed peacefully” on Monday night after a courageous battle with an undisclosed illness. “He fought his fight with grace and courage,” the statement said, before asking for privacy for his family.
A few outlets are saying stomach cancer… tough way to go. RIP
That’s terrible. Damn man. Makes me remember that no matter what level of success you achieve, you’re still vulnerable. Gotta focus on the important things in life every chance I get.
The man had two first names
Surely, his crowning achievement
Your name is Toby boyyyy, and also Keith.
The weird nationalist post 9/11 was rough, but How Do You Like Me Now? is a pretty good revenge song.
Should’ve been a cowboy is peak 90s country tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIq1LvzSLsk
And that mullet… It’s like a lions mane
Holy fuck, I didn’t even know that song was that old. Mullet game on point.
Yeah, I grew up with and enjoy most of his catalog before it went all “boot up your ass”. Then he turned into a Trumper which further soured my opinion of him. Still, fuck cancer.
I remember reading a Rolling Stone article about 15 years ago where Kris Kristofferson absolutely tore into Toby. Sure enough, everything he said he was back then only became more and more true and apparent.
“Happy birthday,” the Star (Toby Keith) said to Willie, breezing by us. As he passed Kristofferson in one long, confident stride, out of the corner of his mouth came “None of that lefty shit out there tonight, Kris.”
“What the fuck did you just say to me?” Kris growled, stepping forward.
“Oh, no,” groaned Willie under his breath. “Don’t get Kris all riled up.”
“You heard me,” the Star said, walking away in the darkness.
“Don’t turn your back to me, boy,” Kristofferson shouted, not giving a shit that basically the entire music industry seemed to be flanking him.
The Star turned around: “I don’t want any problems, Kris – I just want you to tone it down.”
“You ever worn your country’s uniform?” Kris asked rhetorically.
“What?”
“Don’t ‘What?’ me, boy! You heard the question. You just don’t like the answer.” He paused just long enough to get a full chest of air. “I asked, ‘Have you ever served your country?’ The answer is, no, you have not. Have you ever killed another man? Huh? Have you ever taken another man’s life and then cashed the check your country gave you for doing it? No, you have not. So shut the fuck up!” I could feel his body pulsing with anger next to me. “You don’t know what the hell you are talking about!”
“Whatever,” the young Star muttered.
Kristofferson took a deep inhale and leaned against the wall, still vibrating with adrenaline. He looked over at Willie as if to say, “Don’t say a word.” Then his eyes found me.
“You know what Waylon Jennings said about guys like him?” he whispered.
I shook my head.
“They’re doin’ to country music what pantyhose did to finger-fuckin’.”
Naming the names: https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2024/01/31/the-crazy-and-possibly-made-up-story-of-kris-kristofferson-toby-keiths-altercation-at-willie-nelsons-70th-birthday/
“They’re doin’ to country music what pantyhose did to finger-fuckin’.”
Ok, that is my new favorite line.
Kristofferson is a bad mother fucker
Red Solo Cup, Beer for My Horses, and I’ll Never Smoke Weed with Willie Nelson Again are all pretty great.
Fair enough. Those are indeed pretty good.
Idk cancer’s had a good couple of days, first some loser royal and now a prominent bootlicker?
Redemption arc incoming?
(My dad died of leukemia before some loser starts whining about their inbred dog dying from three separate tumors or whatever)
Dude, someone got pissed at me for saying I felt bad for the cancer that caught Rush Limbaugh. Lost my dad to lung cancer the year before but “nobody deserves that”. Fuck that noise, sometimes karma comes around in the form of lymphoma.
Rush Limbaugh was a big pro-smoking advocate, IIRC. He likely encouraged people to smoke, or at least discouraged some from quitting.
Dying of a disease he basically encouraged others to get is the perfect karmic retribution.
Rush Limbaugh would count and name all of us f@gs who died of AIDS . Ring some bell or some shit. I am so happy he suffered and I hope he suffers a few more lifetimes before he’s paid off his debt.
I’m sorry for the loss of your father.
Ty, but I’m told it happens to everyone eventually.
Not me though, I’ve decided against that.
Joining the necromancers on r/WizardPosting then?
Sandman fan?
bye bye toby 👋🏻
Guy was a Warhawk jingoist nationalist creep but stomach cancer is a shitty way to go and almost no one deserves that
I was begged to go to a Toby Keith concert with a college girlfriend and her friends. This was maybe 2014-2015.
Anyways Toby got so drunk that he started to forget his lyrics, got booed and then eventually left the stage.
It’s a funny memory, Rest In peace Toby Keith
Lol, I saw him once like 10 years ago because my now wife and a friend were going and invited us. My buddy and I initially weren’t going to go because it was not our scene. Then on the day of, I think someone from my wife’s party bailed and we had free tickets if we wanted them. When I got that text, my buddy and I were getting food at a restaurant near a dollar store. It was around July 4th, and we saw all the 'murica shit next door and decided fuck it, let’s go ham. We grabbed these red white and blue star streamer things and made a helluva custom necklace, also got a couple of foam cowboy hats that were clearly for children/ barely fit, and a bunch of air horns. Then we got the level of drunk that you can confidently go into a concert looking like that. Had a great time getting hammered and blasting air horns even though the concert itself sucked. Thanks for the memories I guess Toby.
