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    Keith performs for Screaming Eagles at Contingency Operating Base Speicher

    Toby Keith

    Photo By Command Sgt. Maj. Ryan Matson | Country music star Toby Keith performs to hundreds of fans from the 101st Airborne...... read more read more

    TIKRIT, IRAQ

    06.09.2006

    Courtesy Story

    101st Combat Aviation Brigade

    TIKRIT, Iraq -- As he sings in one of his many hits, he may not be as good as he once was, but for the hundreds of fans from the 101st Airborne Division and Task Force Band of Brothers, who gathered to cheer Toby Keith May 27 at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, Toby Keith seemed like he was just fine.

    Keith performed a free concert for the Soldiers, including such hits as "I Love This Bar,"

    "Who's Your Daddy," "The Taliban Song," "Shoulda Been a Cowboy," "Beer For My Horses," and a new song from his latest CD called "Runnin" Block." He played a couple of his patriotic songs, too " "American Soldier" and "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue." The last number Keith performed was Lynyrd Skynyrd's classic "Sweet Home Alabama," which he sang with the 101st Airborne Division Band, who performed before Keith took the stage. Keith said it was his 64th USO show for troops stationed overseas.

    Fellow recording artist Scotty Emerick performed with Keith during the hour-long acoustic set. It was their second show of a two-day, eight-stop tour. He also played for Soldiers at Forward Operating Base Warrior in Kirkuk, FOB Warhorse in Baqubah, and Logistical Support Area Anaconda in Balad.

    At the end of the show Maj. Gen. Thomas Turner, commander, 101st Airborne Division and Task Force Band of Brothers, greeted Keith. Soldiers from the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, presented Keith with some tokens of appreciation from the division. Before departing, Keith participated in a new tradition for the 101st by signing a piece of flooring from the original Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, which is less than an hour drive from Fort Campbell, Ky., the division's home station. Keith's autograph joins many other celebrities that have entertained 101st Soldiers during their deployment.

    "From the beginning, no one has supported us more than the artists of country music," Turner said. "And of those artists, no one has been more supportive of our troops than Toby Keith."

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    Date Taken: 06.09.2006
    Date Posted: 06.09.2006 10:01
    Story ID: 6736
    Location: TIKRIT, IQ

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