The Western Journal
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Country music star Darius Rucker was one of several performers to pay tribute to Toby Keith at the Grand Ole Opry on Tuesday night after news that morning that Keith had finally lost his battle with stomach cancer at the age of 62.
The former Hootie and the Blowfish lead singer offered up “God Love Her” as his second song of the night, according to “real country fan” site Whiskey Riff.
Quinn Eaton, writing for the site, noted that the song had been Keith’s 18th No. 1 hit on the Billboard country charts after its 2008 release on Keith’s “That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy” album.
Rucker said that he chose it because it was his “favorite Toby Keith song,” according to Eaton.
The site posted a clip of the performance to TikTok.
“We woke up to some sad news this morning,” Rucker said by way of introducing the song. “Country music lost Toby Keith, and I wanted to do something special for Toby tonight. It’s one of his songs, my favorite Toby Keith song.
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