April 12, 2007

Dear Mr. O'Connell:

I am pleased to extend my personal thanks for your thoughtful e-mail of March 7 regarding our government's support of the Canadian Forces, which you wrote on behalf of the Eddie Coffey Group. Please know that your kind words of encouragement are truly appreciated.

I would like to take this opportunity to commend you for your creative support of Canadian and allied soldiers and veterans throughout North America. By contributing your time and sharing your musical talent, you have done a great deal to promote good will and respect for the sacrifices of our armed forces.

Once again, I thank you for your commitment to our men and women in uniform. Please accept my best wishes for the future.

Sincerely,


The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P.
Prime Minister of Canada

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I would like to thank the Eddie Coffey Irish Band members for the fantastic Musical entertainment you provided for our hospitalized veterans. The patients are still expressing their thanks for that wonderful evening of entertainment and fellowship.
Activities such as these are an important part of the rehabilitation program and both the patients and staff appreciate the efforts of your group.
Our hospitalized veterans are looking forward with great anticipation to the next Eddie Coffey Irish Band musical entertainment.

Elizabeth Nealy, CTRS
Lead Supervisory Recreation Therapist
Houston, Texas

I personally heard the "Eddie Coffey Band" during the resent Blue Angels Air show here in Pensacola and considered them to be a very talented group that totally captivated their audience with their patriotic music.

Bill Dickson
Captain, USN (Rett.)
County Commissioner District 2
Pensacola, Flordia

On behalf of the veterans and staff of the South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L. Murphy Division, thank you and your band for the wonderful performance on Wednesday, February 25, 2004.
The residents, families, and staff truly enjoyed the outstanding and energetic music. They especially enjoyed the tribute to the falling astronauts. Your performance was a great morale booster!

Thank you for giving of your time and talents; we hope you will perform for our veterans again.

Thomas R. Brown
Chief Recreation Therapy Service
San Antonio, Texas

Dear Eddie,
Just a short note to tell you how much we at CFTH appreciated your time and contribution towards our radio. The listeners really enjoyed your story and your songs that we had received. Your music is a delight to play over the airwaves. Hopefully we can share some stories again. Many thanks to you and all the best in the future.

Sincerely,
Rowena Osborne
CFTH Radio

Just when you though there was nothing left to say about the September 11 terrorist assaults on New York and Washington, along comes recording artist Eddie Coffey. The Newfoundland-born songwriter, who resides about half the year in the United States, released a new single, entitled Attack on America, which expresses his feelings about the tragedy and the resulting war. Coffey says he will donate a portion of the sales from the CD to the American Red Cross.

The Newfoundland Herald
November 26, 2001