Toby Keith Doesn’t Get Enough Credit For His Heartbreak Ballads
A RIFF on what country is really about.
Andrew Mies
1 min read
Can we get a petition going to bring pack some Toby Keith heartbreak anthems? I mean, what do we gotta do to get this kind of stuff back on the radio?
While the rowdy, patriotic, boot-in-your-ass songs that Toby is best known for are great (I’ve had many a night singing ‘Made in America’ at karaoke, Bud Heavy in hand), when I first heard ‘She Never Cried in Front of Me,’ I was absolutely floored.
Growing up on my dad’s ’80s music, I was accustomed to synth-rock ballads, but the combination of Toby’s big voice, country instrumentation, and right-to-the-heart lyrics opened my eyes to a whole new style of music.
