Toby Keith（Toby Keith）

歌手介绍

Toby Keith

发展历程

Toby Keith

在2001年9月11日美国遭受恐怖袭击之后，Toby Keith迅速做出了非常强烈的反应，这一切都表现在了他在2002年录制的单曲《Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)》之中，愤怒的声音，强烈的节奏，吸引了美国无数的爱国人士的关注，而这首单曲所反映出的通过武力打击恐怖分子的战争论调也引起了非常广泛的争议，甚至遭到了一些主流媒体的批评。虽然引起了争议，但是Toby Keith在2002年8月份发行的第七张专辑《Unleashed》销售火热，不仅成为乡村专辑榜的冠军，而且还成为了Toby Keith第一张Billboard 200排行榜的冠军专辑，专辑销量迄今已超过330万张。2003年11月4日，Toby Keith的第八张个人专辑《Shock N Y'all》正式发行，再次取得成功，首周即以58万5千张的高销量名列Billboard 200排行榜冠军，销量突破四白金，并且获得了多项乡村音乐大奖。2004年11月9日，Toby Keith的第二张个人精选辑《Greatest Hits 2》推出，这张精选集再度取得成功，43万5千张的首周销量令他位居排行榜季军，总销量突破200万张。Toby Keith的第九张正式个人专辑《Honkytonk University》在2005年5月17日成功推出。

音乐作品

Toby Keith Covel

Toby Keith

Signed to Nashville DreamWorksin 1998, Keith released his breakthrough single "How Do You Like Me Now?!" that year. This song, the title track to his 1999 album of the same name, was the Number One country song of 2000, and one of several chart-toppers during his tenure on DreamWorks Nashville. His next three albums, Pull My Chain, Unleashed, and Shock'n Y'all, produced three more Number Ones each, and all of the albums were certified multi-platinum. A second Greatest Hits package followed in 2004, and after that, he released Honkytonk University.

When Dreamworks closed in 2005, Keith founded his own label, Show Dog Nashville, which became part of Show Dog-Universal Musicin December 2009. He has released five studio albums on this label: 2006's White Trash with Money, 2007's Big Dog Daddy, 2008's That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy, 2009's American Rideand 2010's Bullets in the Gunas well as the compilation 35 Biggest Hits. He has also signed several other acts to the label, including Trailer Choir, Carter's Chord, Flynnville Train, Trace Adkins, Mac McAnallyand Mica Roberts. Keith also made his acting debut in 2005, starring in the film Broken Bridgesand co-starred with comedian Rodney Carringtonin the 2008 film Beer for My Horses.

Keith has released thirteen studio albums, two Christmas albums, and multiple compilation albums. He has also charted more than forty singles on the BillboardHot Country Songscharts, including nineteen Number One hits and sixteen additional Top Ten hits. His longest-lasting Number One hits are "Beer for My Horses" (a 2003 duet with Willie Nelson) and "As Good as I Once Was" (2005), at six weeks each.

Early life

Toby Keith was born in Clinton, Oklahoma, the son of Carolyn Joan ( néeRoss) and Hubert K. Covel Jr. He has a sister, Tonni, and a brother, Tracy. The family lived in Fort Smith, Arkansas, for a few years when Toby was in grade school, but moved to Moore, Oklahoma(a suburb of Oklahoma City) when he was still young. Before the family moved to Moore, he visited his grandmother in Fort Smith during the summers. His grandmother owned Billie Garner's Supper Club in Fort Smith, where Keith became interested in the musicians who came there to play. He did odd jobs around the supper club and started getting up on the bandstand to play with the band. He got his first guitar at the age of eight. After the family moved to Moore, Oklahoma, Keith attended Highland West Junior High and Moore High School, where he played defensive endon a footballteam.

Keith graduated from Moore High School and worked as a derrickhand in the oil fields. He worked his way up to become an operation manager. At the age of 20, he and his friends Scott Webb, Keith Cory and Danny Smith, with a few others, formed the band Easy Money, which played at local bars as he continued to work in the oil industry. At times, he would have to leave in the middle of a concert if he was paged to work in the oil field.

In 1982, the oil industry in Oklahoma began a rapid decline and Keith soon found himself unemployed. He fell back on his football training and played defensive end with the semi-pro Oklahoma City Drillers while continuing to perform with his band. (The Drillers were an unofficial farm clubof the United States Football League's Oklahoma Outlaws; Keith tried out for the Outlaws but did not make the team.) He then returned to focus once again on music. His family and friends were doubtful he would succeed, but in 1984, Easy Money began playing the honky tonkcircuit in Oklahoma and Texas. The band cut a single titled "Blue Moon", which received some airplay on local radio stations in Oklahoma.

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演唱者：Toby Keith

发行时间：2005年5月17日

发行公司：Dreamworks Nashville

音乐风格：New Traditionalist（新传统主义乡村），Contemporary Country（当代乡村）

1. Honkytonk U

2. As Good As I Once Was

3. She Ain't Hooked On Me No More

4. Big Blue Note

5. Just The Guy To Do It

6. She Left Me

7. Knock Yourself Out

8. You Ain't Leavin' (Thank God Are Ya)

9. I Got It Bad

10. Your Smile

11. Where You Gonna Go

12. You Caught Me At A Bad Time

当红的美国乡村音乐男歌手Toby Keith推出的第九张个人专辑，这张专辑在发行首周以28万3千张的销量名列排行榜的亚军，较他之前的两张冠军专辑《Unleashed》和《Shock N Y'all》首周的销量已经明显出现了下滑，甚至较他去年发行的第二张个人精选集《Greatest Hits 2》也出现了较大幅度的缩减。

2001年引起争议的《Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)》之后，Toby Keith戴上了乡村音乐超级明星的光环，连续两张专辑的成功让Toby Keith几乎囊括了各项乡村音乐大奖，目前的他无疑正在处于事业的巅峰时期。所以他的这张备受关注的新专辑打造得格外精心，专辑中的大部分单曲都由Scotty Emerick与Toby Keith搭档共同创作，精良的创作让这张专辑一如既往地继续展示着Toby Keith自己的音乐理念，而专辑中歌曲的曲调和旋律则较以前更加动听，专辑中的12首单曲几乎都是旋律和内容上佳的乡村音乐精品之作。经过了之前两张专辑出色的商业销量，确立了Toby Keith超级明星的地位之后，Toby Keith终于开始更加充分地把自己音乐偏好表现在专辑单曲当中，除却《I Got It Bad》这样经典的情歌佳作之外，轻松的单曲《You Ain't Leavin' (Thank God Are Ya)》以及《As Good As I Once Was》这样表现了Toby Keith自我观念的单曲，都增添了这张专辑的可欣赏性，并且加上Toby Keith在演奏方面的张力，保持了Toby Keith音乐中一贯的激情。在获得了乡村乐坛稳定的地位和市场号召力之后，Toby Keith开始更认真地增加他的音乐深度，而这张专辑的音乐表现是相当成功的。

Toby Keith

乡村歌手兼词曲作者Toby Keith是在上个世纪90年代逐渐成长起来的乡村明星，他于1961年7月8日出生在美国俄克拉荷马州的Clinton，原名Toby Keith Covel。