Country music legend Toby Keith made a surprise appearance at rising star Jason Aldean’s concert in Oklahoma City on Friday night.
He joined Aldean for a rousing version of his first major hit, “Should’ve Been a Cowboy.”
“Sometimes you just have one of those special nights that you will never forget. I had one of those tonight in Oklahoma City,” Aldean said in a Saturday social media post.
“Thank you to a true f***ing legend @tobykeith for coming out tonite. Mad respect and u brought the house down big Dawg,” he said.
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“There’s only one guy that you kinda think of when you come to Oklahoma City … make some noise for the Big Dawg Daddy, Toby Keith!” Aldean said in introducing Keith, according to Country Now.
“I’m on my rehab tour,” the 62-year-old country star said.
“If I’m not at my bar, I’m down at Hollywood Corners or I’m on stage with Jason Aldean. The Almighty’s been riding shotgun and my a** is ready to get back to work!” he said.
Keith has battled stomach cancer and canceled all the shows he scheduled for 2022.
Since this summer, he has made scattered appearances.
In a late September interview with E! News, Keith said his heath was “pretty good.”
“It’s a little bit of a roller coaster,” he said. “You get good days and, you know, you’re up and down, up and gown. It’s always zero to 60 and 60 to zero but I feel good today.”
Keith won the Country Icon Award at the first People’s Choice Country Awards at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.
“I want to thank the Almighty for allowing me to be here tonight,” he said to applause.
Keith told a packed house that Jesus had been “riding shotgun for a little while” with him.
He later told Fox News his faith had carried him through his cancer battle.
“I lean on my faith and I just pray and lean into it. You gotta do what you gotta do, and I don’t know how people do it without faith … that’s what I did, it was my rock,” he said.
Next month, Keith will release “100% Songwriter,” a collection of 13 songs he wrote.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.