I'd be lying if I said I was very familiar with his music. Country is probably the genre I care about the least (although I'm a huge Hank Williams Sr fan). I Ain't as Good as I Once Was is OK, I have a nice personal memory that just happens to be linked to that song, indirectly. I remember Should've Been a Cowboy bc Oklahoma State plays it anytime they beat OU at anything, Toby having been a big OU guy, and OSU being the Cowboys. Aside from that, I've always been indifferent. I didn't realize he was that hated that locally until now, but it wasn't the first time I'd heard someone bring up that he was a jerk.
Me, personally, and even though people here are responding to my post with really far out posts that are proof that many in the WR are autists who don't know what they're talking about (liberals in Oklahoma? LOL/I'm about as liberal as it gets here, and I'm neutral and hate everyone), if he was a huge asshole during his life, I imagine that he spent a lot of time over the last few years reflecting on who he has been, and I imagine if he was a jerk, he was remorseful. I don't personally wish the guy went to Hell or anything. But the people making the comments about him being gone and fuck him, they're basing those statements off of personal experience and interaction with him, not just what they know about him from the media, like the people getting fucked up about it here.
Anyway, good to see you, Pumpkin. I don't come here often, bc I'm well aware nothing of importance happens in this forum, just OT for people into politics and social issues.