and in 1993, tobey keith got his first taste of success with "should of been a cowboy." ♪ i should of been a cowboy i should have learned to rope and ride ♪ >> reporter: he covers the country music theme. beers, bars, horses and smoking ♪ smoking through the front door puts a big smile on my face ♪ >> reporter: but it's the political anthems. ♪ i'm an american soldier >> reporter: rallying for the stars and stripes. ♪ this nation i love is falling under attack ♪ >> reporter: and concerts for soldiers that have brought him into the political crossfire. did you have any idea when you started in this business, that, at some point, you would be seen as political as some people have seen you? >> no, but it's not nothing i painted myself. i didn't hang that shingle up, you know? ♪ and eagle will fly >> i wrote a song called "courtesy red, white and blue." i had extreme support from the right. yeah, that's the way to do it. and then i had extreme anger from the left and it was like i was caught in the middle. ♪ ♪ courtesy of the red white and blue ♪ >> reporter: despite t

and in 1993, tobey keith got his first taste of success with "should of been a cowboy." ♪ i should of been a cowboy i should have learned to rope and >> reporter: he covers the country music theme. beers, bars, horses and smoking ♪ walkin through the front door puts a big smile on my face ♪ >> reporter: but it's the political anthems. ♪ i'm an american soldier >> reporter: rallying for the stars and stripes. ♪ this nation i love is falling under attack ♪ >> reporter: and concerts for soldiers that have brought him into the political crossfire. did you have any idea when you started in this business, that, at some point, you would be seen as political as some people have seen you? >> no, but it's not nothing i painted myself. i didn't hang that shingle up, you know? ♪ and eagle will fly >> i wrote a song called "courtesy red, white and blue." i had extreme support from the right. yeah, that's the way to do it. and then i had extreme anger from the left and it was like i was caught in the middle. ♪ ♪ brought to you courtesy of the red white and blue ♪ >> reporter: desp

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. >>> this morning, on "the early show," country superstar tobey keith performs. i'm betty nguyen. and this is the "cbs morning news." >>> joy, joy, joy, good morning, welcome to 9news now. it is friday, we made it. november 4th. 2011. i'm andrea roane. >> right there! >> almost there. >> i'm mike hydeck, good morning, glad you're with us, here's monika samtani, she'll have traffic momentarily. mr. howard bernstein? >>> we're looking at chillness moving in. got the walks in the morning, the heart walks and alzheimer's walk and maryland and uva and skins, but the sun is going to shine and it will be dry. >> excellent. >> this morning we have a couple of sprinkles well south of washington. clouds up here we're holding at 50 degrees and we're going to see a front push through. brisk northerly winds and temperatures will only rise a little bit. it's going to be up near 60 this afternoon. 55 to 60 degrees for the high. you can see the heavier rains well south of washington here, generally south of interstate 64 down into the carolinas. a couple of sprinkles for us, in fact looking at li

. >> we leave you now with tobey keith. ♪ ♪ in a minute the 5:00 crowd will be coming taps will be flowing with beer ♪ ♪ and great smoke soon to be rising at 5:30 clancy gets here ♪ ♪ she no longer faces she is practically raising him and that is why they are loyal and true ♪ ♪ they will pay their tab and that pays the light bill ash and she will keep their glass pull of room ♪ ♪ the welders and drivers and nine to fivers and regular joe's of the world notes ♪ singing to clancy and your neighborhood tavern pour me another my girl ♪ ♪ a waitress named lily shows up at 7:00 to make sure the service is great ♪ ♪ there's a black dude named elmo that cooks in the kitchen burgers and chicken fried steak ♪ ♪ around 9:00 the band will stop playing the music will fill up the air ♪ ♪ then they will take a break every 45 minutes the jukebox takes over from there ♪ ♪ and welders and drivers and the old nine to fivers and the regular joe's of the world ♪ ♪ singing here's to you clancy and your neighborhood tavern pour me another my girl ♪ ♪ it's 1:35 last c