“Sat There In My Dressing Room & Performed An Hour Of Songs” – Carrot Top On His Unlikely Friendship With Toby Keith

Red solo cups and famous red-headed comedians apparently go together pretty well. There were a lot of highlights from NBC's "Toby Keith: American Icon" special that ran last night. The event itself actually took place back in July, and was recorded and edited to air as a tribute concert. Some of country music's biggest names, including Carrie Underwood, Lainey Wilson and Eric Church, showed up to pay their respects to the "Big Dog Daddy." We're coming up on half a year since we lost Toby Keith , which is hard to believe. When the news of his passing after a long battle with stomach cancer broke, the country music world and anyone who ever listened to Toby Keith's catalogue was rightfully devastated. The NBC special was rightfully and accurately named: Toby was an American icon. Throughout the two hour special, there were plenty of cool reveals and stories that some might not have known about Keith. That included the fact that Keith and recognizable comedian Carrot Top (whose real name is Scott Thompson) were good friends, as Carrot Top explained when his pre-recorded excerpt aired during the show: "Toby Keith was a patriot, a family man, and an incredible songwriter. One thing that would surprise people about Toby is that we were friends. He'd always say, 'I don't know why people think it's weird that me and Carrot are hanging out.' We would hang out." Man, would it be cool to say that you used to hang out with the "Big Dog Daddy" himself. Carrot Top went on to provide a small example of the big country artist that Keith was, and like many of the stories that have come out since his passing, it showcases how Toby made everyone around him feel special: "He would come to my shows with his family and his wife and his friends, and he sat there in my dressing room and performed an hour of acoustic songs and storytelling. (He) had everyone laughing. He was a good man... Big Dog, love you man." Selfless, welcoming, and funny as could be. That sounds exactly like the Toby Keith we all came to know and love over the years. Those like Carrot Top who were able to share a friendship with the man know how lucky they were to have Keith in their lives. You can hear more from Carrot Top in the clip below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6lOlSL2_wQ