Sammy Hagar recently covered Toby Keith’s ‘I Love This Bar’ at the 2024 CMT awards.
When the performance was released on YouTube, the rocker took to X to share his thoughts about his own cover. Apparently, he was so worried that he wasn’t going to make it for one reason. He wrote in two parts:
“1/2 I was so worried that I wasn’t going to make it through the performance emotionally. It was hard for me working up to it. When I hit the stage with Toby’s wonderful band that I played with many times over the years,”
He added in another post:
“2/2 the audience, energy, enthusiasm, and love that filled that building every tear of sadness into joy. It was a beautiful experience to say the least, so proud and honored to have been invited. We all miss that bigger than life, wonderful man, Mr. Toby Keith.”
1/2 I was so worried that I wasn't going to make it through the performance emotionally. It was hard for me working up to it. When I hit the stage with Toby's wonderful band that I played with many times over the years,https://t.co/l2SvT3G0CB
— Sammy Hagar (@sammyhagar) April 8, 2024
2/2 the audience, energy, enthusiasm, and love that filled that building every tear of sadness into joy. It was a beautiful experience to say the least, so proud and honored to have been invited. We all miss that bigger than life, wonderful man, Mr. Toby Keith. aka #BigDogDaddy
— Sammy Hagar (@sammyhagar) April 8, 2024
Hagar’s Memories With Keith
Brooks & Dunn, Hagar, and Lainey Wilson paid tribute to Toby Keith at the 2024 CMT Music Awards last Sunday. They were supported by members of Keith’s long-time band. Keith passed away in February after battling stomach cancer for a long time.
Brooks & Dunn started off with a performance of ‘Should’ve Been a Cowboy.’ The song was Keith’s first single from 1993 and his first song to reach Number One on the charts. Hagar then sang ‘I Love This Bar.’ The song was a fitting choice given Keith’s reputation as a tequila and rum enthusiast who famously owns a bar in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
On stage, Hagar recalled one of their memories together:
“Toby and I closed the Cabo Wabo down a lot more times than probably we even remember. It’s hard to get thrown out of your own bar, and we managed to do that.”
You can watch Hagar’s performance below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lY6UMqjdX0
