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Tim McGraw is the most recent superstar to have fun Toby Keith‘s life after the singer’s loss of life from most cancers on the age of 62. The nation celebrity took to Instagram to on Friday to share a video of himself paying tribute to the late star throughout a present at Arduous Rock Dwell on the Seminole Arduous Rock Lodge & On line casino in Hollywood, Florida. He additionally added a caption that expressed his gratitude for the emotional second.

“Thanx Hollywood FL for serving to me pay tribute to @tobykeith final evening…. Meant a lot @hardrockholly #timmcgraw #tobykeith,” the caption learn.

Within the clip, Tim talked to the group in regards to the shut relationship he had with Toby. “Toby and I bought to know one another fairly effectively early in our profession,” he mentioned. “We spent quite a lot of time hanging out on the bus, performed some reveals collectively … having to protect him in basketball. It wasn’t quite a lot of enjoyable as a result of he beat the s*it out of you,” he additionally joked.

“However he was a extremely, actually good man, a fantastic artist and I at all times revered how he did issues his manner and didn’t care what anyone thought,” he continued. “So bear with me if I don’t get by way of it, you guys assist me out, however I wish to dedicate this music to Toby and his household.”

Tim went on to sing his 2015 hit music  “Dwell Like You Have been Dying” and the viewers members sang alongside. Simply three days earlier than, he additionally shared a tribute put up to Toby that included photographs of him and an emotional message.

“Our self titled debuts got here out on the identical day, April 20, 1993… Toby and I spent fairly a little bit of time collectively early in our careers…..We had quite a lot of good instances and conversations about what we needed out of our careers and our lives,” he wrote within the message. “He was a maverick. He did issues his manner, on his phrases, a real artist. I at all times have and at all times can have great respect for his artistry, dedication and fearlessness to do his factor.
All of us will miss you, brother.”

Tim’s touching on-stage and on-line tributes come after many different stars honored Toby after his loss of life, which occurred on Monday. A few of them included Reba McEntire, Brett Favre, Dolly Parton, Carrie Underwood, Zach Bryan, Jason Aldean, Kristin Chenoweth, Jelly Roll, and Jill Biden. Brett, who was good buddies with Toby, not too long ago revealed the main points of his remaining encounter with Toby, three months earlier than his loss of life.

“I feel ultimately he was simply drained. He did say that to me after we had our dialog, he mentioned, ‘Brett… no matter occurs, I’m OK with it,’” he advised TMZ Sports activities. “[Keith] mentioned, ‘I give up chemo and it most likely did extra harm to me than the most cancers did. And he mentioned, ‘I simply hope I didn’t give up it too late, however… I’m grateful I bought an opportunity to play some reveals. I completed them.’ ”