Ross Andrews, Susan Brokman and I were the first composers of that work on the first one valve bugle that I designed and wrote tons of music for. It's an honor hearing it still being played. One time where I actually did make a difference.
seen these guys Live many times!!!!!! know a few of alumni of the old guard!!!! I come from CT where Fife and drums are a huge and multi generation of families play.
@Marcos Calvillo That's probably because the Old Guard Fife And Drum has Royal History. They use the same drumline as the British when the British Army tries to entertain the public with a drum solo. The Old Guard Fife And Drum is a special Military Branch, As it is the only branch of the U.S. Military that was actually funded by His Majesty King George III when America was a British Colony.
Hi! It's because back then, musicians wore the opposite colors of their country to signify that they were musicians. British fifers and drummers would've worn bluecoats!
Not exactly. You have the right idea. The British used several different colors for there Lapels, red, green, yellow, white, buff, and blue. Different color meant different regiment. Each regiment had there own group of drummers, an example the 54th regiment had red coats with green lapels, so there musicians wore green coats with red lapels, this was the same for all regiments EXCEPT ones with blue, blue lapels were for royal regiments, such as the 60th regiment of foot, there musicians still had red coats, the only thing different was they had stripes on there coats.
@@takinoborudesu No they wouldn’t have, the British army wouldn’t change their musicians’ coat colours to blue after the newly formed Continental army. They wore the colours of their regiment’s facings. For example, the 10th Regiment of Foot’s facings are yellow, and their musicians’ coat is yellow with red facings.
It wasn't that way in '77-'80. The bugles were true bugles, no valves, just C, G, C, E, G, C. Of, course, Manard Furgesson could easily add the high E, and G!
We should have kept Real Drum and bugle Corps has the same way as the old guard. But unfortunately Real Drum and bugle course no longer exist, in my opinion thanks to DCI.
It's called a slow march. It was traditionally used to display the colors(the flag/s) for the infantry that corps was assigned to so the soldiers could see what their flag looked like in case they needed to find their unit/infantry. Today, it's used for more parade purposes
@@rickschreiner7939 exactly - colors were reversed so they were recognized as non-combatants and hopefully not targeted or killed during battle. Just part of the rules of “civilized warfare”
Roy bullen Actually the American Fife and Drum members wire red to distinguish them from the fighting militia. Their uniforms are spot on representative of what they wore.
Field musics were often young boys. To identify them as noncombatants and to aid the commander in finding his main mode of communication, they wore the opposite color of their unit. The Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, the US Marine Band, and the US Marine Drum and Bugle Corps all wear red coats in this tradition.
I love this . As a drummer that marched in drum and bugle corps. That is how it is done. Beautiful
Ross Andrews, Susan Brokman and I were the first composers of that work on the first one valve bugle that I designed and wrote tons of music for. It's an honor hearing it still being played. One time where I actually did make a difference.
I hope everyone here can appreciate how extraordinary complex that snare feature was… 😮
Des war Bombe 💣🤩
Ross Andrews wrote the snare part along with Brian Pentony. Susan Brokman and I wrote the rest.
That drumline feature was INSANE!!! I could eat off of it, it was so clean!
Yeah I'm pretty sure some of those were Blue Devils at one time. Drum and Bugel Corps... :) And SO AMERICAN LMAO
@@AlcyoneSong there hasn’t been any Blue Devils but members have marched DCI in the passed
They are the best!!!
The sound of the drums themselves, even on my crappy iPhone speaker is ridiculous.
Then add in the drummers...
seen these guys Live many times!!!!!! know a few of alumni of the old guard!!!! I come from CT where Fife and drums are a huge and multi generation of families play.
I love watching them and also the Williamsburg Drum and Fife Corps.They have a bunch of kids in that and they are good.
The old guard Fife and drum corps are simply the best
Makes me proud to be an American!
Endless pride in my heart.
Got to enjoy the Old Guard perform
There shouldn't be one empty seat!
It was in Germany so yeah....
@@DrRichtoffen1 It's Switzerland, didn't you learn anything in school?
@3:25 - This is why you clicked - PERFECTION.
Those snares play cleaner than some of the dci snarelines 😂
Facts
I don’t care for the dci sound. Or look....so most times it’s 1 out of two ain’t bad.
@Marcos Calvillo That's probably because the Old Guard Fife And Drum has Royal History. They use the same drumline as the British when the British Army tries to entertain the public with a drum solo. The Old Guard Fife And Drum is a special Military Branch, As it is the only branch of the U.S. Military that was actually funded by His Majesty King George III when America was a British Colony.
A few DCI Drummers have served in TOGFDC.
@@markbarnes988 not to mention instructed....
Mein lieber Schieber, des is mal ne Ansage.
Die Trommeln sind die mächtigsten Instrumente im Universum 🥁
PERFECT !!!! Best Wihses from Germany
totally awesome!!!!
Holy smack !!!! Even better than the version earlier !!! Utter insanity @ 4:45 on !!!!
had to finish it with YANKEE DOODLE, ... loved it
Yes yes Sharing our history and Culture Love it. Old Guard Represented the people of the US really well, made me so proud.
Yes. The ultimate 18th century cultural middle finger to Britain.
@@DCAbsolutJohn1 just the age old American tradition of trolling.
Watch the drummers roll the drumsticks 😮
It would have been even better if they played the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
This really enjoyable, know a lot training history to keep alive plus planning. Thank 🇫🇷 you all.
What did the song they played at the start? 0:02?
I'm going to butcher this spelling but it's called Marshall Lowendahls march
a D4 at 0:51. Waouh!
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Uniform incorrect. They where gold and free blue
style
Why ate they in redcoats?
Hi! It's because back then, musicians wore the opposite colors of their country to signify that they were musicians. British fifers and drummers would've worn bluecoats!
Not exactly. You have the right idea. The British used several different colors for there Lapels, red, green, yellow, white, buff, and blue. Different color meant different regiment. Each regiment had there own group of drummers, an example the 54th regiment had red coats with green lapels, so there musicians wore green coats with red lapels, this was the same for all regiments EXCEPT ones with blue, blue lapels were for royal regiments, such as the 60th regiment of foot, there musicians still had red coats, the only thing different was they had stripes on there coats.
@@takinoborudesu No they wouldn’t have, the British army wouldn’t change their musicians’ coat colours to blue after the newly formed Continental army. They wore the colours of their regiment’s facings. For example, the 10th Regiment of Foot’s facings are yellow, and their musicians’ coat is yellow with red facings.
Why do they have on red coats?
So they don't get mistakenly shot at. The musicians on both sides wore the inverted colors of the infantry so they'd be identifiable.
@@candicehoneycutt4318 they look British though
@@jbcf4490 That's the point. The British aren't going to intentionally fire at people who are dressed like them
@@candicehoneycutt4318 ahh yes good point
Candice Honeycutt
That’s very interesting, but I’ve never heard of British soldiers wearing navy colored coats
They have the 18th century look, sound up until the drum line goes ultra modern DCI style then the illusion stops.
It wasn't that way in '77-'80. The bugles were true bugles, no valves, just C, G, C, E, G, C. Of, course, Manard Furgesson could easily add the high E, and G!
We should have kept Real Drum and bugle Corps has the same way as the old guard. But unfortunately Real Drum and bugle course no longer exist, in my opinion thanks to DCI.
So you think they didn't do drum lines back then?
7:13 what the hell is that manuver?
The slow march?
Parade March
Parade March
It's called a slow march. It was traditionally used to display the colors(the flag/s) for the infantry that corps was assigned to so the soldiers could see what their flag looked like in case they needed to find their unit/infantry. Today, it's used for more parade purposes
It's called "Troop Step" a kind of half time marching
Why are they dressed as redcoats .
Sure glad I pay my taxes
How British those red-coats look? hee hee...
In the 18th century military musicians wore coats with the colors reversed from that of the troops
They don’t really look British
@@rickschreiner7939 exactly - colors were reversed so they were recognized as non-combatants and hopefully not targeted or killed during battle. Just part of the rules of “civilized warfare”
@@Bountyhopper Agreed, and to be totally honest, they look like one of the cheap poorly-made British army costumes you’d find at a Halloween store.
NO THAT IS BRITISH TROOPS
Old English don’t know about American
I see they invited the Red Coats to play in their band.....very wise....!
Roy bullen Actually the American Fife and Drum members wire red to distinguish them from the fighting militia. Their uniforms are spot on representative of what they wore.
Field musics were often young boys. To identify them as noncombatants and to aid the commander in finding his main mode of communication, they wore the opposite color of their unit. The Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, the US Marine Band, and the US Marine Drum and Bugle Corps all wear red coats in this tradition.
@@judithhardin2783 musicians wore all kinds of colores. Red, blue, green, white, yellow. It depends on what regiment they are in
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