Puppet Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 The great Todd Weich. The best ad disbled Americns ever had, IMO.Back to Cliff DeArment, listen to "Backwoods Sideman" from the 78 Blue Star show. The marimba sound is absolutely phenomenal, and one of the things that made my ears perk up and made me want to be a pithead (the other being the magic that was the 'Dance Russe' Phantom keyboard break at 3:53 in their 78 Stravinsky medley. Marrone.). I want to take you guys back a ways. I don't know if it was The Boston Crusaders, but my brain says it might have been. I think they were the first I heard with a xylo. But they played a really cool drum solo that featured sort of a Dave Brubeck kind of riff (could be wrong about the composer but it was way jazzy) It had this syncopated deal going on that was not hard to play between the snares and the toms and the xylo (I think it was something like a xylo at least!) Doesn't anybody remember that drum break/solo? I also think that it was so darn cool that some other corps must have had to play it, too. That's what happened BITD. Please let me off the hook here. Puppet Or are all the martinis catching up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St_Marys64 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 (edited) I want to take you guys back a ways. I don't know if it was The Boston Crusaders, but my brain says it might have been. I think they were the first I heard with a xylo. But they played a really cool drum solo that featured sort of a Dave Brubeck kind of riff (could be wrong about the composer but it was way jazzy) It had this syncopated deal going on that was not hard to play between the snares and the toms and the xylo (I think it was something like a xylo at least!) Doesn't anybody remember that drum break/solo? I also think that it was so darn cool that some other corps must have had to play it, too. That's what happened BITD. Please let me off the hook here. Puppet Or are all the martinis catching up? BAC 1969, The Dave Brubeck piece was un-square dance in 7/8 Boston also played a jazz version of "Pop goes the weasel" They had to learn two version of each solo with and without the bells. At the VFW they would have been disqualified, at other shows they just took the penalty Edited August 5, 2008 by St_Marys64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arianwen Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 The other Kingsmen keyboard player in 1974 was Dan Sussman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlockosaurusRex Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Has anyone ever marched crotales? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Matczak Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Has anyone ever marched crotales? BITD, we took a set apart, mounted individual notes on studs with handles and used them indiviually throughout the battery,...........kinda like a hand bell choir,....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rd Glasgow BB Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 We marched a vibe that had a very light aluminium tubular stand that allowed the instrument to be grounded when the marching member was not on the move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaminbenb Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet, but I remember a guy in the Connecticut Hurricanes (DCA) that carried a full set of eight Octobans! (Google it) He had a bar that he could set on the ground to save his back, but I can only imagine that they were pretty heavy! As a former marching timpanist, I can only say that they WEREN'T as heavy as you'd think! Actually pretty tolerable if you had the right kind of straps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Priester Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Has anyone ever marched crotales? Yes, Skyliners back in the 70s. Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajlisko Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Yes, Skyliners back in the 70s. Ray Played by Jack McGuinness in 1975 or 1976 ... he currently play in Sky Alumni's "Pit" ... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Priester Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Played by Jack McGuinness in 1975 or 1976 ... he currently play in Sky Alumni's "Pit" ... :-) Before Jack, it was the late Earle Demarritt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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