It’s been 20 years since Toby Keith launched his tenth studio album Honkytonk College, and it’s trying and sounding higher than ever. Actually. Three music movies from the album—“Big Blue Note,” “Honkytonk U” and “As Good As I Once Was”—have been remastered and are actually accessible to observe in HD. As well as, the entire album has additionally been remastered by engineer Mills Logan and is now accessible in immersive Dolby Atmos audio.
Keith handed away final 12 months, however enthusiasm from nation music followers has not pale. In actual fact, it’s simply the other; over the previous 12 months, “As Good As I Once Was” has taken on a brand new life because of TikTok and a current cowl from Put up Malone. Even 20 years in the past, Keith knew that there was one thing particular about this track and its potential longevity. The musician known as it “Probably my favorite song on the album,” including, “I can always tell when I’ve got a special one as soon as I get done.”
After all, loads of followers can see themselves within the autobiographical particulars of Keith’s writing, and the aptly titled Honkytonk College stays a favourite of many faculty college students. The album title was impressed by Keith’s affinity for Oklahoma College, which was so fervent that somebody requested him if he had attended the college. He didn’t. “I graduated from the school of hard knocks,” he recalled saying. “I went to Honkytonk U. It just sounded like a title.” Later, when requested by Billboard how autobiographical the title observe was, Keith responded. “Dead on. 100%.”
Although Keith described the album as “the most stone-country album I’ve ever done,” he additionally acknowledged the way it pushed him into sonic territory he hadn’t but absolutely explored. “I’ve never written anything quite like it,” Keith mentioned of standout observe “Big Blue Note,” which he wrote with frequent collaborator Scotty Emerick. “It’s just one of those things that happens to you as a songwriter. You’re going to write enough of them that one’s going to end up psychedelic.”
Take heed to Toby Keith’s Honkytonk College in Dolby Atmos now.
