Lloyd and I will be returning in 2024 with the Veterans Assembly Hall Podcast. As we being programming our segments, I was struck by the passing of Toby Keith today to record a few minutes and reflect on how we lost a great artist, patriot, and veterans ally.

With that, it made me wonder how artist and music (in general) connects with us throughout our lives and for some powerfully with deployments & their military service. On top of that, Toby was a frequent performer on the USO tours and visited the troops in theater many times.

We will explore that more in a future segment but for today, we thank you Toby for the sharing your talent and your unwavering support.