WEBVTT 00:02.940 --> 00:03.940 Mhm . 00:06.640 --> 00:08.251 Welcome to a special Command 00:08.251 --> 00:11.110 Performance Operation Music City . I'm 00:11.110 --> 00:13.530 Sergeant Ted Mcdonald on this edition , 00:13.530 --> 00:15.586 we went to the home of country music 00:15.586 --> 00:17.808 Nashville Tennessee to meet Nashville's 00:17.808 --> 00:20.300 raining stars as well as some very hot 00:20.310 --> 00:22.366 up and comers . Nashville is home to 00:22.366 --> 00:24.532 the Grand Old Opry , the Country Music 00:24.532 --> 00:26.421 Hall of Fame and some very ornery 00:26.421 --> 00:28.940 mechanical bulls . More on that . Later . 00:29.300 --> 00:31.133 Every summer , the Country Music 00:31.133 --> 00:33.580 Association holds CMA fest . It's a 00:33.580 --> 00:35.747 week long convention where fans get to 00:35.747 --> 00:37.747 meet the stars . We're going to get 00:37.747 --> 00:39.858 things , boot scootin boogieing along 00:39.858 --> 00:41.747 with country music duo Montgomery 00:41.747 --> 00:43.913 gentry who recently were inducted into 00:43.913 --> 00:47.280 the Grand Old Opry . Right , What other 00:47.290 --> 00:50.350 people think about that ? 00:52.040 --> 00:54.151 One of the wonderful things about you 00:54.151 --> 00:56.207 guys , obviously your , your country 00:56.207 --> 00:58.429 music creds are set , but you go out of 00:58.429 --> 01:00.484 your way to support the military and 01:00.484 --> 01:02.707 the wounded warriors . I understand you 01:02.707 --> 01:02.390 have a project with cracker barrel in 01:02.390 --> 01:04.390 the works right now , tell me about 01:04.390 --> 01:06.334 that . We do . We just in the last 01:06.334 --> 01:08.390 couple weeks have released a project 01:08.390 --> 01:10.223 called for our heroes and it's a 01:10.223 --> 01:12.390 project we stuck in the cracker barrel 01:12.390 --> 01:14.557 stores that we , the team partnered up 01:14.557 --> 01:16.612 with for the wounded warrior project 01:16.612 --> 01:18.446 proceeds go going to the wounded 01:18.446 --> 01:20.446 warrior project . So it's something 01:20.446 --> 01:19.930 we've been working with the cracker 01:19.930 --> 01:21.930 barrel for a long time and with our 01:21.930 --> 01:23.930 love with the military just kind of 01:23.930 --> 01:25.986 made sense to two packages all up in 01:25.986 --> 01:28.097 one big ball and stick it out there . 01:28.097 --> 01:30.152 Well now you guys have also done USO 01:30.152 --> 01:32.319 tours . Right . Oh yes , we have . But 01:32.319 --> 01:34.374 I tell you it's unbelievable . We've 01:34.374 --> 01:36.374 been over to Iraq and I'll tell you 01:36.374 --> 01:38.597 just see what the men and women , man , 01:38.597 --> 01:40.763 all of our american heroes . What they 01:40.763 --> 01:42.986 do is it's unbelievable . And uh , I'll 01:42.986 --> 01:45.097 tell you this is the greatest country 01:45.097 --> 01:44.680 in the world we say and be and dream as 01:44.680 --> 01:46.680 big as we want to and you know , we 01:46.680 --> 01:48.624 gotta thanks to you all yellow and 01:48.624 --> 01:50.624 that's , that's it . Thank you very 01:50.624 --> 01:52.624 much . Bye bye bye . Just a jack in 01:52.624 --> 01:54.624 their dogs . Gotta let it roll of a 01:54.624 --> 01:57.760 mouse . I don't give a term . What 01:57.760 --> 02:00.300 other people think ? What do you think 02:00.300 --> 02:04.270 about now from a well known duo to 02:04.270 --> 02:06.730 an up and coming trio , country music , 02:06.730 --> 02:08.700 freshman one flew south showed me 02:08.740 --> 02:10.796 there's nothing simple or easy about 02:10.796 --> 02:13.490 their harmonies . They are fresh . Take 02:13.490 --> 02:17.430 a listen . I call in life , I call 02:17.430 --> 02:20.380 it for what it is . I call it being 02:20.390 --> 02:22.950 willing to fall on your face and 02:22.950 --> 02:25.750 laughing what you did to fight through 02:25.750 --> 02:29.130 pain , to get a taste of love , 02:29.130 --> 02:33.020 love , you can call it what you 02:33.020 --> 02:35.580 like . I call it 02:35.590 --> 02:39.460 like 02:39.940 --> 02:43.810 I call it life . Call it for what it 02:43.810 --> 02:44.380 is . 02:45.140 --> 02:49.250 Well , 02:49.260 --> 02:51.950 well I gotta tell you it was awesome 02:51.960 --> 02:54.127 being in the middle of that . You guys 02:54.127 --> 02:56.238 sound great . Thank you . Really ? So 02:56.238 --> 02:58.460 that we do it because it feels good . I 02:58.460 --> 03:01.190 bet it does . So that's your new single . 03:01.190 --> 03:03.820 Right , when was it released ? A couple 03:03.820 --> 03:05.820 of weeks ago , a couple weeks now , 03:05.820 --> 03:07.876 have you guys had a chance to do any 03:07.876 --> 03:09.987 anything for the USo yet . We've been 03:09.987 --> 03:11.987 we've been trying , we want to , we 03:11.987 --> 03:14.280 want to actually called our agent at 03:14.290 --> 03:16.620 the CIA just a couple of months ago to 03:16.620 --> 03:18.953 ask about doing something for the U . S . 03:18.953 --> 03:21.176 Were totally under doing it . We really 03:21.176 --> 03:22.564 want to know good guys . 03:26.940 --> 03:30.770 Yeah just hucksters passing out for me 03:30.780 --> 03:34.160 bill . Now you can't walk far at the 03:34.160 --> 03:36.740 CMA fest without meeting a country star . 03:36.750 --> 03:39.240 Hearing a good story . Take the story 03:39.240 --> 03:41.400 of this famous recruiting poster and 03:41.400 --> 03:44.050 the woman whose hit song inspired it . 03:44.250 --> 03:47.460 I beg your pardon ? I never promised 03:47.460 --> 03:50.050 you a rose garden . Oh you may be 03:50.050 --> 03:51.930 familiar with that song . You're 03:51.930 --> 03:54.041 looking for a few good men . We don't 03:54.041 --> 03:55.986 promise you a rose garden . That's 03:55.986 --> 03:58.041 right now that's that was affiliated 03:58.041 --> 03:59.986 with one of the most famous marine 03:59.986 --> 04:02.097 recruiting posters of all time . I've 04:02.097 --> 04:04.319 had a lot of marines tell me that I got 04:04.319 --> 04:06.541 him in a lot of trouble getting them to 04:06.541 --> 04:08.597 sign up and you know that was a long 04:08.597 --> 04:10.819 time ago . That was during none . But I 04:10.819 --> 04:13.041 met a lot of marines actually there was 04:13.041 --> 04:15.700 an M . C . S . Marine corps aviation 04:15.700 --> 04:18.840 station in nam pong Thailand . Oh my 04:18.840 --> 04:22.360 goodness called a s rose garden . I've 04:22.360 --> 04:24.471 met a lot of guys that were stationed 04:24.471 --> 04:27.510 in Thailand and . Vietnam that you know 04:27.790 --> 04:29.940 that remember that song . How did it 04:29.940 --> 04:32.200 end up that you know you got affiliated 04:32.200 --> 04:35.010 in that manner . Well I've always been , 04:36.140 --> 04:38.050 I've always felt like the marines 04:39.140 --> 04:41.950 honored our country bob . Hope had a 04:42.190 --> 04:45.950 performance at The Cotton Bowl in 04:45.950 --> 04:49.180 Texas . There was like 5000 us marines 04:49.180 --> 04:51.180 on the right hand side . And when I 04:51.180 --> 04:53.347 started singing rose garden , they all 04:53.347 --> 04:55.970 stood at attention and saluted . Talk 04:55.970 --> 04:58.303 about drop to your knees . I believe it . 04:58.303 --> 05:00.470 It was one of those moments in my life 05:00.470 --> 05:02.692 that I will never forget . Well , thank 05:02.692 --> 05:04.692 you Lynn and I'll tell you a little 05:04.692 --> 05:06.914 secret . You're not the first beautiful 05:06.914 --> 05:09.081 woman that's got a marine in trouble . 05:09.540 --> 05:11.810 Step aside . Lynn's not the only one 05:11.810 --> 05:14.143 out there stumping for the Marine corps . 05:14.240 --> 05:16.462 I ran into some of my fellow devil dogs 05:16.462 --> 05:18.184 smack dab in the middle of the 05:18.184 --> 05:20.462 festivities looking for a few good men . 05:20.462 --> 05:22.960 It's a great big exposure for us as 05:22.960 --> 05:25.016 marines because we all know that the 05:25.016 --> 05:26.904 marines being a few and the proud 05:26.904 --> 05:29.182 everybody wants to be a marine . Right ? 05:29.182 --> 05:31.016 And after seeing all those sharp 05:31.016 --> 05:33.238 looking recruiters , I started thinking 05:33.238 --> 05:35.293 maybe I might need a makeover . So I 05:35.293 --> 05:37.404 hunted down Katie the hair guy . He's 05:37.404 --> 05:39.627 the private hairdresser from models and 05:39.627 --> 05:41.970 music stars alike to see if he could do 05:41.970 --> 05:44.320 something with this marine mud . Did 05:44.320 --> 05:46.487 the hair for all the models downstairs 05:46.487 --> 05:48.653 at the crazy horse . How was that ? It 05:48.653 --> 05:50.820 was over the top . Absolutely over the 05:50.820 --> 05:52.987 top . And I was backstage with some of 05:52.987 --> 05:55.153 the young lady models and I wasn't , I 05:55.153 --> 05:57.042 don't feel like I was getting the 05:57.042 --> 05:59.209 attention that I'd hoped for . Can you 05:59.209 --> 06:01.431 do something for me , man . We can hook 06:01.431 --> 06:01.270 you up . All right . All right . The 06:01.270 --> 06:03.760 cut may be short enough on the sides , 06:03.770 --> 06:06.900 but maybe a little gel in it Jill that 06:06.900 --> 06:09.067 works for me . Do me up ? Make me look 06:09.067 --> 06:11.122 good . So this is regulation right ? 06:11.122 --> 06:13.289 Regulation hair gel . I don't think we 06:13.289 --> 06:15.456 have any of that . That little sweet . 06:15.456 --> 06:18.700 Yeah , it feels tingling . 06:18.920 --> 06:21.790 That's how you know , it's working . Oh , 06:21.800 --> 06:25.430 looking good . Yeah . Yeah . One thing . 06:25.430 --> 06:28.950 Miss . What's that ? Oh yeah . Get the 06:28.950 --> 06:31.630 cholera . All right . I'm looking , I 06:31.630 --> 06:33.750 need independent verification here , 06:34.440 --> 06:35.550 ladies . Uh , 06:35.940 --> 06:39.910 okay . D 06:39.910 --> 06:42.700 thank you so much . Now that I was 06:42.700 --> 06:45.860 looking Nashville hot , it was time to 06:45.860 --> 06:47.971 head back to the convention center to 06:47.971 --> 06:49.971 see what other rising stars I could 06:49.971 --> 06:52.193 find and it didn't take long to find an 06:52.193 --> 06:54.304 up and comer his name , chris young , 06:54.304 --> 06:57.560 trying to teach my heart to hate you , 06:57.740 --> 07:00.470 but it ain't working right ? We'll 07:00.470 --> 07:02.526 shoot you been performing your whole 07:02.526 --> 07:04.803 life . You started in a little theater . 07:04.803 --> 07:07.026 Your granddaddy was a music singer , is 07:07.026 --> 07:09.026 that right ? He he basically got me 07:09.026 --> 07:11.192 into country music to begin with . Got 07:11.192 --> 07:13.359 me into marty Robbins and lefty brazil 07:13.359 --> 07:15.303 a bunch of the really , you know , 07:15.303 --> 07:17.414 traditional guys of country music and 07:17.414 --> 07:19.637 uh , played pretty much anywhere . They 07:19.637 --> 07:21.748 let me in up until , you know , I was 07:21.748 --> 07:23.637 anywhere . They would have me . I 07:23.637 --> 07:25.692 actually played a funeral convention 07:25.692 --> 07:27.803 one time because they hired me . So I 07:27.803 --> 07:29.970 know you performed at Fort Bliss . You 07:29.970 --> 07:31.970 performed at Fort Cell . Yeah . For 07:31.970 --> 07:31.640 blessing for sale of the main ones . 07:31.640 --> 07:33.807 We've made some stops at other bases . 07:33.807 --> 07:35.862 You know , I've got a lot of friends 07:35.862 --> 07:38.029 that are in the military uh just in in 07:38.029 --> 07:40.930 all different facets and a lot of 07:40.930 --> 07:42.986 people that are still overseas . You 07:42.986 --> 07:45.450 said I'd have to choose between your 07:45.450 --> 07:49.140 loving this . So , borrowing . I just 07:49.140 --> 07:52.060 laughed . But I guess you knew best . 07:54.740 --> 07:58.300 Does it louis baby sure . 07:58.940 --> 08:01.051 Next I'm off to meet Caitlyn and will 08:01.051 --> 08:03.162 and try some mechanical bull riding . 08:03.162 --> 08:05.107 All that one . Command performance 08:05.107 --> 08:07.660 continues . Yeah . Mhm . 08:09.640 --> 08:10.640 Mhm . 08:13.440 --> 08:15.440 Welcome back to Command Performance 08:15.440 --> 08:17.900 operation Music City . Profiling some 08:17.900 --> 08:20.122 of Nashville's brightest rising stars . 08:20.200 --> 08:22.870 Now this next artist has got to occupy 08:22.870 --> 08:25.140 a special place in my heart . He's one 08:25.140 --> 08:27.490 of my brothers . Former marine supply 08:27.490 --> 08:29.830 specialist , Jason Michael Carroll just 08:29.830 --> 08:31.941 released his second album . We caught 08:31.941 --> 08:34.163 up with him at the Nashville Convention 08:34.163 --> 08:36.330 Center . To find out what life is like 08:36.330 --> 08:38.441 when you go from unknown marine , the 08:38.441 --> 08:40.441 famous musician , There's something 08:40.441 --> 08:42.990 going on within 100 miles a home . He's 08:43.000 --> 08:46.820 gone to him . Yeah . Also a former 08:46.820 --> 08:48.931 marine . Tell me about your service . 08:48.931 --> 08:51.098 Yes sir . I was in for 3.5 years 96 to 08:51.098 --> 08:53.320 99 I was 30 51 . Admin supply , which I 08:53.320 --> 08:55.376 think they did away with my MOS last 08:55.376 --> 08:57.653 time I asked one of my marines friends . 08:57.653 --> 08:57.650 But uh yeah , you know I work in the 08:57.650 --> 08:59.761 warehouse but I made friends left and 08:59.761 --> 09:01.817 right with because I was getting all 09:01.817 --> 09:01.630 the new stuff . So everybody has become 09:01.630 --> 09:03.574 friends with us out there . That's 09:03.574 --> 09:06.790 right . Can you get me a Gerber ? Uh 09:06.800 --> 09:08.970 Being a country music rising star must 09:08.980 --> 09:11.202 be different than being a marine . It's 09:11.202 --> 09:13.313 not so different . You know , my life 09:13.313 --> 09:15.424 is still pretty much matt about . You 09:15.424 --> 09:14.810 know , people tell me where to be , 09:14.810 --> 09:17.032 where to go , which is exactly what the 09:17.032 --> 09:19.254 court did . You know what time I had to 09:19.254 --> 09:21.477 be there ? The things I've gotta do the 09:21.477 --> 09:21.470 time frame . We've got to get in and 09:21.470 --> 09:23.526 get out , you know , so it's kind of 09:23.526 --> 09:25.859 like a mission every day . I don't know . 09:25.859 --> 09:25.060 The difference is you have to pick your 09:25.060 --> 09:27.282 clothes out . Absolutely . I just , you 09:27.282 --> 09:29.060 know , go look the same thing . 09:29.060 --> 09:31.004 Everything . Yeah , I don't get to 09:31.004 --> 09:30.570 carry my rifle to work anymore . But 09:30.570 --> 09:32.292 you know , we still have fun . 09:37.240 --> 09:40.340 Yeah , like see yeah , 09:41.240 --> 09:44.060 I can sleep with . And 09:44.740 --> 09:47.480 now one thing is for certain the 09:47.480 --> 09:49.591 country music festival was about more 09:49.591 --> 09:51.950 than just country music . These fans 09:51.950 --> 09:54.006 rolled out not only to support their 09:54.006 --> 09:56.228 favorite country music artists , but to 09:56.228 --> 09:58.228 support the troops as well . We ran 09:58.228 --> 10:00.394 into several people with great stories 10:00.394 --> 10:02.506 to tell and one man giving away great 10:02.506 --> 10:04.672 big hugs . We're here in the Nashville 10:04.672 --> 10:06.672 convention Center . I've run into a 10:06.672 --> 10:08.728 country music , country music star , 10:08.728 --> 10:10.894 billy reasons right here . Who's doing 10:10.894 --> 10:12.839 something special for the troops ? 10:12.839 --> 10:15.061 What's , what's with the bear ? Billy ? 10:15.061 --> 10:17.283 Well , we just got back from a USO tour 10:17.283 --> 10:19.394 and we took this little guy over with 10:19.394 --> 10:21.506 us and He has a 20 minute recorder of 10:21.506 --> 10:23.339 him . And so whenever , whenever 10:23.339 --> 10:25.561 whenever a kid gives him a big hug , he 10:25.561 --> 10:27.850 plays 20 minutes worth of uh multiple 10:27.850 --> 10:31.480 messages that troop gets to 10:31.490 --> 10:33.601 record on here and send back to their 10:33.601 --> 10:35.768 to their kid . And so there , you know 10:35.768 --> 10:37.990 that separation between mom and dad and 10:37.990 --> 10:40.160 uh and the kid back home isn't so so 10:40.160 --> 10:42.382 vast . You know , how many bears do you 10:42.382 --> 10:44.604 take out with you when you go , we take 10:44.604 --> 10:46.716 as many as we can . Yeah , we take as 10:46.716 --> 10:49.040 many as we can . We our goal is to 10:49.040 --> 10:51.151 actually get one of these in the , in 10:51.151 --> 10:53.262 the arms of every child who has a mom 10:53.262 --> 10:55.318 or dad has deployed the story behind 10:55.318 --> 10:57.484 Caitlin and will , could be the script 10:57.484 --> 10:59.707 for a T . V . Show . Well actually just 10:59.707 --> 11:01.929 like a reality tv show Caitlyn Lynn and 11:01.929 --> 11:03.873 Will Snyder were paired up in what 11:03.873 --> 11:05.484 turned out to be the winning 11:05.484 --> 11:07.707 combination for the first season of CMT 11:07.707 --> 11:09.929 s . Can you do wet ? I talked with them 11:09.929 --> 11:12.230 at Sony Music Nashville Studios . Now 11:12.240 --> 11:14.073 tell me how you all got together 11:14.073 --> 11:16.240 because that's kind of a weird story . 11:16.240 --> 11:18.296 We'll let you take this , we were on 11:18.296 --> 11:20.407 CMT s , can you do it ? I came in , I 11:20.407 --> 11:22.629 tried out with my partner and she tried 11:22.629 --> 11:24.629 out with hers and our partners were 11:24.629 --> 11:26.684 sent home around and later on in the 11:26.684 --> 11:28.740 contest , we got teamed up , we went 11:28.740 --> 11:30.740 through two pairs of other partners 11:30.740 --> 11:32.907 before we got put together . We didn't 11:32.907 --> 11:34.907 really see it during the show , but 11:34.907 --> 11:36.907 aimee Mayo called us the dark horse 11:36.907 --> 11:39.129 during the show . And then after we had 11:39.129 --> 11:38.250 one , we kind of looked at each other 11:38.250 --> 11:40.417 and we're like holy , we didn't expect 11:40.417 --> 11:42.417 that . We even counted us out , you 11:42.417 --> 11:44.583 know ? And then we wrote a song and we 11:44.583 --> 11:46.639 ended up naming the album Dark horse 11:46.639 --> 11:48.639 before we were at the song and then 11:48.639 --> 11:50.861 through a dark horse , which isn't just 11:50.861 --> 11:52.861 our story . So it was really cool . 11:52.861 --> 11:52.460 Well that's wonderful . Some people 11:52.460 --> 11:54.510 just click , Yeah , thank God , we 11:54.510 --> 11:56.732 don't need each other . Totally clicked 11:56.732 --> 11:59.410 with both my ex wives . No . Oh 11:59.420 --> 12:02.960 yeah , you want to do ? 12:06.040 --> 12:07.040 Okay . 12:11.640 --> 12:12.150 Mhm . 12:16.840 --> 12:18.950 Who hasn't wondered what it must be 12:18.950 --> 12:21.110 like to hang out on a tour bus . I 12:21.110 --> 12:23.221 caught up with eric church on his bus 12:23.510 --> 12:26.510 and I got a firsthand look like me , 12:26.520 --> 12:29.850 drink too many beers on friday . True . 12:31.140 --> 12:33.660 Best blue jeans have school rings . 12:34.240 --> 12:37.480 Where do church . I got my degree and 12:37.490 --> 12:39.379 after I graduate , I took off the 12:39.379 --> 12:41.550 national Here I am . Well , your daddy 12:41.550 --> 12:43.661 played a part in that too . Didn't he 12:43.661 --> 12:45.772 kind of made a deal with you . I told 12:45.772 --> 12:47.772 him what every father wants to hear 12:47.772 --> 12:50.050 from their son , their 18 year old son , 12:50.050 --> 12:51.994 daddy , I got her pregnant . Yes . 12:51.994 --> 12:54.050 Second thing , the other thing , the 12:54.050 --> 12:56.161 other thing is , uh , dad , I want to 12:56.161 --> 12:58.383 be a country music star . Just graduate 12:58.383 --> 13:00.606 high school . And the great thing about 13:00.606 --> 13:02.828 my dad is , I'm pretty stubborn . I get 13:02.828 --> 13:02.730 it from him and he knew there's no 13:02.730 --> 13:04.952 talking me out of it . So he said , you 13:04.952 --> 13:07.174 know what , I'll tell you what ? If you 13:07.174 --> 13:09.174 go to college and you'll graduate , 13:09.174 --> 13:11.286 I'll pay for your first six months in 13:11.286 --> 13:13.341 Nashville . I'll pay your rent . You 13:13.341 --> 13:15.508 won't have to worry about that . And I 13:15.508 --> 13:17.730 fully believe to this day that he never 13:17.730 --> 13:19.952 intended to have to make good on that . 13:19.952 --> 13:19.800 Well , I bet he's awful proud of you 13:19.800 --> 13:22.810 now . Oh yeah , he was Now . He calls 13:22.810 --> 13:25.090 with horrible song I did all the time , 13:25.100 --> 13:27.120 horrible song I did horrible . Your 13:27.120 --> 13:29.520 latest album is called Carolina . I'm a 13:29.520 --> 13:31.576 Carolina boy from charlotte . You're 13:31.576 --> 13:33.742 from Granite Falls . Where the heck is 13:33.742 --> 13:35.950 that ? It's about an hour northwest of 13:35.950 --> 13:38.283 Charlotte . You're from Cabarrus County . 13:38.283 --> 13:40.450 Don't like anything . Okay . Yes . I'm 13:40.450 --> 13:42.561 from meant being 100% honest with the 13:42.561 --> 13:41.830 people . You're not , you're just 13:41.830 --> 13:44.120 outside of Charlotte in the field out 13:44.130 --> 13:47.990 there . About the way I tell people I'm 13:47.990 --> 13:50.440 from Mint Hill , they go crazy . Yeah , 13:50.450 --> 13:53.550 absolutely way . 13:53.840 --> 13:57.660 Wait , always some God sends 13:58.040 --> 14:00.450 was like you for guys like 14:01.940 --> 14:03.773 My name is 2nd record , Carolina 14:04.140 --> 14:06.196 because I wanted this record to be a 14:06.196 --> 14:08.418 little more comfortable . Then senators 14:08.418 --> 14:10.640 like me was not that , it was like , he 14:10.640 --> 14:12.696 was uncomfortable with just a little 14:12.696 --> 14:14.862 more , a little more cozy . You know , 14:14.862 --> 14:16.973 there's no better way to do that than 14:16.973 --> 14:16.710 the name it after your , your , from 14:16.720 --> 14:18.831 your hometown . Now . You got a bunch 14:18.831 --> 14:20.998 of Mementos from service members , You 14:20.998 --> 14:23.164 got some on your wrist there . This is 14:23.164 --> 14:25.387 from a guy who was uh , in the airborne 14:25.387 --> 14:27.331 division . This is not a parachute 14:27.331 --> 14:29.553 corps here . And uh , he made , he made 14:29.553 --> 14:31.776 this for me and gave it to me at a show 14:31.776 --> 14:33.887 in Detroit michigan , which is really 14:33.887 --> 14:33.660 cool . I've got several things . But 14:33.670 --> 14:36.830 another thing is a ranger coin , which 14:36.830 --> 14:39.240 is ultra cool . The coolest story I 14:39.240 --> 14:41.184 have . I was in flint michigan one 14:41.184 --> 14:43.296 night and his kid comes up to me in a 14:43.296 --> 14:45.296 meeting greek line . Uh , we take a 14:45.296 --> 14:47.518 picture as he starts to walk away . His 14:47.518 --> 14:49.684 mom goes , aren't you gonna show him ? 14:49.684 --> 14:51.740 And uh , he was , yeah , so he pulls 14:51.740 --> 14:51.680 his shirt up and he's got a cross 14:51.680 --> 14:53.960 tattoo on his chest and above it , it 14:53.960 --> 14:56.016 says I come from and the bottom , it 14:56.016 --> 14:58.420 says a long line of sinners like me and 14:58.420 --> 15:00.531 I said , man , that's a killer . Uh , 15:00.531 --> 15:02.364 he said that four or five of his 15:02.364 --> 15:04.364 buddies were getting shipped off to 15:04.364 --> 15:06.364 Iraq . It just all went and got the 15:06.364 --> 15:08.630 same tattoo . Uh , for me , I mean we 15:08.630 --> 15:10.860 sit in a room , we write a song and 15:11.440 --> 15:13.607 it's about our lives , but when people 15:13.607 --> 15:16.460 take it to that level . Yeah , it's 15:16.460 --> 15:18.720 pretty humbling thing and I love how 15:18.720 --> 15:22.290 red man taste ? I love my nice 15:22.290 --> 15:26.140 car racing . Any song sung about your 15:26.140 --> 15:29.800 straightest country at its base . Well 15:29.810 --> 15:32.032 eric drop me off back at the convention 15:32.032 --> 15:34.143 center to try my hand in another mode 15:34.143 --> 15:36.366 of transportation , a mechanical bull . 15:36.366 --> 15:38.366 Now look they dared me to ride this 15:38.366 --> 15:40.410 bull here had to sign a waiver and 15:40.410 --> 15:43.830 everything . So um ladies any final 15:43.830 --> 15:47.400 words I mean just pray pray . Well you 15:47.400 --> 15:50.270 all pray for me . All right , going on 15:50.270 --> 15:53.300 within 100 miles a homie . Gonna hear 15:53.300 --> 15:56.060 my B . A . C . Long 15:57.740 --> 16:01.390 make out a peasant out . Well when we 16:01.390 --> 16:03.612 come back I'll shoot the bull with Dean 16:03.612 --> 16:05.834 brody and keith Anderson stick around . 16:05.834 --> 16:08.660 I've talked to friends , talk to myself , 16:09.040 --> 16:12.360 talk to God to pray like hell but I 16:12.360 --> 16:16.340 still miss you . Yeah . 16:18.040 --> 16:19.040 Yes . 16:21.740 --> 16:23.740 Welcome back to command Performance 16:23.740 --> 16:26.180 Operation Music City . Now . While we 16:26.180 --> 16:28.291 were at the Country Music Association 16:28.291 --> 16:30.910 CMA fest in Nashville we also met some 16:30.910 --> 16:33.320 well established new stars like keith 16:33.320 --> 16:35.920 Anderson who has three top 10 hits to 16:35.930 --> 16:39.020 his credit . I don't know how to let 16:39.020 --> 16:42.880 you go . You're so deep down in my soul . 16:42.880 --> 16:45.040 I feel helpless . When did you start 16:45.040 --> 16:47.250 singing ? When did you first ? I grew 16:47.250 --> 16:49.320 up around music grew up around my 16:49.320 --> 16:52.020 brother uh a great singer , songwriter , 16:52.030 --> 16:54.141 really influenced me in a big way you 16:54.141 --> 16:56.197 want Tommy played guitar . I've been 16:56.197 --> 16:58.363 doing it for a long time . It was more 16:58.363 --> 17:00.474 of a hobby because I was so dedicated 17:00.474 --> 17:00.460 to athletics growing up . How has life 17:00.460 --> 17:02.627 changed ? I mean , you must be must be 17:02.627 --> 17:04.793 extra ride . It's awesome . I mean I'm 17:04.793 --> 17:07.240 getting to do my passion and my hobby 17:07.240 --> 17:09.240 and make a living doing it now . So 17:09.240 --> 17:11.518 that's turned into a really cool thing , 17:11.518 --> 17:13.407 you know , big stages in front of 17:13.407 --> 17:15.629 thousands of people and they're singing 17:15.629 --> 17:17.796 not only works the songs but the songs 17:17.796 --> 17:19.907 I've written . So that's it's just an 17:19.907 --> 17:22.018 amazing dream come through it . I can 17:22.018 --> 17:24.240 imagine , you know , I go out . My fans 17:24.240 --> 17:26.240 sometimes recite some of the things 17:26.240 --> 17:28.296 without the law . So that's pretty , 17:28.296 --> 17:30.518 you know , now you were saying that you 17:30.518 --> 17:32.518 might want to do a uso tour at some 17:32.518 --> 17:34.573 point really that in sports troops a 17:34.573 --> 17:36.518 little bit . Yeah , every change . 17:36.518 --> 17:38.740 Anything I can do were we had something 17:38.740 --> 17:40.851 special a couple years ago . That did 17:40.851 --> 17:42.962 not happen for some reason . So we're 17:42.962 --> 17:42.450 definitely looking at trying to get 17:42.450 --> 17:44.900 back out there and a team with a couple 17:44.900 --> 17:46.956 of organizations right now . Looking 17:46.956 --> 17:49.178 for opportunities to get out , not just 17:49.178 --> 17:51.233 going overseas doing stuff here . Um 17:51.233 --> 17:53.011 and in the states and going and 17:53.011 --> 17:55.233 supporting the families that are here . 17:55.233 --> 17:59.170 I still miss you . Yeah , back at the 17:59.170 --> 18:01.170 crazy horse . I caught up with Dean 18:01.170 --> 18:03.320 brody . His latest release is about 18:03.320 --> 18:05.400 something every military family is 18:05.400 --> 18:08.670 familiar with . He said 18:09.140 --> 18:12.560 This is what brothers , all four 18:13.540 --> 18:15.651 brothers is a song I wrote about five 18:15.651 --> 18:17.484 years ago after watching band of 18:17.484 --> 18:19.651 brothers . You know I had a big impact 18:19.651 --> 18:21.596 on me watching it and sat down and 18:21.596 --> 18:23.540 wrote a song about a little kid uh 18:23.540 --> 18:23.330 seeing his brother go off to war not 18:23.330 --> 18:25.552 wanting him to go and stuff . And and I 18:25.552 --> 18:27.608 wrote this song about five years ago 18:27.608 --> 18:29.830 sat on a shelf so we did the record and 18:29.830 --> 18:31.997 I just got such a strong response from 18:31.997 --> 18:34.108 the song and that we just went for it 18:34.108 --> 18:36.274 with a single at radio . I've gotten a 18:36.274 --> 18:38.608 chance to perform for the troops at all . 18:38.608 --> 18:38.200 I haven't yet man , I've been to 18:38.210 --> 18:40.154 Miramar . I had a buddy taking out 18:40.154 --> 18:42.321 there and show me around . It's really 18:42.321 --> 18:44.543 cool . I've never been on a base before 18:44.543 --> 18:46.654 and I was just really need to see how 18:46.654 --> 18:48.877 military families live and stuff and it 18:48.877 --> 18:48.400 was really really cool . We went to the 18:48.410 --> 18:50.521 helicopter simulator and I got motion 18:50.521 --> 18:53.670 sickness . It was just really neat man . 18:53.940 --> 18:57.100 I said I'm sorry but you have to push 18:57.100 --> 19:00.350 me home fascinating . 19:01.040 --> 19:04.550 This is what brothers are full . 19:09.440 --> 19:13.320 Mhm . Mhm . Family 19:13.320 --> 19:15.487 connections to the military are pretty 19:15.487 --> 19:17.487 common among country music fans and 19:17.487 --> 19:20.710 performers like James . Otto . He's on 19:20.710 --> 19:23.820 the dude . Oh it 19:23.830 --> 19:27.310 is . You know what my grandfather 19:27.310 --> 19:30.120 served in Korea and my dad was a 23 19:30.120 --> 19:32.287 year veteran of the U . S . Army and I 19:32.287 --> 19:34.740 was in the navy myself . So I uh long 19:34.740 --> 19:37.840 lineage of of military service for sure . 19:37.850 --> 19:40.000 Okay what you do in the navy um 19:40.010 --> 19:42.010 anything they asked me to do pretty 19:42.010 --> 19:44.177 much , so you don't have to have a say 19:44.177 --> 19:45.899 in it . So I went and actually 19:45.899 --> 19:48.121 undesignated which was I stood a lot of 19:48.121 --> 19:50.343 watchers chips , a lot of paint and saw 19:50.343 --> 19:52.454 the world , you know what I mean ? It 19:52.454 --> 19:52.150 was one of those learning experiences 19:52.150 --> 19:55.890 for me , I was 19 years old and uh got 19:55.890 --> 19:57.800 a lot of uh I don't know life 19:57.800 --> 19:59.856 experience out of after I got out of 19:59.856 --> 20:01.856 the service I came back a different 20:01.856 --> 20:03.911 person . How was that bled over into 20:03.911 --> 20:03.820 your music career ? I know it takes a 20:03.820 --> 20:05.931 lot of discipline . Yeah I think that 20:05.931 --> 20:07.987 that helped a lot , you know and and 20:07.987 --> 20:10.209 the discipline that my dad gave me , he 20:10.209 --> 20:12.320 was like I said a drill sergeant . So 20:12.320 --> 20:14.431 um I got a lot of that growing up and 20:14.431 --> 20:16.542 so I went into the service and when I 20:16.542 --> 20:18.487 came out again and it gave me self 20:18.487 --> 20:20.598 determination which is I think one of 20:20.598 --> 20:19.850 the things in this business that you 20:19.850 --> 20:23.620 really need is is um I don't know to 20:23.630 --> 20:25.852 plot a course and go you know what this 20:25.852 --> 20:27.852 is where I want to be and then just 20:27.852 --> 20:30.019 plow ahead no matter what gets in your 20:30.019 --> 20:29.860 way . I think that my military 20:29.860 --> 20:32.810 background definitely gave me um gave 20:32.810 --> 20:36.260 me the courage to do that is it . 20:37.440 --> 20:40.790 We've got 2.6 million troops around the 20:40.790 --> 20:42.957 world watching this , you got a chance 20:42.957 --> 20:44.957 to say something to him right now . 20:44.957 --> 20:47.179 What do you say ? I would like to thank 20:47.179 --> 20:49.401 you all for your service and thank your 20:49.401 --> 20:51.623 families for everything that they do so 20:51.623 --> 20:51.620 that you guys can do your job without 20:51.620 --> 20:53.731 you . I wouldn't be able to do mine . 20:53.731 --> 20:56.064 God bless you all and thank you so much . 20:56.064 --> 20:58.064 God bless you guys . And it is uh , 20:58.064 --> 21:00.231 nobody appreciates you more . Not just 21:00.231 --> 21:02.287 myself but country music community . 21:02.287 --> 21:04.453 And uh , we can't wait to get you back 21:04.453 --> 21:06.620 on kicked everybody's asset . Where is 21:06.620 --> 21:08.564 what I said ? Everybody that's out 21:08.564 --> 21:10.787 there fighting for our right to be free 21:10.787 --> 21:12.842 here at home . Thank you so much for 21:12.842 --> 21:14.953 your service and just know that we do 21:14.953 --> 21:18.160 appreciate it . If simple things that 21:18.170 --> 21:20.670 make life worthwhile . Very patriotic 21:20.680 --> 21:22.736 people , very passionate about their 21:22.736 --> 21:24.958 country and I want to get things done . 21:24.958 --> 21:27.650 Thank you . Thanks guys . And we'll see 21:27.650 --> 21:29.817 you across the , the ocean right now . 21:29.817 --> 21:31.928 We're gonna go , we're coming , we're 21:31.928 --> 21:34.150 coming your way and we're going to have 21:34.150 --> 21:36.150 a big one flew South party with you 21:36.150 --> 21:38.483 guys are gonna be crazy . God bless you . 21:38.483 --> 21:40.706 Yeah , you guys are my heroes . I could 21:40.706 --> 21:40.320 never do what you guys are doing . So 21:40.330 --> 21:42.497 thank you . We can't really understand 21:42.497 --> 21:44.386 what you guys go through , but we 21:44.386 --> 21:46.441 appreciate what you do and just come 21:46.441 --> 21:49.450 home safe and come home soon . He's on 21:49.450 --> 21:52.700 the doodle . Oh it 21:52.700 --> 21:55.850 is . Mm 22:01.940 --> 22:03.940 Well that about does it for command 22:03.940 --> 22:05.996 performance , Operation Music City . 22:05.996 --> 22:08.051 We've seen some great rising country 22:08.051 --> 22:10.107 musicians wrote a mechanical bulls , 22:10.107 --> 22:11.829 got the Nashville makeover and 22:11.829 --> 22:13.773 discovered tons of support for the 22:13.773 --> 22:15.884 military . I guess all that's left is 22:15.884 --> 22:18.107 for us to ride off into the sunset . So 22:18.107 --> 22:20.107 keep an eye out for more from these 22:20.107 --> 22:22.107 rising stars and log on to pentagon 22:22.107 --> 22:23.996 channel dot mil to see all of the 22:23.996 --> 22:26.218 command performance spotlighted artists 22:26.218 --> 22:28.384 or the pentagon channel . I'm Sergeant 22:28.384 --> 22:30.273 Ted Mcdonald from a loose liver . 22:30.273 --> 22:34.270 Remember big Day saying black ? I'm 22:34.280 --> 22:36.550 just a gagging . Always got a little 22:36.550 --> 22:40.060 roll over my back . I don't give a 22:40.440 --> 22:42.910 what other people think ? What do you 22:42.910 --> 22:46.000 think about that ? I said , don't give 22:46.000 --> 22:48.790 a . What other people think . What do 22:48.790 --> 22:50.270 you think about that ? 22:58.140 --> 22:59.140 Just 23:09.240 --> 23:10.240 Yeah . 23:14.440 --> 23:17.770 Mm Yeah .