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Only 8 days until we leave for Incheon South Korea as part of our 14 day Armed Forces Entertainment Tour. Everyone is extremely "stoked" about going and we've been getting emails from service men at some of the stops telling us how much they are looking forward to us playing. Looks like many have been listening to us online and watching our youtube videos.
One man even asked if he could sit in at the concert at Chinhae. Well, heck yea you can.
If he's going to put his life in service to our country then the very least I can do is play some music with him. I think it will be a lot of fun.
We played the Genesee County Fair last Saturday and had a smokin set. It's the show we plan on using at the festivals in Korea and Japan and it was a great chance to gauge the impact it will have on the audience. Well if the folks at GCF are willing to give a standing O in a beer tent then the men and women in Korea and Japan are gonna lose their FRIGGIN MINDS!!! LOL!
We were told by several podcasters that they were getting requests for a wild guitar instrumental we do called Hell On My Heels. One Marine company in Fellujia made it their song to ramp up to as they headed out on patrol outside the Green Zone.
Can you imagine? RWB blasting at full volume through the trucks and humvees as these guys going roaring out of the gates. WOW, It's like something out of Apocalypse Now! LOL!
I can't wait to play it live especially at Fujifest in Japan. Evidently the Marines (several thousand of them) Don't have facilities for entertainment and such at the base in Okinawa so they ferry them over to Fuji Japan for the special events. Those "Jarheads" as they are called will just LOVE our kind of in your face, guitar driven music.
This is not only a great honor but the adventure of a lifetime for a group of musicians from Michigan. I can't wait to "spread the love".
Stay tuned to the RWB Blog for info, daily reports from the field and pics and video of our travels.
8 days and counting...
Rusty
