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“I want to say I was about…19 years-old,” Kent recounts. “And one of the guys that was working for Toby’s management had heard some of my stuff and knew I was from Oklahoma, kind of put my music in front of Toby.”
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Read More:Toby Keith’s Debut Single Is Still One of His Biggest No. 1 Hits
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“Toby liked my music, and so they said, ‘Hey, we want you to come open these shows. We got 500 bucks, and you can play for 500 bucks each of these nights,'” he continues.
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What Did Corey Kent Say to Toby Keith When Turning Down His Offer to Open For Him?
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Kent says “I was like, ‘I would love to do it. I need you to tell Toby I need 1,000 bucks.’ And the guy was like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ And I was like, ‘No, I think I’m worth 1,000 bucks.'”
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For any country artist, opening for Keith in his prime would be special, and it was for Kent, but he wanted to show Keith that he knew his worth, something Keith ultimately respected.
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@tobykeithofficial Pass it on. #TobyKeith #CountryMusic #GrowingUp #CountrySong #ArtistsofTikTok
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The “Wild As Her” singer said “[The management representative] calls me back and he says, ‘Man, you got some balls.’ And he goes, ‘Toby loved that you counter-offered him. He said yes.”
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Keith showed how much he respected the counter-offer by doubling not only the money per show for Kent, but upping the offerfrom three shows to six.
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How Long Does an Opener Usually Play at a Country Concert?
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At most country concerts, an opener usually will play for around 20 minutes or so before the headliner and they get to play in front of a whole new audience that are there for the headliner and may have not yet heard the openers music before.
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Ever since its inception in the late 1940s, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing — better known as NASCAR — has been full incredible moments, history-defining wins and heart-pounding photo finishes. Keep reading to look back at some of the powerful images that tell NASCAR’s story.
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During the U.S.’ Prohibition Era between January 1920 and December 1933, bootleggers developed a brisk trade illegally manufacturing and distributing alcohol to consumers who couldn’t buy it in a store. To do this, they modified ordinary-looking cars to drive faster than normal vehicles and carry as much liquor as possible.
These modified “runner” cars were also used for entertainment, beginning with informal community races. This laid the foundation for the stock car racing sport that would become NASCAR.
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From Lefty Frizzell to Carrie Underwood, country stars have always written about murder. Murder ballads about men who do away with their female love interests are abundant, but there’s also a whole lot of great songs about the women who kill — or have others kill for them. Here are the 22 best songs about, er, disposing of the man in your life.
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