History Music / TobyKeith

* AffectionateParody: He wrote a satirical song "I'll Never Smoke Weed with Willie Again", which he sings in WillieNelson's SignatureStyle at concerts.
* AnimatedMusicVideo: The video for "American Ride" is done in a style similar to [=JibJab=].

* EagleLand: Some of his songs "Courtesy of the Red White and Blue", "American Ride", "Made in America", etc. after his FaceHeelTurn (see below) fall straight into this category.

* TheLadette: The subject of "Whiskey Girl".

* TruckDriversGearChange: "Lost You Anyway" goes from D to E at the first chorus, and again to F-sharp on the second chorus. "Red Solo Cup" goes from A to B on the last chorus.

* ListSong: "I Love This Bar" is a list of the various types of characters seen at a local bar (e.g. "We got winners, we got losers / Chain smokers and boozers / And we got yuppies, we got bikers / We got thirsty hitchhikers…").

** Which is much HarsherInHindsight considering his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma was struck by devastating F5 tornadoes in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore,_Oklahoma 1999 and 2013]]. At least half of the town was leveled during both tornado outbreaks and dozens of people were killed (including several schoolchildren).

** Which is pretty HarsherInHindsight considering his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma was struck by devastating F5 tornadoes in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore,_Oklahoma 1999 and 2013]]. At least half of the town was leveled during both tornado outbreaks and dozens of people were killed (including several schoolchildren).

** Which is pretty HarshInHindsight considering his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma was struck by devastating F5 tornadoes in 1999 and 2013. At least half of the town was leveled during both tornado outbreaks and dozens of people were killed (including several schoolchildren).

* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Toby Keith pulled the musical equivalent a few years back. His music used to be clean and family-friendly, but for the last several years he's taken on a "bad boy" image and run with it, starting with low-level GettingCrapPastTheRadar ("Getcha Some") and gradually progressing to the point where just about any new song from him sounded like pure Straw Conservative propaganda, was a blatant exercise in RefugeInAudacity, or both. Somewhere around his departure from [=DreamWorks=], he began to soften again, with occasional exceptions such as "American Ride," which at least had the decency to lampoon both ends of the political spectrum.

* ToplessnessFromTheBack: The video for "Who's Your Daddy?".

* ToplessnessFromTheBack: The video for "Who's Your Daddy?"

* AntiChristmasSong: "Jesus Gets Jealous of Santa Claus". Which was co-written by one KeithUrban well before he came famous in the US.

* SignatureSong: "Should've Been a Cowboy", "How Do You Like Me Now?!", "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue", "Beer for My Horses", etc.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "God Love Her" has a ''very'' similar premise and melody to "Whiskey Girl".

Although he started to slip in the late 1990s, a change to DreamWorks Records brought him an even bigger hit in "How Do You Like Me Now?!", which started the second leg of his career. For the next five years, almost everything he released topped the charts and saw considerable crossover success. Along the way, he hit big with the controversial "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)" and the WillieNelson duet "Beer for My Horses". Even the closure of [=DreamWorks=]' music division didn't harm his career too much, as he seamlessly moved to his own label, Show Dog Records (now part of Show Dog-{{Universal}} Music). Although the hits have slowed some, he's still a consistent presence on the country charts.

* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Toby Keith pulled the musical equivalent a few years back. His music used to be clean and family-friendly, but for the last several years he's taken on a "bad boy" image and run with it, starting with low-level GettingCrapPastTheRadar ("Getcha Some") and gradually progressing to the point where just about any new song from him sounded like pure Straw Conservative propaganda, was a blatant exercise in RefugeInAudacity, or both. Somewhere around his departure from [=DreamWorks=], he began to soften again, with occasional exceptions such as "American Ride," which at least had the decency to lampoon both ends of the political spectrum.

* DistinctDoubleAlbum: His second Christmas album and the greatest hits package ''35 Biggest Hits''.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: "And you, sir, do not have a pair of testicles / If you prefer drinkin' from glass" in "Red Solo Cup". The word becomes, of all things, "vegetables".

* DooWopProgression: The verses to "Big Blue Note".

* FishEyeLens and {{Undercrank}}: Both used in the video for "I Wanna Talk About Me".

* ExecutiveMeddling: A self-inflicted example. He always pulls singles at the 15-week mark, regardless of how high they are on the charts, just to ensure he always puts out one album a year. As a result, he hasn't hit Top 10 since 2009.

* DooWopProgression: "Big Blue Note".