Tom Floats first year. I grabbed this video from Quad Inc. ran by Mike Stevens you should check it out!quadinc.stevens...
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@DennisJohnsonDrummer7 жыл бұрын
I marched snare with the center 4 or 5 in Spirit during the 1980 season. Guy, Red and Bob all marched in the Auburn University Drum Line and we were helped tremendously by Bill Walker who marched Phantom 1977 and Dale Powers who marched Blue Stars 1978 and Spirit of Atlanta 1979. We used to hop in a car or a truck(depending on who was driving that week) and drive to Atlanta for practice. (sometimes twice a week!). Good times! Guy, Red and Bob all quit college and headed for BD with Float. I stayed behind and instructed Southwind and then became a band director. Time flies when you're having fun!
@alexmccrory7 жыл бұрын
Dennis, this is Alex McCrory. I marched Auburn snare line in 1979 with you, Bill Walker, Guy Hood, Dale Powers... Is anyone going to the Auburn Homecoming game Sep-16? I'm planning on going with my wife, but have not had much luck contacting the Auburn Alumi Band folks.
@DennisJohnsonDrummer3 жыл бұрын
@@alexmccrory Hey Alex. I just saw this. It's October in 2020.I did not go to the alumni game. Never have-never will. Enjoyed my time at Auburn but moved on. Stay in touch.
@alexmccrory3 жыл бұрын
@@DennisJohnsonDrummer glad to hear from you and that you are doing well. Now living in Pensacola dodging hurricanes, but the beach is a quick get away as weather permits. I mainly do FB to keep up with folks if you’re into that. I play drums for our church up until COVID. Don’t get back to AU much, but like catching them on TV. Stay safe!
@DennisJohnsonDrummer3 жыл бұрын
@@alexmccrory I think I remember you Alex. Weren't you the transfer from Ga. Tech? Bill lives about 20 minutes from me. He is married with two grown children and he is DR. Walker now. I taught band 35 years and still teach private lessons on all winds and percussion as a retirement gig. Still drum everyday. Stay in touch. WE're not too far from Pensacola but we visit Destin when the tourists are back home up north! Ha!!
@alexmccrory3 жыл бұрын
@@DennisJohnsonDrummer I was 1- year in band, being an Architecture student. At 32 years as an Architect with Naval Education and Training Command. I play drums with our church from time to time. Feel free to stop by and catch up if passing through Pensacola.
@CVsnare15 жыл бұрын
Yes, this is before kevlar -- when snare drums sounded like snare drums and not kitchen countertops. They were cranked to the max, though!
@mattfinnish15 жыл бұрын
ScoJo aged out in '79. He taught the tenors which is why we were so far ahead of the rest of the game that year. Between the five of us in that line (the original Q5), we had 49 years combined experience marching. That kind of experience with Scott out front made for a once-in-a-lifetime tenor line.
@jademetcalf9 ай бұрын
Mike Martin was my tenor instructor in the Marauders, and Keith Higgins taught pit for one season.
@scv198117 жыл бұрын
Tom was fearless. That is a quality in all his drumlines. Forever captured. Thanks for Oakland, Spirit, and BD!!
@mattfinnish15 жыл бұрын
I was in both the 81 line and this one. Tom had a real method to cleaning. When we got to Montreal, he set up a meeting room for the line where we met each night before lights-out. On a chalkboard, he had a list of every consistent tic left in the show. He identified a plan for how it would be eliminated: clean it, change it, etc. By the end of the week, there were none left on the board. The few tics made on the field at finals were just human error. (In Miami in '83, that was only 5!)
@DennisJohnsonDrummer3 жыл бұрын
Same when Tom was in Atlanta. In 1980 I think we had maybe 4 ticks in the entire show. Tied for the Sanford but Bridgemen got the trophy with the tie break with G.E. We all know that execution was the real test of the top line. HOW you play what is written-not WHAT is written. Oh well. Memories.
@terric7032 жыл бұрын
I doubt you'll see this but this BD show was my first exposure to drum corps and it got me hooked when I was in HS. It basically changed everything for me as a snare drummer. The accelerando in the solo blew my mind.
@ross18804 жыл бұрын
I still have my Tom Float Vic Firth signature sticks.
@mr.ldiggs79635 жыл бұрын
Still the best solo I have ever heard !!
@CVsnare15 жыл бұрын
He did the same in 1980 with Spirit the week of finals -- our finals show ended up with only 5 ticks too. So you know all the Spirit guys I marched with who came with Float to BD -- center 5 snares, Jeff Nelson., Guy Hillsman., Nat Barouch., Bob Beck, Mike Wallace -- one tenor, Don Williams, and big bass, Jeff "Red" Griffin. You guys were phenomenal -- but then most of Float's lines were, huh? He's amazing.
@ttdrums14 жыл бұрын
To anyone bagging on this line for not playing stuff as difficult as today, you make about as much sense as saying Jesse Owens sucked because he didn't run as fast as Carl Lewis. Everything is constantly evolving. Was Jim Brown a scrub because the NFL now has better athletes compared to when he played? No way. Same applies to this...probably more so. This was the "State of the Art" at the time. Can't directly compare the eras. You can only compare this line to others of its time.
@michaelmcintosh15695 жыл бұрын
The rhythms are soooo open. Love this
@c_townmtg8 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to be instructed by Tom Float at East Los Angeles College where he was in charge of the drumline for a while. not sure if he is still there, but it was amazing working with him.
@VoluptuousCO13 жыл бұрын
I think that's the first time where a timpani player ever really stood out in a marching band video and sounded completely boss
@multibuddhaneo13 жыл бұрын
@SomeGuyDrumming When all is said and done,lines like this from the 80s will be MORE remembered than the dancing,squatting,fluffy lines of today.
@De_Pieremegoggel5 жыл бұрын
Whatever makes you say that?
@timjohnshort5 ай бұрын
Well written, well played!!!
@RobbieGreenPerc16 жыл бұрын
What filipeeno said about float playing on Trashcans. and hes refering to the video of Float playing trashcan jams at Epcot. And personally I can only hope that when I am Tom's age I will have hands like his and be able to perform like he does. . . Werd and respect to Tom and Catherine Both. . .
@Kubz77714 жыл бұрын
@homfencing In 1983 we had 7 snares returning from the 1982 line. Dave Campbell, Ben Roberts and myself were the only guys new to the line that year.
@Potentium_Podcast5 ай бұрын
That '83 line was smokin'. Still watch that show to this day.
@srtyler26 күн бұрын
I heard that there was 100 years of drum corps experience in the 83 snare line.
@NecroQ08017 жыл бұрын
its an honor to have him as our drumline instructer at alhambra high school
@joeyjr85817 жыл бұрын
PARADOX!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!! thanks for posting!
@vlee8817 жыл бұрын
BTW, '82 was the year that the Pit section was legalized. Despite the fact that the Blue Devils were one of the corps that advocated for that rule change, note that we were still using marching mallet instruments, simply mounted on homemade stands.
@OldStudentNS11 жыл бұрын
OMG!!! When's the last time you have seen a drum line play clean inverts in their book?
@panhead5515 жыл бұрын
wow, at 1:04, the sound of the recording, tuning of (old drums), tympani part and great playing of the roll is fantastic. i watched this part over and over again. nice!!
@franklenz9811 Жыл бұрын
Rip Tom, big influence.
@homfencing14 жыл бұрын
Well yeah...BD's always seemed to have the highest percentage of people aging out with them (I did, but I was a rook-out). it's just still amazing that the quality's stayed high all these years in spite of the turnover rate.
@garylagstrom3864 Жыл бұрын
To me Float should have won this year and 87 and 90 as well. Instead of 4 titles in a row it should have been 6 in a row plus 1990 for Tommy!
@michaelmcintosh15693 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous
@CVsnare15 жыл бұрын
It's a 36 inch. I marched with the guy carrying it the two years before this when he played the big bass in Spirit of Atlanta. He could WAIL on that thing -- knock you back a step or two when he really leaned into it.
@ross18804 жыл бұрын
I was in BD C corp in 82, the snare drummer on the left with the trucker hat was my drum instructor in 85. Half of these people probably stayed at our house during the summer between tours.
@vlee8817 жыл бұрын
GreenCowboy, my mom thanks you, because I'm the xylophone player on the left (I still have that t-shirt, but I got rid of the dark glasses and long hair). Yes, Tom Weiske's timps are facing backwards for rehearsal only. That was the last 12-person snare line that I know of. There was a lot of rivalry between our drumline and Bridgemen's, but as BradHalls points out, jumping from 9th to 3rd in drums was a good enough accomplishment for one year, coupled with the overall championship.
@drumguru71815 жыл бұрын
holy shit that accel was amazing
@RobbieGreenPerc16 жыл бұрын
I have an immense amount of respect for Float, but that's funny.
@homfencing15 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh....the Glen Crosby mullet at 0:25....;ourse it was the 80s....a lot of us had them! Hey, Wieske...is that Zoomie, the far right tenor? Kinda looks like him. I also recognize Kelly "the Chick who doesn't Tick" Houpt on the left end...and Dave Campbell 4th from left....i THINK he came to BD from 27th before his brother Steve did. Dan Milina 3rd from left??
@homfencing14 жыл бұрын
@ Frielegos...strange seeing him as a young man, huh? Weird...in checking out the alum roster, the snare line had almost a complete turnover of people from 82 to 84...only Dan Milina was constant...and only 2 guys from the 83 snare line (Milina and Dave Campbell) were in the 84 line...looks like the most retention was 4 people from 84 to 85...and yet in spite on all that turnover, they won drums 4 times in a row...amazing.
@cajonezzz17 жыл бұрын
My gawd... can someone dup this vid for me??? Im on the end ( not in pic) of the snareline.... good ole days. viva la accellarando. craig z
@InnerBeatDrumSchool15 жыл бұрын
Well put! Also, the drum solos were DRUM SOLOS. If you listen and watch the whole shows back then, the perc features had nothing to do with the rest of the show. I was just a kid back in those days so I loved it that way...and it made it easier to learn the parts from the video. I would only watch the drum solos!
@IceArmy_Life10 ай бұрын
I came form 2023 still watching
@jmc64713 жыл бұрын
front ensemble is off da hook!!!!
@tsan3796 Жыл бұрын
Interesting to see drum tech in early 80s and how pit grew over these years
@Chickboom34 Жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@1990bluedevilDG16 жыл бұрын
ah, gotchya. the man still shreds, he is ageless, I just saw him last week.. word!
@prodigydrummer16 жыл бұрын
Has anyone else noticed the size of the basses back in the day?
@EricPeelMusic15 жыл бұрын
I'm 5'6" playing the 28" bottom bass with Cascades. It's even small for today, but at least it will LOOK big one me lol
@pyrvinny13 жыл бұрын
@12345timm The answer would be Ludwig. Ludwig came to our rescue in 1985 after the food truck carrying all the drums caught fire.
@JabCrossHook27 Жыл бұрын
This comment beginning 'Ludwig' and ending 'fire' so well represents ol' school drum corp.
@Inspadave15 жыл бұрын
Actually the blindfolds came in '83. If there was a line in '82 that "should have won" (and there isn't) it was SCV.
@Olorotyrant2 ай бұрын
A standing timpanist impressive👏🏾👏🏾
@rene1OOO315 жыл бұрын
As the line years back up into the early 90s, the drums seem to get higher, and higher, and higher. Can't play with my drum to my stomach worth a crap lol.
@woodsman3357 жыл бұрын
Hi Dennis. Greg Adamson (Airhead) from 1982 Southwind. Glad to see you're still out there doing your thing.
@DennisJohnsonDrummer3 жыл бұрын
Just saw this. Oct. 2020-Keep in touch. Dennis
@Dolandinger16 жыл бұрын
:33-:38 the 3rd snare from the left gradually brings his left elbow farther and farther out. good stuff.
@ironsidemedia14 жыл бұрын
yep, his name is Mike Frie pronounced free
@fnloud14 жыл бұрын
@homfencing I think a part of that might be that a lot of people switch to BD their last year in a hope of getting a ring. That helps bring in a lot of experienced, talented members.
@Yimmies13 жыл бұрын
i know it was from 1982, but i would like to know what type of toaster you used to film this?
@SweetWilly01315 жыл бұрын
So retro...I would not expect to find this on youtube. Amazing that it is though. This is before kevlar snare heads isn't it?
@longfade14 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he's in there - end tenor next to Snare Line - rocking the beard.
@funkywhite13 жыл бұрын
@pyrvinny I remember a buddy of mine in Sky Ryders telling me they loaned BD their drums for their show until the Ludwig drums arrived!
@freakin1random14 жыл бұрын
@GreenCowboy tom is teaching my highschool right now. He's an awesome guy.
@Iliketoboard3 жыл бұрын
Why did they only have 12 snares?
@ikshields15 жыл бұрын
Remo chrome/white dots, I believe (judging by higher-angle views I've seen on other vids). Same stuff my band used in high school at that time, and a lot still do!
@avenged7xguitar13 жыл бұрын
Fuck, 12 snares. and that bottom bass.... huge.
@ironsidemedia14 жыл бұрын
yep
@modestohomeboy12 жыл бұрын
@SomeGuyDrumming I disagree. the meters are more complex and marching for way harder, but everybody seems to be playing Alt of accented 16th note and triplet rolls Today.
@panhead5516 жыл бұрын
12 snares, thats cool!
@gtrocksyosocks13 жыл бұрын
Daaaaaang. How times have changed. Giant basses, trucker caps, mylar heads, and tube socks. Hmm. Still really cool seeing this, however.
@tjwieske2715 жыл бұрын
12 snares
@HNIC9417 жыл бұрын
Timp prolly facing the other way for rehearsal sake. I dunno BHalls, were you there in '82? If not then better let the old cats say. Bridgemen was pretty stellar those years I've heard (videos do not do DCI justice. I watched em for years and when I first saw a drum corp up close, live I was shocked at the clarity- 1991 BD, in the lot made me go home and practice for the rest of my life!)
@prodigydrummer16 жыл бұрын
Yea the tonals were very low when you pay attention to them.
@RobbieGreenPerc17 жыл бұрын
you guys wore jock straps? WOW! (J/K and I agree about the playing)
@ironsidemedia14 жыл бұрын
lol at 0:37 the guy on their right, (our left) in the black and white striped shirt is my dad!
@bc82sop424 жыл бұрын
So Mike is your Dad? What a wonderful guy he is and such a talent!
@vivendonolimete13 жыл бұрын
with ludwig snare this is cool!!!
@1990bluedevilDG16 жыл бұрын
BTW he jams at Disneyland in Cal......
@Allison_Chaynes3 жыл бұрын
Drum line all look 45 years old.
@insanejin22617 жыл бұрын
why is the timpani facing the other way?
@12345timm14 жыл бұрын
wat kind of snares were they using?
@samsignorelli5 жыл бұрын
Ludwig....didn't go Yamaha until after the battery burned in the fire on tour (so likely these very drums).
@jmc64714 жыл бұрын
@fluxcapga1 i agree
@poopmcdoopdoop12 жыл бұрын
@RandomHero486 No, that's just Tom Float's genius writing :P
@avenged7xguitar13 жыл бұрын
@prodigydrummer You?
@SweetWilly01315 жыл бұрын
What is that 11 snares? I'm too lazy to count. :P
@ikshields15 жыл бұрын
Hey, the Bridgemen did a LOT more than a shuck n'jive in those billfolds, pal! lol!!
@DEMAcracy13 жыл бұрын
holy shit look how big the bass drums are. bottom bass = my fucking back is gonna break
@prodigydrummer13 жыл бұрын
@avenged7xguitar t'hahaha who you tellin?
@1990bluedevilDG16 жыл бұрын
????????
@SomeGuyDrumming13 жыл бұрын
@braproductions drums today are alot tighter= play faster more complex beats
@firestation21114 жыл бұрын
Clinic for new school....listen up !! This is how its done !!
@ikshields15 жыл бұрын
Not that old, kid. Watch how fast your next 20 goes by, and you'll see. To me, 1982 is like last week. Still getting over breaking up with my gf that year to go to college, in fact.... lol....
@longfade17 жыл бұрын
I LOVE the absolute lack of hype in this era of drum corps. All the high sticking dancing "Stomp" overselling recently just makes me want to vomit. These cats are serious.
@DennisManciniChannel6 жыл бұрын
Nice to see my old next door neighbor Tom Wieskie on tymps.
@ironsidemedia14 жыл бұрын
sorry our right, their left
@annihil8ted99315 жыл бұрын
married now?
@isiah197715 жыл бұрын
Is ScoJo in this line?
@jfringemusic2912 жыл бұрын
Scojo was the Q5 tenor line technician for 3 years. We really pushed the boundaries and Scott knew how to take us there!
@ikshields15 жыл бұрын
Hey don't be raggin' on our swanky polos now! lol....
@Filipeeno16 жыл бұрын
Okay... and this is why he now drums on trashcans... mmhmm... LOL! ;-)
@jcoopa12314 жыл бұрын
oh my god...haha
@ikshields15 жыл бұрын
Yes. College brought the answer to losing the high school gf, and it was a good answer. :)
@braproductions16 жыл бұрын
great stuff, but you can really tell how much harder todays music is
@petertaydus633012 жыл бұрын
obviously a toaster from the great depression. really? it's 1982. get out.
@bdjazz6716 жыл бұрын
I have to agree with Drumman50 and his comment that 'everyone sounds the same.' This is why I've lost interest in drum corps, the music sucks these days.
@johns31065 жыл бұрын
Where are all the young kids using this crappy recording as "proof" that drum lines were dirtier back in the day!? HA!