This first page will be about my favorite male artist, Toby Keith!

I've always loved Toby's music, but even more so since hearing "Courtesy of The Red, White and Blue".
Here's a little info about the song and what it means to Toby Keith.

It's only a few days after the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. by terrorists.
Thoughts of his passionately patriotic Army Veteran Dad - who died 6 months earlier in a car crash -
are swirling inside Toby's head. The anger that boiled up inside Toby when he watched
those Twin Towers fall is also there - focused with intensity on the murderous cowards who slaughtered
thousands of innocent Americans.

Suddenly, like a slide projector, rapid-fire images flash into Toby's churning mind:
the eagle will fly...the Statue of Liberty shaking her fist...
Mother Freedom ringing her bell.
In only minutes, he has most of the chorus
for what would become his latest hit, "Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (The Angry American).
-the fastest-rising single of his career and an anchor song for his
just-released
Unleashed
CD.

"I hadn't heard of any truly angry American songs in the wake of 9/11," declares Toby.
"It seemed like everybody wanted to swim in the sorrow pool. I was angry
about what happened, so my song shows that anger.
"The terrorists kicked us in the teeth and awakened a sleeping giant.
They took us for granted, not realizing we'd be angry from coast to coast - and they'd suffer
our wrath. "I live in Oklahoma City, and I saw the aftermath of the bomb blast at the
federal building there. I saw 168 people lose their lives, and I knew
some of those killed. That senseless killing of innocent people angered me.
I thought about all the Moms and Dads who didn't come home that day, and about the
children who perished in the buildings nursery.

"Then came the terrorist attacks on New York, Washington, D.C., and the plane in Pennsylvania-and I was angry all over again.
That sucker punch changed the way we live from now on. I know we can live differently
and still be free-we just can't ever forget what happened and we can't let our guard
down again. And, you know, it's OK to be angry!"
Story by Larry Holden - interviewing Toby Keith