One of the most powerful Toby Keith moments did not happen on a big stage.
It happened in a quiet furniture store in Mexico.
Toby was stuck there during lockdown, so he walked into a local furniture store, picked up an old guitar, and decided that was good enough. He poured his voice into a classic Elvis song, “(Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such As I.”
The song goes way back to the 1950s. Elvis recorded it while on leave from the U.S. Army, and it became a worldwide hit.
The song was part of his “Furniture Store Guitar Sessions,” little acoustic performances he shared during the early days of COVID. Now that Toby Keith is gone, moments like this hit even harder.
Furniture Store Guitar Sessions with Toby: “(Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such As I”
Once you feel how much heart Toby pours into someone else’s classic. You suddenly notice how sharp the writing is, how much humor and truth sit between the lines, and how Toby leans into every word like he knows time is catching up with all of us.
Furniture Store Guitar Sessions with Toby: “As Good As I Once Was”
And if you want to feel the full weight of what Toby was reaching for in that store, you have to go back to where it all began. Elvis’s original recording of “(Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such as I”. This is the platinum hit that topped charts around the world while Elvis was serving in the Army, the version that turned a simple heartbreak song into a timeless classic.