BPD member 0077 wrote:
Ostensibly, Keith is still on the road with his so-called American Ride tour - named after this 2009 album of the same name - but he opened his 90-minute set with Bullets In the Gun, also the title of his new disc due on Oct. 5.
The opening song came after what amounted to a car commercial for Ford trucks - his tour sponsor - as Keith first appeared lying in the back of one while a sign saying "Ford: Built Tough" appeared behind him for the entire show.
Still, Keith, actually toned down his legendary patriotic persona deleting such songs as American Soldier and Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) which have been wrapping up his shows.
Otherwise, it was pretty much party-hearty crowd-pleasing time all the time with light-hearted songs as Get Drunk And Be Somebody, Trailerhood, I Love This Bar (including a plug for his restaurant, Toby Keith's I Love This Bar and Grill), Weed With Willie (exactly what you think it's about), Beer for My Horses (with Willie Nelson contributing his vocals via video), and How Do You Like Me Now?!
Even when he slowed things down for a ballad like You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This, he dedicated it to all "the ladies" in the audience for whom the first kiss is paramount.
"A five second kiss led to this three and a half minute song," explained Keith. "I don't mind if it's girl on girl," he encouraged two females near the front of the stage.
There was also lots of fireworks, explosions, confetti, and videos along with his ten-person band known as Easy Money.
It was 90-minutes of mindless fun I guess. I got the passes for my sister who thinks TK = God. I didn't even speak to him. But I did enjoy seeing the show from the back and watching how they made everything work.
The view from the back is something special, isn't it, 0077? It's a whole other show!
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