Toby Keith Talks about his cancer and Hall Of Fame! before his death! ‎@TobyKeith 

Intro but don't let the old [Music] man here's something you didn't know about Toby Keith's powerful performance of don't let the old man in at the 2023 People's Choice Country Awards I was pretty weak that day though I was uh I got I don't i' had been doing really really good and I went to dinner the night for and decided I would try to have a couple glasses of wine and the next day I was really down and it it I shouldn't have done that I guess I didn't know but I got really sick it's Billy Dukes and there's so much from this interview that's new including Toby's first reaction to being diagnosed with stomach cancer in late 2021 how he's feeling today and perhaps most importantly what is prognosis and treatment looks like tomorrow and next year I'll give you a taste of that right now I'm not going to let this you know Define my rest of my life thumbs up this video if you love hearing that and think about dropping Toby a note in the comment section thousands of fans were brought to tears watching Toby sing don't let the old man in this fall if that was you too you're going to love hearing what it took to get [Music] there real talk about this interview Interview Toby Keith talked to Taste of Country nice host Evan Paul for nearly 20 minutes answering every question he was asked with the kind of cander you just do not get what do we need to do to get you into the Fame don't ask me I don't know how that worked uh I didn't uh they use a way to you die don't they don't you don't you have to be 85 to get in there we've just pulled highlights as they relate to his cancer battle and the pcca performance of don't let the old man in for this video but you can hear the full unedited conversation at The Taste of Country kns on demand podcast his plans for new music his daughter Crystal's plans for new music and what he really thinks about the Country Music Hall of Fame are all included there are links in the description section for that as well as links to see about tickets to Toby Keith's Las Vegas shows scheduled for December actually I'm just Las Vegas Shows going to drop a link to his website because he strongly hinted that a tour is coming in 2024 we've got a great plan together and we built a new set and we're getting the trucks and buses fired up and we our plans go forward don't let this stuff Define our future let's go time codes are also in the descript description section as as a link to the new Taste of Country Store which is the best way to support this channel you can find this dolly and rebuff for President t-shirt there now and there's plenty more to come next year big thank you to Nance for considering that and please also consider tapping subscribe if you appreciate this kind of original country music news analysis and interviews all right one more note here before I let Toby take over you're gonna see that Evan is talking to Toby from his car and that is not normal but the timing made it so he could do it there or not at all and you just don't turn down a chance to talk to a future Country Music Hall of Cancer Famer all right really hope you enjoy this conversation between Toby Keith and Evan Paul you see me someone that doesn't get scared by much when you were diagnosed with cancer did you get scared I did but that's a bridge that You' never crossed before and I just lost an acquaintance we were playing golf in September of 21 up at The Lakehouse and my buddy had his college buddy in and we were all playing golf having a beer My Buddy goes this guy never sleeps and I didn't know him I didn't know if he'd lost weight or had any he just first time I ever met him played golf three days with a guy he had to go play in a cash tournament at Vegas when he left there got back to Oklahoma City and about two weeks later Lance called me said hey M guy you met up the lake he goes he he's got like two weeks to live he finally went in and got a checkup eat up with cancer and send him home Lance went and seen him and he died like 10 days later so a month later I get diagnos and a month after that my son's fiance doesn't have a father and she asked him if I'd walk her down the my son's wedding and I'm going well if I'm like the last guy I ain't going to make it so hell yeah I got scared all right Tears hold that thought because what Toby said next might be the most inspiring thing you've heard all year inspiring is the key word here today Toby says he got thousands of texts emails and direct messages from people who are really moved to Tears by his performance at the pccas just like he was I wrote it I was writing it Clint Eastwood inspired it but it's like I was riding Clint 93 still plays golf every day so when I wrote it it was like I didn't know those in the next few years that I was going to have to be looking those words Square in the face you know and and uh as much as there words to live by when you're old there just as much words to live by when you're battling a a fatal type disease that can be fatal you know so it's like um you know I never knew I never knew I was going to have to do that so I think with me being out of the Public's eye Co and fighting cancer two years and really not being uh out there going I'm in my 30th year and I'd never taken a year off so now disappearing three years and then the word hit the street everybody knowing that what I was battling and then showing up at this deal and singing that song it just spotlighted the moment and the song so much that when I hit the stage it was like everybody was wan to see what's left you know you know what's he got left and so I had their attention and then you dropped that heavy hitting song on them and it was just a magical moment Next move Toby's next move is three shows in Las Vegas scheduled for December 10th 11th and 14th we're going to come blazing he says he'll play normal shows because he knows he can go three hours without getting tired he did it twice in July as for his cancer treatment that's ongoing but he revealed that he's off chemotherapy I feel great today um it takes a while you have to be the captain your own ship and uh doctors in the medical world are just like any other profession you know and you got a lot of people on these teams doing it and you just have to dig in and get everybody in the right place get the right people and um pray for the right results and I I finally got it in a spot where I'm really comfortable with it and uh everything's trending really well right big thanks to Toby Keith for so much of his time and honesty and don't worry I didn't forget about that moment of inspiration that I promised earlier in this video I'll ask you to subscribe one more time now before I let him close up thank you so much for watching and thank you so much for subscribing but I ain't afraid anymore hell yeah so now you're back to not being scared of nothing no John Wayne John Wayne this son of a