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Toby Keith: Afghanistan? Yes. Iraq? Maybe, maybe not...
Edited for brevity.As he sang the lyrics to his celebrated patriotic hit last month at Staples Center in Los Angeles, red, white and blue confetti rained down on the curled brim of Toby Keithâs cowboy hat, and rocket-red pyrotechnics shot up past a video screen showing the Statue of Liberty. This was the Toby the crowd wanted and expected, the roadhouse patriot. But a few hours earlier, in a hushed dressing room, it was a different Keith -- one who talked about the increasingly onerous challenge of playing the uncomplicated man in complicated times. Away from the firepower of the stage, this fighting man from Oklahoma said that he has decided to call a cease-fire in his ugly feud with the Dixie Chicks ("We had fun with it, but Iâm just done with it"), that he still has lingering questions about the necessity of the war in Iraq ("Honestly, Iâm still doing the math on that") and that he wonders whether the hit song, "(Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue) The Angry American," has typecast him ("People think I bang the war drum, and thatâs not me"). Click the link for more. Toby reveals himself to be a lot deeper than many people give him credit for based solely on his song lyrics. Posted by: Dar 2003-09-26 |
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