Shelly Crystal Steelman thank you for sharing your dad with all of us thank you Toby Keith's family in tears as a 2024 CMT Music Awards honors the late singer his three children Shelly Crystal and stellin all there for the special moment it's an honor to be here and celebrate big dog Daddy Toby Keith a true friend Patriot and Great American baseball star Roger Clemens Toby's longtime friend starting off the tribute with a touching speech before introducing Brooks and dun who performed a rendition of Toby's Should Have Been a [Music] [Applause] Cowboy run a rope and ride where that six shooter my pony on a kind of it's hard hard to hold your emotions in check when you do that you know I'm a macho Cowboy guy Toby's pal Sammy Hager also took the stage to honor the late country star with I Love This Bar a song he says a pair loved singing [Music] together my god of you're smoking through that front door it puts a big smile on my face Toby and I played that song at my at my bar at Caba Wabble I bet you 60 times we played it every time he came into the Caba Wabble I'd be on stage already or he'd tell me I'm coming and I'd say okay and the first song we' do is we got winners we got losers um I loved him he was a good man I just scrolling around the dance FL with a big smile my cuz I was such a wreck I was afraid I wasn't going to make it through the song you know I'm sitting with his family we've been crying all day we're crying last night um but honestly I'm still so good about it the the fans here were so amazing they just lifted me up and it and it turned sadness into joy and I'm happy Lany Wilson rounding out the tribute with her spin on how do you like me now how you [Applause] me how you laugh me now that I'm on my way you still think I'm crazy standing here to I mean Toby Keith was the soundtrack of my childhood and even just watching his like his music videos um it just made me realize that it's really important like if I wanted to go down this road that the way that he interacts the way that he shows his personality it's really important for fans to be able to connect to that because that is that's the way that I connected to him I felt like he was Fearless I felt like he was um Unapologetic and that's what I think of when I think of Toby Keith throughout the tribute the crowd scene holding red Solo cups in homage to Toby's hit song redo cup I fill you up let's have a party let's have a party in honor of Toby Red Solo Cup a little tequila and Coke iner this is in honor of Toby and that's what I'm here for raise your fist if you don't have the Solo Cup let Toby hear you repeat after me whiskey for my men whiskey for my and beard for My Horses beard for my hes let's go and what was so beautiful is y'all lifted your red Solo Cubs for Toby too that moment what were you what was going through your mind well exactly what was supposed to be going through my mind this is about Toby Keith man who I'm telling you he was a great man I love him so much he was a just a great [Music] American