Toby Keith the Party Animal and Patriot

Toby Keith the Party Animal and Patriot 

           Toby Keith portrays two very deistic personas the patriot and the party animal. He embraces the two identities in very different ways. From the way he acts with the fans to the way that he dresses. Toby's music appeals to a wide range of age groups. The tickets to the concerts that he has very in price starting at around twenty dollars and go to a few hundred dollars. the reason the ticket prices are so much money is because he plays at large venues. One of his previous headlining tours in 2011 he played at the Virginia Beach Amphitheater holds up to 30,000 people. He also played at the AT&T Center in San Antonio that can hold up to 16,000 people.

            Toby Keith claims his role as a patriot. He has written many different songs about the solders that fight for our country, and has visited troops overseas many times to perform for them. In his live performance of American Solder he tells the crow that he has done 192 shows overseas. This lets the crowed know that he is being authentic. The lights on the stage in the video are red, white, and blue to emphasis the patriotism. He is dressed in a modern cowboy way to show that he is a true American. When he performed American Solder and invited the solders that had been injured defending our country on stage, he was showing how much he loves his country. He gives one of them a hand shake and a hug to show his support for them. 

             Toby Keith embodies the party animal persona as well as the patriot. His song Red Solo Cup is all about drinking as you can see in the lyrics

 "Red solo cup, I fill you up

Let's have a party, let's have a party

I love you red solo cup, I lift you up

Proceed to party, proceed to party"

 (Toby Keith lyrics: Red Solo Cup). 

In his live performance of Red Solo Cup at the American country music awards he dresses in a trucker hat and casual clothing. He does this to show that he is just another regular guy. He walks around the crowed with his “red solo cup” and has a good time with them. He gives off the image that he would party with the crowd if he had the opportunity to. His party animal image has led to a lot of his success. One of his fans posted about the song red solo cup saying "The song has become a mainstream hit among music listeners of all genres and ages, and especially among the college-age crowd," (Jay).

Works cites

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