After Toby Keith died, Post Malone paid him tribute. Actually, he has honored the country legend on several occasions, and each time it felt personal.

It turns out that the “I Had Some Help” singer wasn’t just showing respect to the ’90s and 2000s great — he was remembering his friend.

A late 2023 interview with singer George Birge led us on a chase to prove a wild night in July 2016 actually happened. The show was in Virginia Beach, and it was actually on Keith’s birthday (July 8).

Birge was a part of country duo Waterloo Revival at the time. They were signed to Keith’s Show Dog Records record label.

“He was like, ‘Aright boys. Meet me at the bus after the show,'” Birge recalls.

“Then, he’s like, ‘OK, I want to introduce you to my friends. Boys this is (Navy) Seal Team 6 and this is Post Malone.’ And we all went up on the bus and me, Post Malone, Toby Keith and Seal Team 6 played guitar until 4 o’clock in the morning on Toby’s bus.”

Proof? We found it.

A few months later, Post Malone — barely a year removed from debuting with “White Iverson” — tweeted about it. The video above includes a pretty special picture of Post with Toby, as well as video of the two men singing.

remember that time when me and Toby Keith jammed on his bus on his birthday with seal team 6?

— Post Malone (@PostMalone) December 8, 2016

Birge recalls limping it to the airport afterward to catch a 6AM, and looking back, he calls it one of the best nights of his life. The moment proves that even before Post Malone “went country” he was leaning into relationships with the top stars of the format.

Keith died in February 2024, just two months after Birge spoke with ToC. One has to wonder if he’d lived, if Post Malone would have featured him on F1-Trillion, too.

Source: https://tasteofcountry.com/