Watch Luke Bryan Honor Toby Keith by Performing One of His Hits During NBC Tribute Special

Luke Bryan sings a Toby Keith hit during NBC's upcoming special 'Toby Keith: American Icon.' Watch Billboard's exclusive video.

, which will air Wednesday from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET/PT, and Billboard has an exclusive look at the performance before it airs.

For his tribute, two-time CMA entertainer of the year winner Bryan donned a cowboy hat that had been given to him by his sister as he delivered Keith’s debut hit, “Should’ve Been a Cowboy.” “This hat has been hanging in my closet for probably 15 years,” Bryan said prior to the performance, recalling his pre-Nashville years when he was playing bars in his home state of Georgia and performing “about 10 Toby Keith songs a night.

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