picking it out I know you buddies with Toby you know you got to be buddies with him his drummer Dave McAfee played on my last record um really nice guy and been with Toby Lord I don't know how many years and uh you know he was really affected I know by how how U the world lost him and it just seemed like they didn't really know you know I never come across Toby Keith but anytime anything big happened in the world he was kind of there yeah you know after 911 he was the first one there and that song man yeah uh you know speaks for itself and just uh I kind of got an idea of what kind of man he was and I know he did a lot overse stuff and you know I know that U he kind of I feel like he kind of went out on his own terms with the situation that he was dealt and I know you talked to him U what a week or two yeah before he died I think a week before he passed and he gave no indication that um that the end was near uh nor did I ask well I did ask how he's doing I would check in on him about every three months just send him a message Toby I'm just checking in on you hoping you feeling better uh he'd always fire back oh I'm still fighting it you know uh it it ain't going to get the best of me and all it stuff and I said well I'm praying for you which I was and uh he uh he did tell me that last time we talked that he had quit the chemo because he was gonna die for one or the other chemo or you know if the cancer was gonna kill him he'd say kill me but I don't want to die from treatment yeah but he said that that chemo had done so much bad to him they were having to rebuild I shouldn't say rebuild but res situate his insides and all that stuff and uh and he was trying to get his appetite back and he sounded I mean you know when I talked to him on the phone he sounded like Toby you know you'd never know anything was wrong um but I agree with you I think he went out on his own terms uh as as he did early in his career he went out I'm not gonna say on his on his own terms he went out on his own and took a huge Gamble and became such an ambassador for our country and uh that was maybe not as risky then as it would be now yeah but he took a stand for our country and most of the country backed him the one that there was a large majority that said hell yeah God bless USA you know he he's our heart and soul he kind of was a face of patriotism and uh yeah I've always thought the world of him for that because we need more people like that uh not just country music singers but just people that yeah that speak volumes for what this country is about and uh and he did it as good as anyone yeah amen he uh he you know he left his he left his Mark uh the main thing when I think about him is that song you know that that um yeah after 911 man that was a that was a big deal well that one and I always laugh because I use it all the time and I'm sure a lot of people use it I ain't as good as I once was I'm good once as I ever was yeah how how many times have I said said that in in my life as I've gotten older uh I think I can do something I was pruning some bushes out around my property yesterday and it was pretty hot humid for this time of year and I had my britches was sagging off of me and about every five minutes I had to take me a break just kind of sit back and I thought about Toby song I'm like this I'm just you know talking myself I'm like it ain't like I'm doing hard work right now yeah but it's kicking my butt yeah and I I came in to take a shower I look like I'd been run through the washing machine