‘Clancy’s Tavern’ By Toby Keith Gets A Vinyl Release

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Toby Keith‘s album Clancy’s Tavern will mark its 15th anniversary on Friday (Oct. 24) with an Amazon exclusive gold vinyl release that will be available on Black Friday.

Named after the supper club music venue owned by his grandmother, Clancy’s Tavern was Keith’s 17th album. The title track plays like a prequel to his 2005 chart-topper “Honkytonk U.”

“It’s the same grandmother,” Keith said at the time. “‘Honkytonk U’ talked about my mother putting me on a Greyhound and sending me to live with my grandmother for the summer, and how things took off from there. Every line in the song is true. This isn’t fiction.”

“Made In America,” the album’s first single, was inspired by co-writer Bobby Pinson’s childhood memories of self-reliance. As Keith explained, “If your car broke down your dad could take a wrench, WD40, bailing wire and a screw driver and about fix it.” He added, “I just couldn’t get past thinking that my old man was that old man.”

The album also includes one of country music’s first truly viral moments with “Red Solo Cup.” The song’s video exploded online despite minimal radio airplay, driving album sales as its popularity grew. “Red Solo Cup” is also one of the few smash hits in Keith’s career that he didn’t have a hand in writing. “I don’t remember who played it for me the first time, but it was so stupid I just died laughing,” Keith said of the song, which was written by Brett and Jim Beavers with Brad and Brett Warren, all of whom played on the recording as well. “What’s great about this song is it does everybody the same way it did me: ‘That’s the stupidest song in the world and I can’t get it out of my head.'”

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