Toby Keith was remembered for a series of touching tributes at the CMT Music Awards on Sunday night (April 24, 2019).
The country music star died on February 5 at the age of 62 after a battle with stomach cancer. Friends and family attended the ceremony, where he wore a red cup named after his 2011 song “Red Solo Cup.” We toasted. A touching moment at the awards ceremony at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas.
Former baseball star Roger Clemens gave a toast to Keith's three children (Krystal, Shelley, and Stellen) and his wife, Tricia Lucas, who said, “Thank you for sharing your dad with all of us.'' Thank you. Thank you.”
“Trish, we love you. Thank you, Trish, for telling the world about your husband. Thank you.”
The on-stage musical tribute included Brooks and Dunn performing Keith's 1993 hit “Should've Been a Cowboy,” Sammy Hagar performing “I Love This Bar,” and a performance with friends in Mexico. We talked about holidays.
Regarding the trip to Cabo San Lucas, Sammy confessed: “Toby and I closed Cabo Wabo.” [bar] It's probably gone down far more times than we can remember. It's hard to get kicked out of your own bar, but we managed it. ”
Later, Willie Nelson's son Lukas Nelson and Riley Greene introduced Laney Wilson on stage to perform Keith's “How Do You Like Me Now?” Riley said of the late singer, “He came up with hooks like no other, he sang every song he wrote as hard as he could, and somehow he just made it look easy.''
“Right now, we have one of our favorite artists performing one of our favorite Tobey songs.”
Throughout his career, Keith has been nominated for CMT 30 times and won seven awards, co-hosting the show twice in 2003 with Pamela Anderson and again in 2012 with Kristen Bell. He will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame later this year.
The biggest winners at this year's ceremony were Jelly Roll, who won Video of the Year for “Need a Favor,” as well as Male Video of the Year and CMT Performance of the Year for the same song. did. Other winners included Laney Wilson, who won Female Video of the Year for “Watermelon Moonshine,” and Duo/Group Video of the Year for “Save Me the Trouble.” Dan and Shay were included, with Carly Pearce and Chris Stapleton's “We Don't Fight Anymore” winning Collaborative Video of the Year.
