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Toby Keith
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Co-producer, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score), Actor Born: July 8, 1961 Biography:Born in Clinton, OK, in 1961, Toby Keith grew up on a farm just outside of Oklahoma City and took to the guitar before he reached the age of nine, growing proficient with remarkable speed and efficiency. As a young man, he worked the oil fields to support himself and formed a musical act patterned after Alabama, the Easy Money Band, but his primary gig fell through when the oil market entered a slump, forcing him to look elsewhere. He spent a two-year stint as a semipro football player, then opted to focus his time and energy on launching his musical career, eventually landing a contract with Mercury.
Keith's first seven recordings (which witnessed him gravitating from Mercury, to Polygram, to A&M, to DreamWorks) sold fairly well, but his 2002 album Unleashed (which contained "The Angry American" -- his response to the events of September 11th) pushed him over the top and made him a household name.... Full Biography
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