Carrie Underwood, We Salute You for Saluting the Troops
This makes me so proud -- that a country artist of this caliber would take the time to celebrate our troops with a special concert on Aug. 14. Carrie Underwood isn't touring much this summer because she's been prepping her new album, but this Salute to the Troops show is special. She's doing the show, along with John Rich, Rodney Atkins and Jake Owen, for the soldiers and families of Fort Campbell, Ky., during the Week of the Eagles event. "People just expect there to be a military, but they don't see faces and they don't know names," said Underwood. "It's very important to just go and raise awareness and bring some cheer to people who might not get it all the time, people who are stuck in another country, away from their family and friends and kids." The concerts are free and civilians are welcome.
Photo credit: Mike Theiler
©2008 Country Music Television, Inc., a Viacom company. A division of
Emily says:
Carrie is not only a GREAT singer but she is also an AMAZING Person!!!
truth says:
All the performers are wonderful for participating in this event!! Thank you Carrie, Darius, John, Jypsie, and Rodney!!! And a Big THANK YOU to our troops who sacrifice their lives daily for us!!
Janetgijoenurse says:
Do you salute other artists why showcase her. Tim Mcgraw spent July 3rd performing for the troops at Fort Sill.
Brian says:
So glad to see Carrie and others do this for our military families! Thanks for being so awesome. Thank you military families for all you do for us.
Anna says:
Yes, Carrie…thank you! Rodney, John, Jake and others..thank you! It means alot to our military families!
Tenn says:
Great the soldiers have this timeout to relax and enjoy their
family and their life for a while - being deployed must be super stressful - I certainly can’t begin to imagine - and kudos to all the country singers who give their time to entertain out troops and triple kudos to the troops who work so hard and put their lives on the line everyday for our freedom
Jess says:
This is really great!
Rak(ka)san4083 says:
Thanks Carrie,Rodney,Darius,John and Jake.I know Carrie went to Iraq with the USO and now she doing this Free Concert for our men and women in Service who we can never thank enough for their service for us.Country Music is proud of and support those that serve and sacrifice for our freedom and liberties.I am going to try to be at Fort Campbell KY my former post with the 3rd BCT 101st “RAKKASANS”for this performance of Carrie’s.I hope more Artist’s will put their hats in the Area to perform for the troops from the 14th to the 20th August 2009
RTFan says:
“This makes me so proud — that a country artist of this caliber would take the time to celebrate our troops”
A huge Thanks it will be much appreciated!!
star says:
you should showcase tim mcgraw!!!! he has done sooo much for the trops for years!!!carrie did this because of the new cd comming out.
Chrdgvpkmvk says:
We do appreciate Carrie you’re an angel! Keep up the hard work, we all love you!
becca says:
thank you so much to carrie and all of the other artists who are supporting our troops. i love the quote by carrie btw. and to the people who said carrie’s only doing this bc she has an album coming out, her album comes out like 4 or 5 months after august so how would this concert support the album?? carrie’s a good person. u may not like her music, but its rude to try and disrespect her as a human being
luckyone says:
Yea becca, that is just jealousy. Carrie has done this many times in the past, because she is that kind of person. She hasn’t always had “a new cd coming out”. That’s ridiculous. As far as McGraw, I doubt he has done any more than Toby Keith. Toby is the man who is always supporting the troops, not Tim.
Brenda says:
I am so very proud of Carrie, John, Jake, and Darius, Rodney-All great artist-hey all of you, this makes me very proud to be a fan.
Thanks alison for a great post.
Carrie is great and so are all these guys.
Tim says:
I love Carrie, I’ve had the privilege to see her live. It’s great that ANY artist would take the time to support our troops, both here and abroad. Whether it’s Carrie, John, Jake, Darius, Tim, Toby, or Kellie, and let’s not forget Trace. They don’t do it to promote a new album. They do it because they are truly thankful for all we do for our county. I thank all those, past, present and future, peace time as well as “war” time, that are willing to serve our country, to defend that which we so many times take for granted. Hooah!!
US Army Signal Corp.
andrea says:
to miss Carrie and ALL artists who do this for our soldiers they ALL deserve a BIG HUGE thank you a hug and a kiss!!…this really makes our soldiers feel appreciated and they should because america loves these beautiful brave men and woman who put their life on the line everyday they are my heroes, so to every soldier out there to their family and friends,
“THANK YOU”, SO MUCH for all the sacrifices you all endure God Bless you all!!
Mary says:
Thank you Carrie and others for caring about our troops! We have no idea what they endure for us and thank you again for making them a priority. I know they will all enjoy this so much!
countryiscool says:
Let’s not make this a competition as to who does more for the troops. ANY performer giving tribute is a good thing.
TierraStudios says:
Carrie has done so much lately, she is a wonderful role model for all. It’s wonderful to see celebrities do these types of things and especially for the troops!
jmekay says:
This is such a great event to be part of. I think the country artists are some of the most supportive of our troops. Thanks to Carrie and all the other artists who take the time to make a couple hours of our military personnel’s lives a little less stressful. I love how Carrie expressed her feelings about our military, their sacrifices and how important it is to give back to them. Thanks to all our military and their families for your sacrifices to protect us and keep us safe.
Idol Headlines for 07/10/09 | Most Interesting Info says:
[...] CMT [...]
Michael says:
Thanx for posting this Allison! I love that Carrie is doing this for the troops! Bravo, Carrie!
I have family serving now so this means alot to me.
Walter says:
Craiieunderwood id great.Also kelliepickler is great.Its great how carrieunderwood and kelliepickler and taylorswift are all best friends.Also thank you carrieunderwood and thank you kelliepickler for times you both go on uso tours and times you both salute the troups.Also thank you to all the miLAtary people out there.Thank you to everyone who vote for carrieunderwood and thank you to everyone who vote for kelliepickler on cmt powerpicks and for the top20 and for everything.Also it was great that kelliepickler said she loves all the fans while on the cmt awards.You all are the best country fans!Take care everyone!Have a great weekend everyone!Thank you cmt for showing carrieunderwood and kelliepickler videos!TAKE CARE EVERYONE!
Tenn says:
How sad doing an advertisement for other artists in a blog concerning this subject -I applaud Carrie - an artist that really wants to make a positive difference in people’s lives, not just complain about what’s happened in their own life or sing just to make money and feed their egos -
I’m sure the 2 day concert will be great !!!
Redmaz says:
“a country artists of this caliber”? What’s that supposed to mean? I think I know what you’re implying here, but I’ll give you a chance to explain first.
I also see once again you refused to mention all the musicians in these peoples band who are also celebrating our troops this way. How nice of you to pick and choose patriotism.
Kate says:
If you think you know what she’s implying why does she need to explain it to you…..?
Carrie is listed as the ‘headliner’ for the 2-day concert..so I guess she’s the star with the bigger ’star’ status…
As much as you might not like it the entertainment business and media go with what is ‘hot’ not what ‘was’ hot once….doesn’t mean others are less talented or successful..
Redmaz says:
I think you answered you own question, I would like her to explain it to me, because I’m only thinking about what she might be referring to. Don’t want to jump to any conclusions ya know, although….I could use the exercise.
sisofanarmyman says:
Redmaz, why do you always feel the need to come on every post and say something? All we are trying to do is thank the many artists who support and give thanks to the wonderful troops who serve this country. It is disrespectful for one, and secondly, a country artist of this caliber? You are really questioning what that means? If you truly don’t realize what that means, than I will be surprised that you have never heard someone use the phrase “of that caliber,” for you seem to be a person that loves correcting people about even the slightest thing. You seem to have great knowledge that you love to share so, I am shocked that you don’t understand what that means.
Anyways, thank you to all the troops that are willing to give everything for everyone else.
Also, thank you to Carrie and the many other amazing people who take time out of their days to show their appreciation.
Redmaz says:
Hi sisofanarmyman, nice to hear from you. First of all I would like to say I don’t post on every blog. My problem here is the disrespect for all the musicans who entertain our troops, not just someone of “this caliber”. It’s an insult to all the musicians who do this. Alison makes it sound like only Pop acts should be recognized for their effort. Like these Pop act are more deserving of praise than anyone else. No mention of the musicians who back up these people of “this caliber”. This isn’t the first time alison has showed disrespect.
Robin says:
Besides - usually Alison is trying to make Carrie look bad. Give Alison her one shining moment of not trying to sell her favorite artist (Taylor Swift).
barb b says:
no mater what alison say;s about
carrie she could never make carrie
look bad carrie sings like an angel
all us carrie fans no she has a
beautiful voice alison does not no
what she is talking about she is no expert
on singing