Toby Keith is an American country singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer who has a net worth of $365 million.
Toby Keith Covel was born July 8, 1961, in Clinton, Oklahoma. He is one of three children (1 girl and 2 boys) of Carolyn and Hubert Covel. As a kid, even visited his grandmother in the summers. She owned a Supper Club in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Toby was fascinated with the musicians who played in the supper club. He got his first guitar at age 8, did odd jobs around his grandma’s club, and eventually got up on stage to play with the house band.
Toby and his siblings grew up in Moore, Oklahoma and Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was the defensive end on the Moore High School football team. After graduating from high school, he worked in the oil fields as a derrick. Over time, he worked his way up to operations manager.
At 20, Toby formed the Easy Mony Band with a number of friends. The band played at local bars and Toby continued to work in the oil fields as well. He was laid off in 1982 when the oil industry his rough times. Toby then played defensive end for the semi-pro football team the Oklahoma City Drillers. A couple of years later, Easy Money found some regional success and started playing in honky-tonks in Texas and Oklahoma.