Country Music Legend Charlie Daniels Volunteers for the 8th Time to Rock the Morale of Troops on U.S. Bases as Part of Unprecedented and Unique Spirit of America Tour

On Tuesday evening, June 21st at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar near San Diego, CA, country music star Charlie Daniels will play to a huge crowd of men and women in uniform, joining the long list of celebrities who have volunteered their time and talent to boost the morale of troops on domestic US military bases as part of the unprecedented and one-of-a-kind Spirit of America Tour. This concert marks Charlie Daniels 8th volunteer concert for the Spirit of America Tour. Entirely financed by Los Angeles impresario Robert Rosenthal as a gift to the military, the Spirit of America Tour, which is the only organization of its kind in the country dedicated to bringing headliner acts to domestic military bases, has brought over 50 music and comedy stars to military bases all over the USA since 2002.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 16, 2005 -- On Tuesday evening, June 21st at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar near San Diego, CA, country music star Charlie Daniels will play to a huge crowd of men and women in uniform, joining the long list of celebrities who have volunteered their time and talent to boost the morale of troops on domestic US military bases as part of the unprecedented and one-of-a-kind Spirit of America Tour. This concert marks Charlie Daniels 8th volunteer concert for the Spirit of America Tour.

Stars who have volunteered their time and talent for the Spirit of America Tour include Clint Black, Bill Ray Cyrus, Charlie Daniels, Miranda Lambert, Lee Greenwood, The Bellamy Brothers, The Oak Ridge Boys, Riders in the Sky, Dennis Miller, Carrot Top, Travis Tritt, David Clayton-Thomas and Blood Sweat and Tears, Mel Tillis, Patty Loveless, Jo Dee Messina, and Lee Greenwood, to name just a few.

The Spirit of America Tour is the brainchild of retired Los Angeles entertainment attorney Robert Rosenthal. When Rosenthal saw the Twin Towers crumbling on 9/11, he decided he needed to do something for America. He and his wife, Nina, hit upon the idea of arranging volunteer shows with headliner acts exclusively for domestic military bases as a gift to the military because no one else was making such an effort, including the USO. Driven by this vision, Rosenthal put his money on the table, slashed through reams of red tape and single-handedly created the Tour in 2002 as an effort to raise the morale of the men and women of the Armed Forces along with their families. Since then, the Spirit of America Tour, a project of the non-profit Rosenthal Foundation, has brought almost 50 headliner shows to the USAs domestic military bases, from bases close to large cities to bases in remote parts of the country. Rosenthal is associated with Cathy Gurley, a prominent entertainment industry manager based in Nashville, Tennessee, who acts as the tours national liaison. Rosenthal, who finances the entire operation, has, with Gurleys help, arranged all of these shows from the Spirit of America Tour office in Burbank, California (the tour has no additional staff). In 2004 alone, there were over 21 Spirit of America Tour concerts on bases throughout the United States, with 20 more concerts underway for 2005.

The Spirit of America Tour is the only project of its kind in the country dedicated exclusively to bringing top-tier entertainment to domestic US military bases all over the USA. Says Rosenthal, I wanted to express my appreciation, support and confidence in our troops by arranging and offering these free concerts. My work on the Spirit of America Tour is my way of paying the United States back for the enjoyment of the benefits of living in this country. For the entertainment community, I believe that the Spirit of America Tour expresses their patriotism in a most positive way".

For Robert Rosenthal, arranging and financing the Spirit of America Tour is a labor of love: I know that the Spirit of America Tour is making a difference when I read letters and e-mails from soldiers and sailors telling me about the impact of our concerts." Rosenthal continues, We live in a free country because we have a standing army. Somebody has to give a damn about them, and I give a damn about them."

The generous entertainers who have volunteered as part of the Spirit of America Tour have played to capacity audiences of thousands of soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen and their families at US military bases throughout the United States. These concerts are a gift to the men and women in uniform and their families -- they are closed to the public and completely free to all military and civilian personnel and their families on the bases. Although all of the artists volunteer their time to do these shows at military bases, the Spirit of America Tour does pay their reasonable expenses so they are not out of pocket. However, no officer or director of the Rosenthal Foundation receives any remuneration, direct or indirect, from the Spirit of America Tour.

Website: www.spiritofamericatour.org

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