When the Hayloft Hoedown show came to an end, Pete received a call from the Pentagon asking him to consider taking a band overseas to the Far East to entertain the troops. They told him he would be paid and would be the first group ever paid to go overseas to entertain. The USO had a contract with the government to provide free entertainment the USO would be paid one hundred thousand dollars to let them go.

Pete's record, I Can SeeAn Angel Walking was still in the charts at that time, so Pete took Johnny Hall from the TV Show, Ray Loy on electric Guitar, and Stoney Edwards on the bass, to make up the band. They also had a five-girl and five-boy clogging group and a three-month contract with a three-month option.

Pete's USO Show 6 month tour

to Far East - 1955-56

Pete started recording for the Rebel Record Company in 1960 and was the first recording artist for Rebel.

He re-recorded his first record (I Can SeeAn Angel Walking) and another song he had written five years earlier called Napanee. On this same session, he also recorded Alone and Forsaken and Blues on my Mind. This session was done at the Owyn Bradley Studios in Nashville, Tenn. The musicians were Floyd Cramer on piano, Chet Adkins on Guitar, and Pete Drake on steel guitar.