Apple Music has released Apple Music Nashville Sessions: Toby Keith Covered, a collection of six cover songs honoring the late country music icon Toby Keith, who passed away in 2024 at age 62.

The project features reimagined versions of Keith’s hits by Megan Moroney, Riley Green, Parker McCollum, Ella Langley, Tucker Wetmore, and Ashley McBryde, and sees each artist perform one of Keith’s classic songs during recent live sessions recorded at Apple Music’s Nashville studio.

TK Kimbrell, Keith’s longtime manager and friend, shares: “Toby Keith loved music and especially singer-songwriters. He would be so proud of this group of monster talent that covered his songs. Thanks, Ashley, Ella, Megan, Parker, Riley and Tucker! Y’all are truly the hottest of the hot, and Toby’s music lives on!”

Riley Green shared of his involvement with the project: “I think because growing up in Alabama, we didn’t have a lot of cowboys. We didn’t have horses; we didn’t have big, long pastures like they got out in Texas and Oklahoma and all that. For me, that lifestyle of being out on the open range was so foreign to me, but also just seemed cool.”

Langley’s shared of her cover of “Wish I Didn’t Know Now”: “What comes with being an artist is, I think, the full package. I think Dolly Parton is another one. I think he’s up there with her in the way where he is a full performer all the time. Everywhere he goes, and onstage, he gives 100% of himself.”

Megan Moroney adds of her cover choice: “‘Who’s Your Daddy’ has become my band and I’s pre-show hype song and it felt like the perfect one to choose to cover. I’m excited to be a part of this series honoring Toby Keith and I hope you love my version as much as we do!”

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