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#691 Part 1 Independence Day Celebration 250 Years; 2 Jul 2026 · The Lost Art Project: Veterans’ Voices

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Hello, hello, my friends,
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and welcome back to the Lost Art Project
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Veterans Voices.
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Man, oh man,
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are we going to have a great one
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tonight.
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This is not just your normal
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uh every day fireside chat no no no
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we're not doing that this is the
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independence day two hundred and fifty
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years holy moly can you believe it two
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hundred and fifty years it's amazing uh
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this country's come a long way we've done
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a lot of good stuff and uh i'm
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just excited to celebrate it right i'm
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excited to have some special guests on
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here uh we're gonna have uh robert weber
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he's gonna come on later uh it's gonna
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be fantastic he's gonna he's gonna talk to
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us about uh his experience
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World War II veteran, Air Force,
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a hundred and one year old.
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And man, he is one motivated individual.
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So I can't wait for you guys.
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I'm sure you've already watched his
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episodes,
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but he's going to come on here and
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tell us what two hundred and fifty years
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of independence means to him.
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And some of the things that he's
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experienced over his lifetime,
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which would be fantastic to hear.
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I'm excited about that.
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And of course,
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we're going to have the crew on.
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The crew is going to come on.
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There's going to be a couple of extra.
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Steve-O is going to be coming on.
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And let's see who else.
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Well, we'll have Linwood King.
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He's going to come on as well.
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It should be a good time.
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Now, Linwood King is a musician.
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He's going to be performing at the end.
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so uh whenever we finish with the podcast
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at the end he's gonna do about a
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twenty to thirty minute set uh and it's
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gonna be fantastic rock he's to play some
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rocks bluesy type stuff he's down in texas
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so it should be a good good uh
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show for you there
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And then we also,
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we're going to have Dave Munson.
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He's going to be coming in from Saddleback
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Leather.
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If you're out there and you haven't got
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yourself any of those raffle tickets yet,
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I'm telling you,
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you need to do it because he was
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generous enough to give us a,
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what is it, a flight bag.
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It's a leather flight bag,
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Saddleback Leather.
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Man, oh man,
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it is an amazing looking bag.
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I'm telling you,
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you need to go get your stuff today.
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And get your raffle tickets, I mean.
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And I'm going to try to show you
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exactly what it is here.
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I know I had it.
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Boom, let's pull that up.
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Man, take a look at that.
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That is one awesome bag.
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I'm telling you,
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everybody deserves a bag like that.
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And it'll last a lifetime.
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And I'm telling you,
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people will fight over it when you die.
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That's one of their slogans there.
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And I've got lots of their bags.
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And I won't say unfortunate.
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Fortunately, I've got lots of their bags.
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I've gone out and I was addicted to
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them for a little bit.
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So I've probably got about, I don't know,
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six or seven bags.
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And then I also have...
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Their wallets,
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their different like covers for different
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things, a Bible cover, all kinds of stuff.
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Anyways, I got way too much stuff,
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but you get one ticket for ten dollars.
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You get three tickets for twenty five
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dollars.
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You can find that.
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Just go to our Web site there and
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you can check that out.
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By the way, what is our Web site?
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Well, I'll tell you.
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It's it's the Lost Art Project Veterans
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Voices dot org.
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Go check it out.
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I'm telling you, it's fantastic.
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We're doing some good stuff.
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I'm excited about what we're doing and
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where we're going and stuff.
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I did see a comment a second ago.
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I'm going to see who's at.
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Oh, yeah.
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Oh, I love this guy.
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He's coming on later tonight as Steve-O.
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Steve-O is going to be with us,
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story time with Steve-O.
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So I'm looking forward to having you on,
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man.
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Should be a good time.
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Let's see what else we got going.
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Oh,
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I bet you I know why you guys
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are here so early.
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It could be because we're having the
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Quantico Marine Band.
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Their rock band is going to perform for
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us.
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I would say it specifically for us.
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It's not.
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They're doing a performance and we get to
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live stream it.
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So it's really cool.
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I'm excited about this.
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It should be starting here shortly,
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probably in about ten minutes,
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something along that line.
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So I'll start pulling that up here in
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just a couple of minutes.
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But I'm telling you,
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it should be a good show.
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We're going to watch that.
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And then we're going to roll around at
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seven central time.
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That is that's when we're going to start
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the actual fireside chat portion.
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So it should be a good time.
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That's when we'll have our special guests
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on and the crew will come on.
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It'll be a great time.
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Looking forward to it.
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And we're all just going to talk about
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two hundred fifty and what it means to
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us.
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um i i can't wait uh we got
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eight of you out there watching this is
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pretty awesome and i appreciate you guys
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for watching i don't know where you're at
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uh what you're doing just uh shoot me
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a message let me know where you're at
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uh i wouldn't mind seeing that um but
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we're gonna we're gonna see this now right
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now they've uh probably the marine band
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i'm gonna pull up their uh screenshot real
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quick here boom here we are
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You can hear them back there,
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but I'm going to put it on mute
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there for a minute.
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But they're back there getting ready for
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the performance, man.
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And they should be coming out here
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shortly.
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And I'm looking forward to it.
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So as soon as they come out on
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the stage and oh, man, look at them.
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They're on the stage already.
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Holy cow.
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They made me start.
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And I'm going to I'm going to unmute
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them real quick and we'll see.
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We'll see if they're starting.
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All right.
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Hold on.
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they're getting ready it looks like i'm
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digging it all right the late start i'm
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gonna pull myself off the screen and uh
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you guys uh gonna be able to watch
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this it's gonna be fantastic enjoy it have
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fun with it uh and then i'll see
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you when they're done at uh whatever when
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we get to uh seven o'clock whichever one
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comes first i'll see you though i'll be
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here
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So it'll be a wonderful, wonderful time.
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Thank you for those that have tuned in
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and thank you for those that are going
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to tune in.
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And even when we post this as a
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podcast later,
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thank you for going on the podcast.
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I'm watching it later for those that do.
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You know,
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you guys are the reason we're here.
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Those veteran voices, right?
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We're here to get those veteran voices.
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Get them archived, right?
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Very important to get these things
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archived.
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And if you want to help us in
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that journey, like I said,
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you can buy some raffle tickets.
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That'll help us tremendously.
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Who knows?
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Maybe you'll win that.
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Or...
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You can just go and make some money.
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I mean, there's many,
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many different things that you can do.
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Looking all snazzy.
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America.
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That's right.
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America.
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All right.
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They should be coming on here shortly.
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And if you guys just hang out here
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and walk them, it would be fantastic.
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I'm telling you, once they get going,
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it's going to be one heck of a
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show.
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And I'm excited about it, man.
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We'll watch this.
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Then we'll get the regular podcast going
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or the fireside chat.
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Then we'll have Robert Webber is going to
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come on and say hi to us.
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We got the crew.
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We got Steve-O's going to be here.
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We got Linwood's going to be here.
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Let's see.
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Who else?
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Dave Munson's going to be here.
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So it is going to be an awesome
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time.
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Looking forward to it.
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And hopefully you guys enjoy it.
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If you can't hang out the whole time,
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that's okay.
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We're going to be here for a couple
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hours at least.
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So, you know,
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it's going to be a good show, man.
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I'm telling you.
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So what I'm going to do now is
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we're kind of getting close, I think.
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Or maybe they're just messing around.
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I was in a marine band a long
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time ago.
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Listen to that.
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Jamming.
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This is the rock band.
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Listen to that.
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They can play any type of music.
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It's truly amazing.
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But marine bands, that's where they're at,
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man.
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There's some awesome, awesome, awesome.
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And they're out there.
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They're having a good time getting ready.
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It looks like we'll mute them a little
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bit.
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We'll just wait for a minute or two.
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Let's see what else is happening out here.
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Well,
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I hope that everybody showed up with your
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favorite beverage.
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This may not be my favorite,
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but it's up there.
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It's at the top.
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So hopefully you're out there enjoying
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your favorite beverage.
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It's coming up.
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Fourth of July is right around the corner.
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I'm telling you, man, Fourth of July,
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two hundred fifty years.
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It's it's it's humbling, man.
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I think back over my time that I've
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been on this this wonderful earth.
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and in this great country and uh i've
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had some great experiences i've i've been
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and played i've probably played music on
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just about every single fourth of july uh
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pro well at least uh since i joined
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the military so twenty five years i
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probably every fourth of july i played a
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concert somewhere um so uh we celebrated
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it and uh went out and performed so
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I'm used to it.
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And every single time that we go out
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and we perform for the birth or the
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independence for our country,
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I'm telling you, I get chills.
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I get excited.
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This great nation is incredible.
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I'm telling you,
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there's nothing like it in the world.
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I might be a little biased,
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but that's OK.
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America,
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that's what I got to say about that.
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I think it's the greatest country ever.
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on earth and uh if you don't think
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that well i'm sorry uh you should we're
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still waiting for them uh yeah it's the
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greatest country on earth we're doing some
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great stuff let's see what else do we
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have going on here in the near future
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We're looking for veterans to tell their
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stories.
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We're always looking for veterans to tell
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their stories.
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You know, come on, come on the show.
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Tell your story.
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Let's get it archived.
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One of the greatest things that I think
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that we're moving to when it comes to
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this nonprofit is we're building right
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now.
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We're currently building this,
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but an archive where you can go in
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and type in.
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I want to hear somebody from World War
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Two.
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And it'll populate and Robert Weber's name
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will pop up and then you'll be able
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to go watch his episode.
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So we are actually in the middle of
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doing that right now.
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Hopefully, fingers crossed, knock on wood,
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say a prayer and say, well,
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at least in the next month,
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we should have that up and going,
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hopefully.
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But it's going to be fantastic if we
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do.
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I'm so excited about that.
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And then we're going to branch out.
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We're going to actually start asking folks
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out there to...
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or other people that are recording these
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stories and things like that,
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we're going to ask them to send it
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here.
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We're going to put it in that archive.
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And then hopefully what will happen,
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they search the stuff,
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it'll populate for their show,
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and then it'll send them to their website.
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Not my website.
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It'll send it straight to theirs.
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And if you're out there,
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you got a podcast,
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you got anything like that and you want
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to do something like that,
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be more than happy to have you.
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The most important thing is archiving this
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stuff.
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We want to be able to be there
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for researchers.
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We want it to be there for family.
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We want it to be there for future
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generations.
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Right.
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But we want these stories there so people
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can actually get a grasp of what it's
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like.
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Right.
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What it is actually like in the military
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and everybody's individual experiences
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from their point of view.
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very important but if you're out there and
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you have a pod military podcast and you
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want to put your stuff on here it's
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free of charge i ain't gonna charge you
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nothing you just uh give me your stuff
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your transcripts i'll put it up it'll
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bloop bloop fill in all the information
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and then you'll get get on there whenever
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you type that stuff in bloop it'll
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automatically send them to your show so
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it's going to be a fantastic thing once
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it's up and running i'm excited about that
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man i hope you guys are excited about
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it
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They are shredding right now,
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getting ready.
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But man, holy cow,
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I've got like two minutes is what mine
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says.
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I don't know what theirs says,
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but it's getting close.
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We'll see.
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We'll see what they gots to say.
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Anyways,
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I'm going to stop right here in just
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a minute,
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and you don't have to listen to me
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for an hour.
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You can just sit back, relax,
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enjoy the fact that I'm going to be
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on the block here in a minute.
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I'll just let you know.
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Right.
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You just go in and watch.
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It's pretty cool.
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For those of you that are out there,
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and you're actually musicians,
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and have been in the military,
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whether that's Marine, Army, Navy,
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Air Force, whatever.
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Doesn't matter what branch of the service.
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If you, except maybe Space Force,
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because I don't think they have a band.
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But if they do, somebody correct me.
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I don't know.
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But if you're out there,
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you're a musician, hopefully...
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Your when you see this,
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you're going to be like, yeah, that's it.
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This is what we do.
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This is it.
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This is why we do what we do.
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And it's a good, good, good,
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feel good story.
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Right.
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That's what America needs more.
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These feel good stories,
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these things that are going to lift us
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up,
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make us positive and get us excited about
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life.
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Right.
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We don't want none of that negative crap.
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We can get that out of here.
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You know what I'm saying?
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So we're getting close here.
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So what I'm going to do is I'm
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going to pull myself out and you guys
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can watch Quantico Marine Band as they get
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ready to perform.
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And we're just going to watch it and
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I'm going to shut up.
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Thank you.
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Thanks for tuning in.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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All right, I'm back.
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I don't know what they're doing.
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It all went silent.
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They turned it all off,
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so we couldn't hear it.
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Oh, they tripped a breaker.
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That's what happened.
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Okay, all right.
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It's going to be a few minutes before
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we get back on.
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They tripped a breaker.
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Oh, my goodness.
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Well, hey, you know what?
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Adapt, overcome.
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That's okay.
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We can make it happen.
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I know what I can do.
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Linwood has joined us already.
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I can grab him and bring him on
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real quick.
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Linwood, man, how you doing?
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I'm doing all right.
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I know the feeling of tripping breakers,
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brother.
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It happens all the time with me.
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It does happen.
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From what I heard, they sounded good.
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Yeah, yeah.
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They got to fix the breaker thing and
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then we should be good to go.
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They're bringing too much power.
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That's all it is.
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Too much power.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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There's nothing wrong with a little too
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much power.
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But I'm excited, bro.
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I'm so happy to be here with you.
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So what's going on?
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I'm excited, man.
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Happy early Fourth of July.
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I think I figured my sound out.
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Nice.
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Yeah.
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So I sound good on my end, man.
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And you're going to be coming on and
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performing about what?
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Thirty minutes worth of music for us at
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the end.
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Yes.
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Yes, sir.
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I'll be doing about thirty minutes worth
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of music.
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Tell us a little bit about you.
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Let's do it.
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I'm excited to do it.
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Tell us a little bit about you.
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Let the folks out there know a little
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bit about you.
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Well, you know what?
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I was stationed in Quantico at one time.
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Early on in my Marine Corps career,
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I was attached.
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I was at Fort Belvoir,
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but I was attached to Quantico, so...
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I only went there one time.
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And you know what I did?
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I went there to see dental and I
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was checking out.
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I got PCS to Camp Pendleton.
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And I was I was nineteen years old,
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twenty years old, young man.
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And I went to see dental to check
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out.
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I was checking out a dental.
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I show up there.
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I said, sir,
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can you sign my paper so I can
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go to I got to go to the
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next place?
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And he looked at it and goes,
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you know what, Marine?
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you need all four of your wisdom teeth
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pulled out.
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Excuse me, sir.
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He goes, yeah, you know what?
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While you're here,
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let me pull out all four of your
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wisdom teeth.
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That way you don't have to be doing
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it on ship when you go to the
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West Coast.
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And I was young.
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I didn't know better.
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Is my camera messing up?
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I don't know if my camera's messing up
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or not.
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But I didn't know better.
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And I went ahead.
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I couldn't tell him no.
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I did it.
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He pulled all four of my teeth out,
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bro,
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and sent me straight to the Quantico
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Hospital to get my meds.
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And I drove there, right?
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I was a kid.
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And I remember sitting,
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waiting for my meds,
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and someone tried to talk to me.
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And the drool came out of my mouth
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when I was, you know,
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because I couldn't talk.
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And my whole face was numb.
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But that's my Quantico memory, man.
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They freaking took all four of my wisdom
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teeth out in one pop.
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No planning, no mindset,
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getting ready for it.
21:14
You just show up there and they did
21:16
it.
21:16
And that Dennis was raring to go.
21:20
He was excited.
21:21
I was wondering,
21:22
did they get paid extra to just pull
21:24
wisdom teeth out?
21:25
Like, hey.
21:26
Pulled their teeth out,
21:26
you get some extra pay to do that.
21:28
Yeah, maybe.
21:29
Maybe.
21:30
I wonder how much they get per wisdom
21:32
tooth, you know?
21:33
Right.
21:35
It's like forty bucks or something.
21:37
Possibly.
21:37
But, you know,
21:38
I think he was practicing on me.
21:40
I think, you know,
21:41
they had some practice and they were like,
21:43
yeah, let's just practice on that guy.
21:44
That that that makes a lot of sense.
21:48
All right.
21:52
I like I like D.C.
21:53
area, man.
21:54
I love it out there.
21:55
You know,
21:56
I was just talking about this earlier.
21:57
There are so many military bands in the
21:59
D.C.
22:00
area.
22:01
It's really amazing.
22:02
And anybody, anybody that goes to D.C.,
22:06
they need to go and figure out what
22:08
bands are performing up there.
22:11
I mean,
22:11
they're truly amazing what they do.
22:13
Incredible musicians.
22:16
But yeah,
22:16
anybody may go out and check them out.
22:18
They got some good stuff out there.
22:19
I'm going to be spending more time.
22:22
I've been to D.C.
22:23
probably five times the past.
22:25
two years just because my daughter my
22:28
daughter just married an airman she's she
22:31
married an airman out there last the
22:32
beginning of the month so we're out there
22:34
at the beginning of the month uh so
22:36
i love dc man i love the area
22:37
i mean being stationed i was there for
22:39
a year and uh i liked it i
22:42
like fort belvoir i like the potomac river
22:45
yeah yeah do you think um so did
22:49
they tell you what happened they just blew
22:50
a breaker
22:51
Yeah, he messaged and said, hold on.
22:54
He said, we just tripped the breaker.
22:56
It's going to be a few minutes before
22:58
we get back on.
22:59
So we're just waiting right now.
23:02
Whenever you do a production like that,
23:04
man, you never know.
23:06
Oh, yeah.
23:07
There's always something that goes wrong.
23:11
You're always playing somewhere new.
23:13
So one place will be able to take
23:14
it.
23:15
The other place won't.
23:16
Yeah.
23:17
Yeah.
23:18
And having the right generators and this,
23:22
that's a whole nother,
23:24
field of you know knowledge you need just
23:26
to be a musician or yeah you know
23:29
anytime you're doing any type of
23:30
production work especially like what
23:31
you're doing with the uh with this event
23:33
it takes a lot of planning and network
23:36
and you know depending on the technology
23:40
but you handle it well brother you're
23:42
doing awesome man hey man i just said
23:45
i just sit back here and hit buttons
23:46
and hope for the best you know i'm
23:50
learning i'm trying to figure out why is
23:51
it so zoomed in on my face
23:53
Oh, I, it's the view that I have.
23:55
Hold on.
23:56
If we can pull it back out.
23:59
I'm wondering if there's some on my end.
24:01
Let me, let me try.
24:01
Cause I'm like, man,
24:03
I know I got to lose some weight,
24:04
but come on now.
24:10
Is that better?
24:11
That's a little better.
24:12
Yeah.
24:12
That's a little bit.
24:14
Yeah, man.
24:14
That's, that's, that's, I like, you know,
24:17
the military bands or even the army has
24:20
a good band.
24:21
There was a cat here in San Antonio
24:23
who was a killer guitarist.
24:25
Everyone wanted him.
24:27
And I'd hire him to play lead with
24:28
me once in a while.
24:29
And an Air Force recruiter literally went
24:32
and got this kid to join the Air
24:34
Force.
24:35
And now he's one of the main guitarists.
24:37
He goes all over the world playing guitar
24:39
in the Air Force.
24:41
he's amazing and he i see his social
24:43
media posts and they they pick some high
24:45
talent man the military don't mess around
24:47
when it's when it's developing and picking
24:49
out talent and wow yeah they i'm telling
24:52
you the musician and it's gotten better
24:54
and better like when i when i first
24:55
came in uh the i would say the
24:59
musicianship maybe uh on an individual
25:02
level wasn't as high as some of the
25:04
cats coming in now yeah these guys coming
25:07
in now are just
25:08
beast, man.
25:09
But these are guys,
25:10
a lot of them have degrees and been
25:12
out playing and performing all kinds of
25:14
places.
25:15
I mean, it's, it's truly amazing.
25:17
I have a sax player.
25:18
His name is Richard.
25:21
What's his last name?
25:22
Payne, Richard Payne.
25:24
His last name is Payne.
25:25
He was in the army.
25:28
And he got out of the Army.
25:29
No, he was in the Marine Corps first.
25:30
He joined the Marines,
25:31
graduated boot camp,
25:32
was in the Marine Corps,
25:33
got out of the Marine Corps on an
25:35
early – they released him early.
25:36
They let him out early because his father
25:38
had passed away.
25:39
And then he joined the Army,
25:40
and he joined the Army band.
25:42
And this guy is an amazing sax player,
25:47
and he plays the keys.
25:48
So he's super talented.
25:50
Yeah.
25:50
And I met him doing stuff for River
25:53
City Rock Fest and Spurs Entertainment a
25:55
few years back.
25:57
And the talent, bro, in military,
26:01
people don't realize the amount of
26:04
knowledge you got to have just to get
26:06
in there to try out.
26:07
Oh, yeah.
26:08
Yeah, that's true.
26:09
It's not an easy audition.
26:10
I can tell you that.
26:11
Really?
26:11
Yeah.
26:12
Yeah.
26:13
Well, especially for drummers.
26:14
Drummers have to play everything, right?
26:16
We have to play the melodic instruments,
26:18
right?
26:18
The xylophone, all that stuff.
26:20
We got to be able to play the
26:21
drum set and all the different drums.
26:23
So when we do an audition, it's,
26:25
you know,
26:26
forty five minutes to an hour of
26:28
auditioning where a lot of people go in
26:29
and like ten minutes later, they're done.
26:32
But drummers, man,
26:34
they're going and going and going.
26:36
Wow, man.
26:37
I imagine that's tough,
26:38
but it's a good gig, though.
26:41
I think it'd be a good gig.
26:43
be able to get out there and play
26:44
music and get paid to play that's awesome
26:47
oh man it was a fantastic gig is
26:50
my camera doing that is it yeah it
26:53
might be the connection um to be honest
26:56
with you okay because i finally figured
26:58
out how to go from my computer to
27:01
my iphone and then i have another camera
27:04
that i can switch to which of them
27:08
i mean it seems like it's doing okay
27:09
it's just every now i mean your audio
27:11
comes through just fine man
27:16
Now you're further away.
27:20
So I'll go back to this one.
27:22
But I'm learning the cameras.
27:24
So this is the close-up one.
27:26
But I'm also realizing, bro,
27:28
that I've gained some weight, man.
27:30
I'm looking at these videos and I'm
27:31
thinking, man,
27:32
I got to start working out again.
27:36
I quit working out last October because I
27:37
hyperextended my knee and I couldn't run
27:40
or do anything.
27:41
And then I just fell off the wagon,
27:42
bro.
27:43
It happens, man.
27:45
You know,
27:47
I was going to say I didn't work
27:49
out pretty much at all once I retired,
27:52
but it was before I retired.
27:53
I'm going to be honest with you.
27:54
I kind of stopped about a year before.
27:57
Yeah.
27:57
As much as I could, at least.
28:00
And I blossomed a little bit,
28:02
I will say.
28:03
It happened.
28:05
You look like you've been trimming down,
28:06
though.
28:07
I have been, yeah.
28:10
No, I still don't.
28:16
Nope.
28:17
Sorry.
28:18
Yeah, I am trimming down a little bit,
28:20
which is a good deal.
28:22
So if we can keep going in that
28:24
direction, we're doing all right,
28:25
you know.
28:27
So I shaved the other day on my
28:30
wife's birthday.
28:31
I was actually going to ask you about
28:33
that.
28:33
I haven't shaved in fifteen years.
28:36
And I could have swore I was better
28:38
looking, bro.
28:39
I mean, I thought when I shaved,
28:41
I'd be like, man,
28:42
I'm going to look so good.
28:43
I would tell everybody the reason why I
28:44
didn't shave is because I looked so good.
28:45
My wife was just going to shave, bro.
28:48
Oh, there we go.
28:50
I'm going to let you go, brother.
28:51
I'll be watching.
28:51
All right, man.
28:52
We'll see you in a bit.
28:53
I'll see you in a bit.
28:54
All right, man.
29:01
I wonder, that's what we've become.
29:06
Problems, are mentally numb.
29:13
Crazy, just cannot be.
29:20
I'm living with something,
29:22
that just isn't there.
29:27
No wounds, no healing,
29:30
who am I to blame?
29:33
I'm going off the rails on a crazy
29:41
train.
29:41
I'm going off the rails on a crazy
29:43
train.
30:02
Thank you.
30:03
Hope you're out there getting some good
30:04
grub in the nice shade.
30:06
It's pretty hot out, ladies and gentlemen.
30:12
We are so glad you're here.
30:29
Please, baby,
30:31
can't you see my mind's a part of
30:34
hell?
30:34
I know it's a little rippin', tearin',
30:37
and strippin' my heart apart as well.
30:42
Tonight you told me that you had some
30:44
news.
30:47
That some other woman is lookin' like
30:49
somethin' that might be a dream.
30:54
Go on and hold that till the steamin'
30:56
is gone.
31:02
It's a world where nothing's wrong.
31:05
But I'm a lonely boy,
31:08
I want to pass the fire for you.
31:10
And I'm a lonely boy,
31:11
I've got my desire for you.
31:25
The demons that you're hiding from With
31:28
all your promises so cold
31:52
and arms and skin won't make it go
31:55
away.
31:56
You'll wake up tomorrow and wrestle the
31:59
sorrow that brings you down.
32:01
On and on until the screaming is gone.
32:04
You'll go on and on, but you're guilty.
32:07
Nothing wrong without the open door.
32:08
The one that brought survival to you.
32:26
Drowning my desire for you
33:15
Go on and hold her till the screaming
33:18
is gone.
33:20
Go on,
33:21
believe her when she tells you nothing
33:24
more.
33:24
But Eddie,
33:27
you're the one who walks across the fire
33:30
with you.
33:37
And Eddie, you're the one.
33:50
oh yeah
34:41
I'd like to welcome Sassart Thayer back to
34:43
the stage to lead us in this next
34:44
tune.
34:46
Thank you, Sergeant Peterson.
34:49
All right, Quantico.
34:51
One of the best things about being on
34:53
a Marine Corps base is we're all from
34:55
all around, but music brings us together.
34:58
So please, help me out here.
35:00
Sing along.
35:04
Heading down south to the land of pine,
35:07
thumbing my way into North Carolina.
35:10
Turn up the road, ready,
35:12
got icy headlights.
35:18
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel,
35:22
rock me mama any way you feel, hey.
35:43
Rock me, mama,
35:43
like the wind and rain Rock me, mama,
35:46
like a snow fountain Hey, mama,
35:47
rock me
36:07
Runnin' from the cold up in New England
36:10
I was born to be a fiddler and
36:12
an old time string man My baby plays
36:14
the guitar,
36:16
I pick a band up now
36:19
Oh,
36:20
North Country winners keep on getting in
36:22
town.
36:23
Lost my money playing poker,
36:25
so I had to leave town.
36:26
But I ain't turning back to living that
36:29
old life no more.
36:33
So rock me, mama, like a wagon wheel.
36:36
Rock me, mama, any way you feel.
36:39
Hey.
36:46
Rocky mama like the wind and the rain
36:49
Rocky mama like a southbound train Hey
36:54
little mama Rocky
37:24
Run to the south out of Roanoke A
37:27
metal trucker out of Philly had a nice
37:30
long toke But he's headed west to the
37:32
Cumberland Gap To Johnson City,
37:36
Tennessee I gotta get from her way to
37:39
the sun Hear my baby call my name
37:42
and I know that she's the only one
37:44
And if I die in Raleigh,
37:45
at least I will die
37:50
So rock me, mama, like a wagon wheel.
37:54
Rock me, mama, any way you will.
37:57
Hey, mama, rock me.
38:01
Rock me, mama,
38:05
like the wind and the rain.
38:07
Rock me, mama, like a cell phone train.
38:10
Hey, mama, rock me.
38:14
Everyone say it.
38:17
Rock me, mama, like a wagon wheel.
38:20
Rock me, mama, any way you feel.
38:23
Hey, mama, rock me.
38:29
Rock me, mama,
38:31
like the wind and the rain.
38:32
Rock me, mama, like a southbound train.
38:36
Hey.
38:53
Thank you.
38:55
Now, of course,
38:55
we're going to keep this country train
38:57
rolling.
38:57
We can't have country music without little
38:59
Toby Keith.
39:00
He's one of my personal favorites.
39:01
So he's here for you.
39:06
American girls and American guys will
39:11
always stand up and salute.
39:13
We'll always recognize when we see your
39:17
glory fly.
39:19
there's a lot of man dead soon as
39:22
we could sleep at peace and not when
39:24
we lay down
39:28
My daddy served in the army when he
39:31
lost his right eye,
39:33
but he flew a flag out in our
39:34
yard till the day that he died.
39:37
He wanted my mother, my brother,
39:39
my sister,
39:40
and me to grow up and live happy
39:43
in the land of the free.
39:46
Now this nation that I love is falling
39:48
under attack.
39:49
A mighty sucker punch can fly in there
39:52
through somewhere in the back.
39:54
Soon as you could see it clear through
39:56
our big black eye,
39:58
then we lit up your world like the
40:01
Fourth of July.
40:03
And you could stand with my name at
40:04
the top of his list, and he stands,
40:05
you will not miss.
40:14
And it's gonna be hell When you hear
40:17
brother freedom start ringing the bell And
40:21
it feels like the whole wide world is
40:24
raining down on you
40:51
Justice will be served and the battle will
40:55
rage.
40:56
This big dog will bite when you rattle
40:59
his cage.
41:01
You'll be sorry not to miss me.
41:03
The U.S.
41:05
of A. We'll put a boot.
41:14
I stand with my name at the top
41:16
of his list,
41:17
and the statue of liberty's gonna take it
41:20
up there.
41:22
And he's gonna fly,
41:23
and it's gonna be hell.
41:26
And he's gonna be the star of every
41:29
hotel.
41:30
It's like the whole wide world is raining
41:33
down on you.
42:06
We're going to pick it up a little
42:07
bit around here.
42:17
All right, everyone.
42:19
I see everyone over there.
42:21
It's all right that you're over there.
42:22
You can get in the shade.
42:23
I'm jealous.
42:24
But it's okay.
42:25
I want you to get up, though,
42:27
and high energy with us.
42:29
We feed off that energy.
42:30
Let's go.
42:30
I don't mind Letting it down easy But
42:31
just give it time
42:52
So what you gonna do when nobody wants
42:56
to move with you?
43:27
What you gonna do?
43:59
What you gonna do when nobody wants to
44:02
move with you?
44:07
And it's funny living in a big world
44:13
And it's good being all alone
44:44
Don't go cryin' to your mama Cause you're
44:49
on your own in the real world Don't
44:53
go cryin' to your mama
45:04
Baby now you're one of us Ain't it
45:15
fun, ain't it fun,
45:20
ain't it fun
45:40
Thank you.
46:14
How about this weather we have in?
46:18
Hope you're getting some nice news!
46:26
Look in my eyes!
46:29
What do you see?
46:32
A cult of personality
46:36
I know your anger.
46:39
I know your dreams.
46:42
I'm everything you need to be.
46:45
Oh, I'm the coach of personality.
46:51
Like Mussolini and Kennedy.
46:57
I'm the coach of personality.
47:00
Coach of personality.
47:02
Coach of personality.
47:13
Neon lights,
47:15
Nobel Prize When the mirror speaks,
47:19
the reflection lies You won't have to
47:25
follow me Only you can set me free
47:42
I tell you things that you need.
47:47
I'm the smiling face on your TV.
47:51
I'm the ghost of personality.
47:57
I exploit you till you love me.
48:02
I tell you one and one makes three.
48:07
I'm the ghost of personality.
48:12
But Joseph David and Gandhi Are the cult
48:18
of personality The cult of personality The
48:23
cult of personality See online
48:35
you or have to follow me
49:37
Gunnery Sergeant Espinosa, everyone.
49:45
You gave me fortune.
49:47
You gave me fame.
49:50
You gave me power in your God's name.
49:55
I'm every person.
49:58
you need to speak.
50:08
I'm the ghost of personality.
50:13
I'm the ghost of personality.
50:31
Thank you.
50:39
You know, we travel all over the place.
50:41
We just got back from Baltimore,
50:45
but ain't nothing better than performing
50:47
for a bunch of Marines and their families.
50:49
So thank you all for coming out today.
51:20
Smash my face One day just to stand
51:27
your way Don't know how much I can
51:34
take Seven pounds they climb the floor
51:46
Twenty-five for six to four
52:03
Stepping blindly into space Getting up to
52:10
smack my face Wanted just to take away
52:20
Wonder how much I can take
52:35
Bye.
52:36
Bye.
52:36
Bye.
53:11
like my heart to sleep
53:45
Twenty-five, four, six, two, four.
53:51
Twenty-five, four, six, two, four.
54:42
Thank you.
55:20
Do you have the time to listen to
55:32
me whine about everything, nothing,
55:36
all at once?
55:40
I am one of those melodramatic fools
55:45
Neurotic to the bone,
55:47
no doubt about it
55:52
Sometimes I give myself the tips.
55:58
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me.
56:01
And I keep setting up.
56:06
I think I'm cracking up.
56:09
Am I just paranoid?
56:11
Am I just good?
56:18
I went to a shrink to analyze my
56:22
dreams.
56:23
She said,
56:24
this lack of skill is bringing me down.
56:29
I went to her door.
56:31
She said, my life's a bore.
56:34
So quit your whining,
56:35
because it's bringing her down.
56:43
I give myself creeps.
56:48
Am I just paranoid?
56:54
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
57:12
Grasping for control So I better hold on
57:36
Thanks for singing along in the front.
57:40
Sometimes I give myself the creeps.
57:46
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me.
57:48
And I'll keep setting up.
57:53
I think I'm cracking up.
57:58
Am I just paranoid?
58:00
Am I just stuck?
58:30
Thank you, everyone.
58:31
I saw some people singing along.
58:34
Please continue to do that.
58:36
Sing with us.
58:36
We're having fun.
58:37
How are we feeling?
58:37
Hey, I see all of you out there,
58:38
and I was judging earlier where the sun
58:39
would be in relation to the trees.
58:40
We got a bunch of shade up here,
58:41
so if you're stuck back there barely being
58:48
able to hear, go ahead, come on,
58:52
fill
59:09
All the small things true care truth
59:14
brings I'll take one lift,
59:18
you're right Best trip always,
59:22
I know You'll be at my show Watching,
59:28
waiting,
59:30
commiserating
59:33
Say it ain't so,
59:34
I will not go Turn the lights off,
59:37
bury me home
1:00:03
Late night, come home.
1:00:06
Work sucks, I know.
1:00:09
She left me rooted by the stairs.
1:00:12
Surprised and let me know she can't.
1:00:15
Saying it's so, I will not go.
1:00:17
Turn the lights off, carry me home.
1:00:42
Let me see you put your hands together!
1:00:47
There we go!
1:00:54
We gotta do the wave!
1:00:57
Say it ain't so, I will not go,
1:01:00
turn the lights off, carry me home,
1:01:03
keep your head still, I'll be your bill,
1:01:06
the night will go on, my little windmill.
1:01:09
Say it ain't so, I will not go,
1:01:12
turn the lights off, carry me home,
1:01:15
keep your head still, I'll be your bill,
1:01:18
the night will go on,
1:01:20
the night will go on, my little windmill.
1:01:28
Whoo!
1:01:30
Thanks for that energy.
1:01:30
Thanks for putting your hands together and
1:01:32
waving.
1:01:33
All right,
1:01:33
I'd like to welcome back to center stage
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our front women, Sargent Peterson!
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So we'll walk in the forest and love
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each other When I think of what you're
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lost Can't deny,
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can't deny I do a thing But after
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all this time I'm still into you I
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should be on the road to qualify
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I'm still in here.
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I'm still in here.
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Shoulder.
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Shoulder.
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Shoulder.
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I don't need
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All this time I'm into you Baby,
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not a day goes by That I'm not
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into you What a time What a time
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I'm into you
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Thank you.
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don't forget to pick up your child
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wristbands and the information tents those
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are the bright yellow tents located on the
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corners of the field you want to make
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sure that you pick those up so that
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uh we can reunite you with your lost
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child this evening in the event that your
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child separates from you that's part of
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our lost channel policy that helps keeps
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the family safe and connected throughout
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the event
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Let's hear it one more time for the
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Quantico Popular Music Group.
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The Quantico Green Billion Popular Music
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Group.
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My mother had been told me Child is
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slowly taking in But by these bars of
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silence
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Are we mistaken?
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But you see, it's not me,
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it's not my family.
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In your head, in your head,
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they are my head.
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With their tanks, and their guns,
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and their guns, and their bombs.
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In your head, in your head,
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they are my head.
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Hey.
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Hey.
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Hey.
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Mother Satan, our heart is taking over.
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When the violence caused such silence,
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who are we to thank you?
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It's the same old theme since nineteen
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sixteen.
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Hear your head, hear your head,
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they are crying.
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With their tanks, and their guns,
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and their guns, and their bombs.
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Hear your head, hear your head, they are
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hey hey
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Thank you.
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so so
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so so
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Thank you.
1:14:36
How about that jam session, everyone?
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All right, for this next one,
1:14:42
it kind of calls for a pit.
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So,
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I'm gonna need everyone to start
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gravitating towards the front.
1:14:48
Let's have some fun.
1:14:51
We took this to Baltimore for sale,
1:14:52
two-fifty,
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and I actually had to explain to the
1:14:55
civilians there what oorah meant.
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So,
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I don't have to explain that to you.
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Can I hear an oorah?
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Oh, no.
1:15:08
We can do way better than that.
1:15:11
Let me hear a hoorah!
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Woo!
1:15:16
Nothing like being on a Marine base.
1:15:19
For the Fourth of July coming up,
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happy two-fiftieth!
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Let's get more people up here.
1:15:28
Where's the pit at?
1:15:55
Say your prayers, little one,
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don't forget my son, to include everyone.
1:16:02
Chuck you in, warm the sand,
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keep you free from sin,
1:16:06
till the sand man comes.
1:16:10
Sleep with one eye open,
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gripping your pillow tight, it's a life.
1:16:20
And tonight, take my hand.
1:16:27
We're up to Never Never Land.
1:16:31
Let's dance!
1:16:37
Yeah!
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And they are no snow-white Dreams of war,
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dreams of fire,
1:16:54
dreams of dragon's fire And of things that
1:16:57
will bite, yeah!
1:16:59
Stick with one eye open Grip in your
1:17:04
pillow tight Exit light
1:17:10
And good night.
1:17:14
Take my hand.
1:17:15
We're off to Never Never Land.
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Everybody get down, we're taking it down.
1:18:13
It's just a beast under your bed,
1:18:16
in your closet, in your head.
1:18:19
Exit light into night.
1:18:27
Thank you.
1:18:33
What a great day we had there.
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Well, ladies and gentlemen, unfortunately,
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we are coming to the end of our
1:18:57
set list.
1:18:57
Lucky for you,
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we got another set coming at eight forty
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later today.
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Y'all ready for some fireworks tonight?
1:19:03
Woohoo!
1:19:23
It's a day that'll turn the world away.
1:19:27
Smile like the sun, kisses forever.
1:19:35
One big tale that never fails.
1:19:52
That's a good time, we will all try
1:20:21
No right, no wrong,
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tell them it's all in me.
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Whiskey.
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And it's a real thing,
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don't you wish it.
1:20:30
You've got to drink up, don't you drink.
1:20:34
You've got a bad, bad, bad, bad, bad,
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bad, bad.
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Ooh, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad.
1:20:55
Let me tell you the purpose that I
1:20:57
can be found.
1:20:58
I think that you've got to be used
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to all that they've been,
1:21:10
all that they've shown me.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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I would like to take a moment to
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introduce the band.
1:22:13
And over there singing as well,
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we've got Staff Sergeant Baker.
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Hey!
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Thank you.
1:23:24
Ladies and gentlemen,
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this will be our last song.
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Please stick around later on.
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We'll be playing again, once again,
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at eight forty.
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The melody of everything was as precious
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as the bright blue sky.
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Now and then, when I see her face,
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she takes me away to that special place.
1:24:31
If I stay too long,
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I'll probably break down and die.
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So long, I want to turn my mind.
1:24:58
She's got eyes of the blue and the
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sky is in vain, far away.
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I came to look into those eyes and
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see them down so big.
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Bye bye.
1:26:21
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, sweet lullaby Oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh,
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sweet lullaby
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where do we go where do we go
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now where do we go
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Where do we go now?
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Thank you.