Wacky Tobaccy

Album: The Bus Songs (2017)
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Songfacts®:

  • Toby Keith wrote this song with longtime collaborator Scotty Emerick. And, yep, as the title implies the song is an ode to marijuana.

    "Wacky Tobaccy is a slogan, a saying, that's been around forever, and no one has ever put it in a song," Keith noted. "When we were working on [this song], somebody asked if the saying has ever been written in a song, and I said, 'No, but they will now.'"

    Keith went on to say the song, "is written to the screws, and it fits in with what we do every night with the party crowd."
  • The humorous video was shot in Nashville and features Keith on the bus with his band jamming to the song, There is a cameo from none other than Willie Nelson - country music's patron saint of weed users.

Comments: 2

  • Rachael Stalcup from TexasTexas should lead the way for dispensing medical herb....what are we gaining by waiting? Are we waiting for Abbott to leave office?? He's cool as s--t but I don't believe he would ever go there. If we legalized it (And decriminalized it) we could set back a portion or all the proceeds to cover every Texan's healthcare and higher education. The basic necessities...FREE..........why not?? It becomes a gateway drug when you have to score it from the local cocaine dealer. In comparison to alcohol, pot would be over the counter and booze would be highly illicit substance....if we looked at its impairment ability. It has many helpful benefits. Arthritis...carpel tunnel. CBD oil is a miraculous wonder. I promise.
  • Mrjm from ChicagolandThe first track on NRBQ's 1979 album "Kick Me Hard" was titled "Wacky Tobacky."
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