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Michael Trotter Jr. explains how the phrase "five more minutes," came to mean the difference between life and death. His wife Tanya Blount Trotter then joins him on stage to perform music that celebrates love, sacrifice, and the power of resilience.
Jul 2, 2019 · On stage, army veteran Michael Trotter Jr. is fearless. But in 2003, when Trotter was deployed to the war in Iraq, he was understandably terrified. At 19, he had become a father and enlisted in the military. Trotter taught himself to play a piano that was previously owned by, of all people, Saddam Hussein. After almost two years in Iraq, he ...
Aug 26, 2019 · Michael Trotter Jr. - U.S. Army 2003-07 In Iraq, Michael Trotter Jr. had been deemed the weak link by the other soldiers in his infantry unit because of his fear. Knowing that Michael loved music, an officer led him one day to a piano in one of Saddam Hussein's bombed-out palaces that U.S. troops were using as a Forward Operating Base.
Apr 16, 2021 · Inside Michael Trotter Jr. And Tanya Blount's Marriage. The band The War and Treaty, scheduled to perform with Dierks Bentley at the 2021 ACM Awards on Sunday, April 18 (via Taste of Country ), is comprised of husband and wife duo, Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Blount. According to The Washington Post, Trotter and Blount met at an event in ...
Jun 16, 2017 · Fourteen years ago, Michael Trotter Jr. started on the path to his musical dream—one that would first take him through war-torn Iraq. Up until that point nothing in his life signaled that he would turn out to be a successful singer: As a 13 year old, Trotter and his mother had escaped an abusive, alcoholic father, fleeing Cleveland, Ohio, to end up in Washington, D.C.
Jan 26, 2024 · The War and Treaty — a musical duo comprised of husband and wife Michael and Tanya Trotter — open up about their hard-earned road to success and how they're gearing up for the 2024 Grammys ...
Nov 17, 2022 · The War and Treaty's Tanya and Michael Trotter open up about their love story — and performing at the 56th annual CMA Awards. ... where we would give away backpacks around back to school time ...
