1999 Blue Devils- Legend of the One Eyed Sailor

[@apex1012000]

This was the last year G Bugles were used. My best friend and I used this tune for our pre-show hype in '99 when we marched for BK. Only it was the 1974 recording back when the horns were a gnarly electro-chrome plated, trigger valved nastiness. I saw BD throw this down after the Normal, ILL show and I almost lost my sh*t. True Drum Corps tradition. BD still showing their roots.... And they were hard core! Listen to the '74 Purple Lancers too if you ever get the chance. I love that era....

[@B6plyr]

I was a Blue Devil in 74 and 75. We played Legend both of those years. Bonnie played the mellophone solo. Arr. by her brother Jim Ott.

[@cairnman100]

I marched '76-'80 (hi Randy), continuing the Legend streak all the way through '78. Was probably about the right time to put that to bed for a while, after five years in a row. Despite all our success, still jealous I wasn't able to play and march '75. Still one of my favorite BD shows.

[@okbrassman]

R.I.P. . . . G bugles, you are truly missed.

[@agogobell28]

I know, right? I was thinking, when the clattering high snare came in at the beginning, "I miss the boom of the old low tension heads of the 1976 version."

[@rustysexton]

Damn I miss the sound of G's

[@MarineBugler]

The United States Marine Drum And Bugle Corps ... "The Commandant's Own" ... and two valved ones, at that.

[@froneaackerley1988]

Wow as a screamer trumpet player in high school this made me shed tears knowing I missed out in this wonderful generation of g bugles before my time

[@michaelsolis2442]

I laughed so hard at this.

[@FredyMartinezTrumpet]

So do you still play? I'm a screamer too kzbin.info/door/0zqaQGuJmVSwEuz5h7fydQ Here's my channel if you're interested in seeing some of it in action.

[@sdingeswho]

Hi, ConnerMello --- "Legend" is indeed "ancient". Chuck Mangione wrote it sometime in the early 70s, and it first appeared on the now out-of-print and hard-to-find album "Alive!", which came out in '72. I believe BD first did it in '76, with Bonnie Ott doing the famed mellophone solo and duet part. The '76 "O-E S" used to be out here on YT, but BD are picky about their stuff being posted. Pity; it's great advertising!

[@nigelward7261]

This is the best version of it for sure imo

[@sherdma]

its just not even fair how good the blue devils are.

[@knightflyte]

My friend marched in the late 70s. I only called drum corps a band ONCE. I learned my lesson real quick. LOL. I wanted to march but sadly it never came to pass. Oh well. DCI fans and members are fanatical when it comes to that sort of thing.... and why shouldn't they fanatical they work hard to perform up to the measure they attain.

[@kbrowd]

BDs played Legend for the first time in the 1977 season. Repeat in '78.

[@aldonelson5757]

1976

[@CodeScrubber]

Where was this? Allentown? If it was, I saw this live. They just parked it on the 50 and blew the grandstand back 10 feet. What makes this sound different (I won't say better) than the 1976 version is how the instrumentation of the corps changed. The 1976 version was b@lls to the wall screaming sops and altos. The 6 member 1976 contra line playing piston/trigger pea shooters had to balance that wall of treble. Same with the baritones. The 1999 balance is different, there are more baritones and contras in this era. The low and harmony parts stand out beautifully. The score is fantastic. The 10 or 12 monster G contras were right up front . What a glorious sound it was. Noting sounds like G bugles

[@88Drumline]

I'm pretty sure this lick from BD came first. It's on the '78 recording when they played Legend. Not sure when EW started however.

[@bugle1972]

Unbelievable!

[@agogobell28]

This sounds exactly like the arrangement to have been used by BD in 1976! I wonder if the arrangement is still extant!

[@CSRookie]

ask Wayne Downey :))

[@cairnman100]

Couldn't be the same....no french horns. They would have to have rewritten the middle horn parts at minimum. I'm sure large chunks are identical.

[@WesleyParksTTV]

The 2 solos sound different , Mellies had it before

[@knightflyte]

Contras, my man. Cantras. Screamers are icing on a great cake. It ALL comes together to make Drum Corps.

[@Miyamotospoop13]

They played it in 76

[@Clark98]

The same as it would work on a three-valve soprano, just with no third valve. So anything with a 1-2-3 or 2-3 combination would have to use an alternate fingering or lip the note to it's correct pitch. Hardly an issue since low D-flats and E-flats were RARELY written for 2 valve G's. Not all G horns are 2 valved, though. I played on a 3-valve G bugle myself. Love it, since I'm a mello player. :)

[@Gorthaur42]

Totally, '78 rocked so hardcore.

[@a53mp]

@miles211 It was mixed.. I might be wrong, but In 94 most of the corps was on 3 valves.

[@YEP321S]

Because no one in Drum and Bugle Corps played on B-Flat horns back then... The Piston-rotor horns were the standard legal instrument until about 1980ish, when they legalized 2-valve horns. I'm mixed about the whole G-Bugle issue. I played on the piston-rotor horns and the 2-valves in my 6 seasons in a corps, and they we're really well-made until the Kanstuls at the end, and they're a pain to tame. A lot of B-Flat horns aren't real good, either. Cheap, woofy, etc.

[@drbcrb]

They played Legend of the One Eyed Sailor in 1975 and 1976. It was not in the 1977 show.

[@pyrvinny]

Very nice version... however, '78 is still TOPS!! John S SCV 79&81 BD 83-85

[@cairnman100]

I'll take '76 in a landslide...marching to that piece was never a great idea. Great concert piece.

[@stormmonsterify]

This shit is bad ass yo.

[@ConnerMello2]

Electric Wheelchair (the bit you're talking about) is actually derived from a military/patriotic tune, though the name of the piece escapes me... I think Electric Wheelchair was written in 1992 (maybe 1991,) and I know Legend was written wayyyyy before that.

[@LicardoDeBousee]

Yamaha is easily the best in my mind. Look at Crown, Bluecoats, and Scouts and how their tone is so much more warm and dark sounding than Phantom or Boston.

[@Leo-vr3bg]

Yamahas horns get so out of tune in the cold. I know this is an old post, but system blue takes the cake now.

[@Rogers1977]

Did I hear Electric Wheelchair in the beginning from the drums?

[@Filipeeno]

Nein, that's just how legend of one-eyed sailor goes. You can hear the difference.

[@delanebe]

1999 VD; Legend of the One Eyed Snake..... tee hee

[@Clark98]

Yeah! I meant 3 valve G's. :)

[@Logg66]

any Corps left that STILL play G Sopranos?

[@AzrealMaximus]

USMC D&B Corps. Last ones using 2 valve Kanstuls. Some of the Alumni Corps have used the G Bugles.

[@LastToBackDown]

screw woodwinds...anyway i think Everyone should use G bugles.....ALWAYS

[@kenziesimpkins6964]

tnx means a lot considering this year in our highschool marching band (who received 1st last year) is practically carried by the entire woodwind section

[@YEP321S]

@claybo13 The problem to me is that manybe... BoA needs to be BoA and DCI needs to think in a slightly different direction than BoA, but I think there's so much cross-pollination it's likely too late. I like BoA for what IT is and think it's fantastic, but DCI doesn't need to be that, be more itself. 8)

[@AzrealMaximus]

Well past the time for repair. Last G Bugle maker has closed its doors .

[@AzrealMaximus]

@pearlsnaredrummer77 that's good to hear. It would be a shame to lose that old corps sound. Thanks.

[@AzrealMaximus]

@pearlsnaredrummer77 DCI gave up its soul when it went to Bb horns. I marched in the 70's in NYC, piston/rotary to 2 valve. The sound just reverberated through the stadium. The pit is okay, timpanis carried them cross strap with extendable legs for solos. Amplification outside the pit, should've told everyone what was obvious. Follow the money. Olds/Ludwig/Kanstul/Conn/King/Bach/Getzen closed the doors. Loud bugles make for a great show. The same follow the money on amplification.

[@hardcorehistorybuff5230]

@@AzrealMaximus im so glad we are done with out of tune nasty G bugles

[@AzrealMaximus]

@@hardcorehistorybuff5230 preference to sound projection 125 member corps individual sections could be heard vs having amplified equipment to project the same, in the same stadium. Two distinct sounds evolved DCI/BoA, now it all sounds the same. Bb brass is not GD bugle hence the name Drum & Bugle Corps. I believe kanstul could've tweaked the tubing to clear any anomolies in pitch, but DCI wasn't about all the Corps, just the top money earners for them. Kick backs from certain equipment manufacturers, now all you need is wind and a full string ensemble to put the Death of Drum & Bugle Corps finally. Marching bands is what it is now.

[@everettfrey8132]

EPIC

[@TWBaltz]

Oh duh, ok my bad. Anyway, I think it's a better tone with the G bugles for this song atleast.

[@Rogers1977]

Well, it sounds a lot like it then.

[@TWBaltz]

Are they playing with G bugles or Bb horns?

[@TheBigJerk1]

GO SOPRANOS! BEASTLY!

[@DarkHeartedMusician]

I have never played on a G Bugle before. How is it? What is it like? How is it different from playing on a normal Bb?

[@littlehouse1978]

Imagine or try to play a b flat trumpet with the third valve held or taped down using only the first 2 valves… If I remember right, it’s the same key and notes as a g soprano. if that makes sense.

[@agogobell28]

Well, they were NEVER written for 2 valve G's. Because they were impossible without pitchbending.

[@BruceRichardsonMusic]

Absolutely that arrangement was written for two valve bugles. In the practical playing range they were almost 100% chromatic...and it was simple to arrange around those limitations. The practical difference between three-valve and two-valve bugles was nothing, really.

[@cairnman100]

@@mtesports1924 true. I marched in the '76 horn line. Very little difference between 2 and 3 valve G horns. Missing Ab, low Eb, D and Db. Trust me, there was NO pitchbending necessary to play this piece.

[@Filipeeno]

@miles211 4 of my favs

[@michaelwr80]

electric was based off that beat

[@heywhatsername92]

cool percussion in the beggining.. but hornline still have to stick with phantom regiment

[@LicardoDeBousee]

Nice. I marched Music City this past year and I wasn't a big fan of our horns. We had Jupiter Tribune Series Trumpets. I hate Jupiter in Drum Corps. Makes you sound incredibly brassy and bright. Just look at Phantom. The years preceding Spartacus they had Kings which they sounded phenomenal on like in Harmonic Journey and Faust. Now they've lost that clarity of tone but still sound incredible nonetheleast.

[@sharkseatchainmail]

all is based off crazy army :P

[@themeleed]

how does the fingering system work on a 2 valve soprano?

[@cairnman100]

Same as any other horn...you're just missing any 123, 13, 23 valve combination notes in the lower register.

[@wernerbr42]

does anyone has the drumline part, I can trade it for the brass part (close but not this one)

[@a53mp]

@crauth99 In a way I'm glad I never played band instruments in drum corps lol Although Europe would have been fun, losing to Cavies wouldn't be. Plus I got to live in Hawaii for 3 years.

[@Porpan1967]

Can anyone can send me the Brass Score? Pleaaaaaase

[@TheBigJerk1]

@JMan52180 guess again......

[@R0ntay3]

Does anyone have the score for this :P

[@tibuforever]

best part bout this is no woodwinds

[@Porpan1967]

Anyone have Sheets? WILL TRADE!

[@harmonyjeff]

6/8 time

[@Filipeeno]

Well the basic syncopation does

[@YEP321S]

We all likely wish it- ain't gonna happen. Look at what the type of program and arrangements they're playing now and winning. Nice, clean, wonderfully performed and really, just... bland and largely forgettable. Not a lot of real passion or fire within the charts. Not the kids' fault.

[@WesleyParksTTV]

YEP321S I marched early 2000’s last in 08’ . Shows back then we’re about a huge opener , followed by a ballad , a drum solo and the closer lol now everyone is using props and it’s kinda weird to me to see how everything is so different . It’s not as flashy anymore in my opinion

[@schantzman87]

almost as good as phantom...

[@jamesplunkett8154]

Ha

[@IQuanaCentersnare]

bd rocks with legend :D .. this sounds great.. not best version.. some valse notes.. have heard a better version.. much better...in kerkrade 2005.. at the World Music Contest in kerkrade centre ( in the netherlands)..:D