We had a great band come to Camp Basrah last night, Catchpenny.  They are a band based out of Minneapolis.  Prince is from Minnesota, and he made Purple Rain.  I figured how bad can they be?  Actually, when I was told they are the 2009 Armed Services Entertainer of the Year, I stole a line from They Might be Giants, “That’s like being the tallest midget in the room.”  I still have no idea what being an Armed Services Entertainer of the Year means.

I do know that they put on a real good show.  They also go to a bunch of small bases in the middle of nowhere.  This was the last stop on their fifth trip to Iraq since last August.  They’re pretty damn awesome, they put on a good show.

Look them up on their site, catchpenny.com, myspace, on iTunes, or our coverage in the Red Bull Report on page 4.

Here is some B-Roll that King and I shot.

This is the interview they did with the Fox station in Minnesota.

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