FReeper Canteen ~ Tunes For Our Troops: The Storytellers 1 ~ 11 April 2026

Our Troops Rock !! | The Canteen Crew and FRiend

[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

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Tunes For Our Troops

~ The Freeper Canteen Music Dedication Presents:
The Storytellers 1

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Warning: Not all music may be appropriate for children!
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Tunes For The Troops
 

 


This music is provided for the entertainment of our Troops,
Veterans, Allies & their families!

Enjoy the variety of musical selections that the Canteen DJs provide throughout the thread.
Please ping any DJ with your requests for the Troops!

All music is removed on Monday.
Thanks to all the DJs for their time & effort
providing entertainment for the Troops!

*Canteen Mission Statement*

Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

 

 

Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald	Jim Croce – Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Reba McEntire - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia	Bob Dylan - Hurricane
The Kinks – Come Dancing	Harry Chapin – Cat’s In The Cradle

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
KEYWORDS: canteen; military; troopsupport; tunes

[PROCON]

IT'S FRIDAY!!

LET'S ROCK THE CANTEEN WITH

TUNES FOR OUR TROOPS!!

LET'S GET THIS SHOW OFF THE GROUND!!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

"Stay Up Late – Talking Heads"

"Weird Science – Oingo Boingo"

"Middle Of The Road – The Pretenders"

"Senses Working Overtime – XTC"

"The Passenger – Siouxie and The Banshees"

"Suicide Blonde - INXS"

"London Calling – The Clash"

"Desperate But Not Serious – Adam Ant"

"Wild Child – Iggy Pop"

[Fiji Hill]

The Wreck of the Shenandoah--Vernon Dalhart (1925)

[Kathy in Alaska]

VRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Fiji Hill]

The West Plains Explosion--Vernon Dalhart (1928)

Methane gas explosion that killed 40 in West Plains, Mo.

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Tunes For Our Troops: The Storytellers 1 ~

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NOTE: CANTEEN MUSIC
Posted daily and on the Music Thread
for the enjoyment of our troops and visitors.

[Fiji Hill]

Casey Jones--Billy Murray & the American Quartet (1910)

Mississippi train wreck, 1900

[decal]

A story about a man and his horn, by Flanders and Swann:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjA6bA1qtfQ&list=RDVjA6bA1qtfQ&start_radio=1

[Fiji Hill]

The Sinking of the Great Titanic--Vernon Dalhart (1928)

1912 shipwreck

[mairdie]

Miami Vice - Battle of New Orleans- Johnny Horton
https://youtu.be/impaURplyAc

Star Trek - City of New Orleans - Willie Nelson
https://youtu.be/vD99I0Vvv-c

[decal]

And of course, THE storyteller, Tom T. Hall

“Week in a County Jail”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUPqASrmeYs&list=RDyUPqASrmeYs&start_radio=1

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu, and thanks for the tunes. ((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

****Liberty Call****

[mairdie]

Ghost and Mrs Muir - Yesterday When I Was Young - Charles Aznavour
https://youtu.be/-f8nn49_P00

Love Like the Galaxy - My Next Thirty Years - Tim McGraw
https://youtu.be/T9-2cgpkX8g

[mairdie]

Star Wars - Rest Stop - Julia Ecklar
https://youtu.be/XsnQiObWmP8

Star Wars - The Saga Begins - “Weird Al” Yankovic
https://youtu.be/v30lask4Ihw

[Fiji Hill]

Little Marian Parker--Al Craver [Vernon Dalhart] (1928)
LA kidnapping and murder, 1927. The perp was caught and executed in 1928, as described in Vernon Dalhart's follow-on record "The Hanging of the Fox," but the quality of the only version I could find on Youtube isn't very good.

[mairdie]

Deep Space 9 - The Load Out & Stay - Jackson Browne
https://youtu.be/w5pEUX2KAO8

Deep Space 9 - Black Widows In The Privy - Julia Ecklar
https://youtu.be/fTfzmIxKCcU

[Fiji Hill]

With space exploration back in the news, these should be interesting.

Cape Canaveral--Manny Sootz & the Thieves (1958)

Meanwhile, Back at the Pad--Rustad & Wierman (1961)