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MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION, OR MWR, AND NAVY ENTERTAINMENT PRESENT THE FRONT MEN AT
NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY.
BEFORE THE BAND HIT THE STAGE SINGER ERIK BAKER WARMED THE CROWD UP.
HE EXPLAINED HOW HE FEELS ABOUT THE TOUR.
"IT'S A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE. IT GIVES ME THE GRATITUDE THAT I FEEL AND THE THANKFULNESS
AND THE RESPECT THAT I HAVE, AGAIN HONORED TO BE HERE."
WITH SOUDA BAY BEING THE FIRST OF FOUR STOPS, THE COUNTRY TRIO SHARE WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
TO THEM TO BE INVOLVED WITH MWR.
"YOU KNOW I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GIVING BACK. I DON'T THINK I WOULD FEEL RIGHT ABOUT
THE LUXURY I GET, TO BE ABLE TO SING, WRITE, SAY WHATEVER I WANT IN A FREE COUNTRY AND
KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE SACRIFICING THEIR LIVES FOR ME TO HAVE THAT RIGHT AND
THAT BLESSING. WE LOVE OUR FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE AND THEY'RE NOT FREE SO WHY NOT COME
SAY THANK YOU."
"US HELPING THEM MAKE THE CONNECTIONS WITH THEIR FAMILIES WITH THEIR LOVED ONES THAT
THEY'RE AWAY FROM YOU KNOW."
THEY ALSO EXPLAINED WHY THEY ENJOY PERFORMING.
"THE POWER OF MUSIC, OF WHAT A SONG CAN MEAN TO PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS SETTING. PEOPLE
WHO ARE GONE FROM THEIR KIDS, FORM THEIR WIVES. YOU KNOW WHEN I SAW WHAT IT MEANT TO SO MANY
PEOPLE I MEAN HOW COULD YOU NOT WANT TO COME OUT AND YOU KNOW MAYBE MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR
A MINUTE WITH ONE SONG OR ANYTHING."
FROM THE GUITARS TO THE LYRICS THE FRONT MEN DELIVERED A CROWD PLEASING PERFORMANCE.
"IT WORKED OUT TO COME HONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE OUR NATION."
*** BRENT PYFORM, SOUDA BAY, CRETE.