I marched with several of the guys in this drumline in 1980-Spirit of Atlanta. Most were from Auburn University and left when Float went from Atlanta to Concord. Guy Hilsman, Jeff Griffin, Bob Beck (R.I.P.), Jeff Stallworth. Also Jeff from Lonestar Percussion (owner) marched Spirit. Float took a good nucleus of drummers with him as he started his domination of DCI percussion during the years that followed. Tom always had clean lines. Thanks for posting this.
I was at first camp in the parking lot waiting for the busses with the Spirit cats. Float didn’t have to take them, they wanted to be where he was teaching, no matter what. Nice meeting them and Float for the first time. We shot a lot of hoops on tour
@@jbu999 Hey John. Cool to hear from one of the "old school" guys. Guess we're still kicking after all these years. Still drumming and teaching everyday. Good to hear from you.
@@victorlee8930 In 82, some corps might have an extra body in the pit just to play toms or Latin parts or set, but then Garfield grounded a whole rack of stuff and won with it in 83, so by 84 EVERYBODY had a whole frontline ensemble.
I’m shocked this footage exists. Thanks so much for sharing. Awesome. What an absolutely awesome corps. RIP Tom.
Every time I hear a Wayne Downey/Tom Float Devils arrangement, I know that the sun is shining somewhere.
PeopleAlone what a great chart!!! Such an underrated song. One of my favorites
Agreed - was only just listening to this last night!
I marched with several of the guys in this drumline in 1980-Spirit of Atlanta. Most were from
Auburn University and left when Float went from Atlanta to Concord. Guy Hilsman, Jeff Griffin, Bob Beck (R.I.P.), Jeff Stallworth. Also Jeff from Lonestar Percussion (owner) marched Spirit.
Float took a good nucleus of drummers with him as he started his domination of DCI percussion during the years that followed. Tom always had clean lines. Thanks for posting this.
Looking at the 1981 Finals recap, SCV won by 0.3 over BD who was a whopping 1.6 behind Vanguard in drums. Yes, a change was needed. Yikes.
I was at first camp in the parking lot waiting for the busses with the Spirit cats. Float didn’t have to take them, they wanted to be where he was teaching, no matter what. Nice meeting them and Float for the first time. We shot a lot of hoops on tour
I marched with you. Bass drum #3.
@@jbu999 Hey John. Cool to hear from one of the "old school"
guys. Guess we're still kicking after all these years. Still drumming
and teaching everyday. Good to hear from you.
Love the muscle up
Greetings from south Florida!!!!
Greatest year in DCI.
Amazing ❤❤❤❤
Now this is a treasure!
love this...color guard you're gonna have to muscle up against the wind...that's how we were taught!!!
amazing. amazing. 😘😘😘😘😘😘
good. job. guys.
God in heaven and baby Jesus..... these folk play like MONSTERS!!
Lead Bari, not really
it's practice
@@draeke8080 You're welcome ....
@@draeke8080 Practice like a monster, play like a monster. The 80s Blue Devils were not, in fact, fucking around. At all.
Awesome
Two guys from this drum line came to my HS and taught us. They were Pro's
5 in the pit... same size as a timp line. Makes sense for the times.
One of each keyboard instrument - xylo, marimba, vibrapbone, glock, plus a timpanist. That was the logic of the times.
@@victorlee8930 In 82, some corps might have an extra body in the pit just to play toms or Latin parts or set, but then Garfield grounded a whole rack of stuff and won with it in 83, so by 84 EVERYBODY had a whole frontline ensemble.
Is the drum major wearing denim jeans?
muscle up against the wind? Canada
❤️❤️
Quite the "pit"
Can anyone tell me the model/type of bugle the sopranos used? I’m looking to buy one in the near future... 2-valve Dynasty?
King K20 two valve G Bugle
Side #1 Bitches. Side 2 can kick rocks.