<h3>Charlie Daniels Band stops at Joint Base Balad in Iraq as part of the Stars and Stripes tour.</h3>
<p>Sharing classic favorites such as &#8220;Dixie On My Mind&#8221;, &#8220;Simple Man&#8221;, and &#8220;In America&#8221;, Charlie shows his support for the troops in a special performance at Sustainer Theater April 17th. The band also payed tribute to Johnny Cash, performing &#8220;Folsom Prison Blues&#8221; and handed out over 1,000 hand-autographed photos to the troops.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;We are here to perform for Balad because we want to; we care about what you all are doing over here,&#8221; Daniels said prior to the show. &#8220;I just want to do my part, because I can&#8217;t carry a gun, I can&#8217;t go and fight – I&#8217;m too old. But I can come and perform for you all and, if it helps you all do what you do, then I&#8217;m happy.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is a special audience [of military members]; they can&#8217;t go out and get concert tickets and see a concert anytime they want to,&#8221; the legendary musician continued. &#8220;There are a lot of things they can&#8217;t do. You can&#8217;t go off base; you can&#8217;t take a plane, or drive down to Florida for the weekend, or go fishing. You&#8217;re stuck here inside the wire. That&#8217;s a big commitment you guys volunteer to make. You come here because you want to be here. I&#8217;m here to support you and tell you all, &#8216;you&#8217;re doing a great job.'&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Charlie Daniels is a true patriot,&#8221; added the Tucson, Ariz., native deployed here from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. &#8220;Everything they do, they express America, patriotism, and pride in what we do here.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
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