Who Was The Best Entertainer You Saw While On Active Duty??

2015-10-14T15:29:14-04:00

My vote goes to Louis Armstrong and listened to him play trumpet for an hour...

Response by SCPO David Lockwood made Oct 14 at 2015 3:31 PM

2015-10-14T15:31:13-04:00

Bob Hope!

Response by Sgt Tom Cunnally made Oct 14 at 2015 3:32 PM

2015-10-14T15:32:56-04:00

My favorite Louis Armstrong song "What a Wonderful World"....He would just ask guys what song they wanted him to play and he would just tirelessly perform...He also had his wife with him and he said she kept him from getting in trouble..

Response by Sgt Tom Cunnally made Oct 14 at 2015 3:37 PM

2015-10-14T15:37:16-04:00

Louis Armstrong told a story about how he played "la vie en rose" and everyone yelled "Encore!! Encore!! " when he finished that beautiful French song
And he said then some old Navy Chief who looked liked he was having a real good time yelled " The Hell with Encore just play that there French song again "....

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Oct 14 at 2015 3:48 PM

2015-10-14T15:48:55-04:00

Terrance Zdunich. Best vocals on the planet.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 14 at 2015 3:55 PM

2015-10-14T15:55:58-04:00

Toby Keith at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Went above and beyond your typical "thanks guys" at the end of his show.

Response by SSG Warren Swan made Oct 14 at 2015 4:02 PM

2015-10-14T16:02:11-04:00

Tie for first: The Redskins cheerleaders when I was in Bosnia 96. They are from America's True Team and my personal favorite team, so it was a perfect match and Twilight Tattoo with TOG. If you have NOT seen this, get on YouTube. It is a dog and pony show from hell, but a damn good one. The worst? Being forced to sit through the Soldier Show. Not that they were bad; they weren't by any stretch, but being forced to sit through it took the enjoyment out of it.

Response by 1stSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 14 at 2015 4:11 PM

2015-10-14T16:11:46-04:00

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders in 1994 in Camp Courtney Okinawa.

Response by LTC Kevin B. made Oct 14 at 2015 4:57 PM

2015-10-14T16:57:11-04:00

Either Bruce Springsteen in Germany (1985) or the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders at Fort Polk (2002). Tough call.

Response by CSM Michael J. Uhlig made Oct 14 at 2015 5:45 PM

2015-10-14T17:45:27-04:00

Chuck Norris visited us at a small Combat Outpost in Iraq in 2006....he wanted to shoot a sniper rifle so we put him on a rooftop and he fired three rounds, the third earned him a sniper scar across the bridge of his nose. The fact that he came out to spend a day with our Infantry BN was impressive and earned my respect. Chuck Norris is the man!

Response by SP5 Joel O'Brien made Oct 14 at 2015 10:38 PM

2015-10-14T22:38:00-04:00

I attended more concerts while on active duty than I did before I joined. Seeing the Stones with Billy Preston was pretty darn good, but meeting Paul McCartney and Wings after a concert in West Berlin is probably the topper. (Also saw Johnny Cash, Hall and Oates, George McCrae and Roy Clark.)

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 14 at 2015 10:42 PM

2015-10-14T22:42:50-04:00

Bob Hope and Johnny Bench.

Sgt Tom Cunnally Brother. You're aging yourself here with Louis Armstrong..lol. Would loved to have seen him though. Seen BB King a couple of times at his club in Memphis (when it was still safe to go to Memphis..lol)

Response by PO1 John Miller made Oct 15 at 2015 6:37 AM

2015-10-15T06:37:12-04:00

It's a tie between Dee Snyder of Twisted Sister fame, who didn't bring his band with him so my ship formed a band so he could play for us, R. Lee Ermy "Gunny" who came onboard to film an episode of Mail Call and then talked to the crew, and the Washington Redskin cheerleaders/Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders.

Response by SSG Brian Carpenter made Jan 8 at 2024 12:53 AM

2024-01-08T00:53:54-05:00

Wow hard one Ft Carson did thin Air Jam I saw Alice Cooper .38 special and Eddie Money as one show