Basel Tattoo 2017 - The US Army Old Guard Fife And Drum Corps - 2017-07-23

[@kirkwilke9707]

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.

[@louisfudale8419]

I love this . As a drummer that marched in drum and bugle corps. That is how it is done. Beautiful

[@bonnyd.5334]

You are obviously incompetent and don't know what you are talking about. You obviously have poor basic technique. We don't need POS like you in the drumline.

[@patriot524]

That drumline feature was INSANE!!! I could eat off of it, it was so clean!

[@AlcyoneSong]

Yeah I'm pretty sure some of those were Blue Devils at one time. Drum and Bugel Corps... :) And SO AMERICAN LMAO

[@duanebradley974]

@@AlcyoneSong there hasn’t been any Blue Devils but members have marched DCI in the passed

[@exact109able]

They are the best!!!

[@davidhunt6508]

The sound of the drums themselves, even on my crappy iPhone speaker is ridiculous. Then add in the drummers...

[@bonnyd.5334]

Those who think this drumline is good know utterly NOTHING about how period correct drumming is done. You are an idiot.

[@resipsaloquitur13]

I hope everyone here can appreciate how extraordinary complex that snare feature was… 😮

[@matthiasvalletdrummerpercu7451]

Des war Bombe 💣🤩

[@kirkwilke9707]

Ross Andrews wrote the snare part along with Brian Pentony. Susan Brokman and I wrote the rest.

[@mmarzett]

@@kirkwilke9707 I was there for this. I was absolutely MESMERIZED watching this. So much so, that I intended to record everything and simply didn't push record. Some tast rudimental writing and execution from the snares and bases.

[@kirkwilke9707]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@dianereeves1462]

I love watching them and also the Williamsburg Drum and Fife Corps.They have a bunch of kids in that and they are good.

[@exact109able]

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.

[@josephvergoni]

The fact that Yankee Doodle is our state anthem is also really sick, a true piece of history

[@Thedelusionisvast]

My brother Ryan was in the old guard

[@jamesbrown5262]

wow, I cant imagine having to play and do a marching routine at the same time. Lots of practice and skill on display, to me it looked and sounded flawless.

[@UmbrellaWatch]

That crowd they had there would be HUGE today!!! Lets go PATRIOTS! 2024!

[@armandzottola1626]

Endless pride in my heart.

[@heavydutyrepair64]

The old guard Fife and drum corps are simply the best

[@howardsternssmicrophone9332]

Man they are tight! No other words to describe it!

[@williamluke4887]

Makes me proud to be an American!

[@jamesbrown5262]

3:10-3:16 was sick, this is probably the second ever fife and drum video Ive ever experienced.

[@matthiasvalletdrummerpercu7451]

Mein lieber Schieber, des is mal ne Ansage. Die Trommeln sind die mächtigsten Instrumente im Universum 🥁

[@drummertony6833]

Holy smack !!!! Even better than the version earlier !!! Utter insanity @ 4:45 on !!!!

[@josephfarhat9505]

Got to enjoy the Old Guard perform

[@DCAbsolutJohn1]

@3:25 - This is why you clicked - PERFECTION.

[@juliasmith9719]

This really enjoyable, know a lot training history to keep alive plus planning. Thank 🇫🇷 you all.

[@horschte100]

PERFECT !!!! Best Wihses from Germany

[@yaelrar.4460]

There shouldn't be one empty seat!

[@DrRichtoffen1]

It was in Germany so yeah....

[@WootTootZoot]

@@DrRichtoffen1 It's Switzerland, didn't you learn anything in school?

[@marcoscalvillo7598]

Those snares play cleaner than some of the dci snarelines 😂

[@AtomousDrumsOfficial]

Facts

[@pjkentucky]

I don’t care for the dci sound. Or look....so most times it’s 1 out of two ain’t bad.

[@whdstudios2441]

@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.

[@markbarnes988]

A few DCI Drummers have served in TOGFDC.

[@TheBandMan]

@@markbarnes988 not to mention instructed....

[@johnevans4722]

totally awesome!!!!

[@ralphkern380]

had to finish it with YANKEE DOODLE, ... loved it

[@timesthree5757]

Yes yes Sharing our history and Culture Love it. Old Guard Represented the people of the US really well, made me so proud.

[@DCAbsolutJohn1]

Yes. The ultimate 18th century cultural middle finger to Britain.

[@timesthree5757]

@@DCAbsolutJohn1 just the age old American tradition of trolling.

[@eas_YP]

What did the song they played at the start? 0:02?

[@duanebradley974]

I'm going to butcher this spelling but it's called Marshall Lowendahls march

a D4 at 0:51. Waouh!

[@FrehleyFan3988]

7:13 what the hell is that manuver?

[@pfc.christianl.3660]

The slow march?

[@Bountyhopper]

Parade March

[@Bountyhopper]

Parade March

[@Somerandomdrummer1775]

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

[@jamespercy100]

It's called "Troop Step" a kind of half time marching

[@salvatorem4045]

Watch the drummers roll the drumsticks 😮

[@frsantariga]

It would have been even better if they played the Battle Hymn of the Republic.

[@crosbonit]

Why do they have on red coats?

[@candicehoneycutt4318]

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.

[@jbcf4490]

@@candicehoneycutt4318 they look British though

[@candicehoneycutt4318]

@@jbcf4490 That's the point. The British aren't going to intentionally fire at people who are dressed like them

[@jbcf4490]

@@candicehoneycutt4318 ahh yes good point

[@sykes2698]

Candice Honeycutt That’s very interesting, but I’ve never heard of British soldiers wearing navy colored coats

[@pjkentucky]

They have the 18th century look, sound up until the drum line goes ultra modern DCI style then the illusion stops.

[@markbarnes988]

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!

[@americanspirit8932]

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.

[@timesthree5757]

So you think they didn't do drum lines back then?

[@oldjoaquin7ph]

Why ate they in redcoats?

[@takinoborudesu]

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!

[@Bountyhopper]

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.

[@Drew-Hill]

🇺🇸

[@christophenoir7400]

Uniform incorrect. They where gold and free blue

[@davidwarner3326]

The Americans?

[@northwoodsdweller]

style

[@JACK-jd1tb]

How British those red-coats look? hee hee...

[@rickschreiner7939]

In the 18th century military musicians wore coats with the colors reversed from that of the troops

[@Bountyhopper]

They don’t really look British

[@DCAbsolutJohn1]

@@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”

[@gazzertrn]

Why are they dressed as redcoats .

[@davidwarner3326]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpPVdHx5jL2LjrMsi=HRSI2EM_6fDNwUER For the same reason the Royal Marinrs wear blue. Try reading the other comments. Field musics wore the opposite color of their unit.

[@haraldisdead]

Sure glad I pay my taxes

[@blythdiacoma3140]

NO THAT IS BRITISH TROOPS

[@SoulCalify]

Tell us you don’t know the history without telling us

[@davidwarner3326]

So, this is American troops? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpPVdHx5jL2LjrMsi=HRSI2EM_6fDNwUER

[@roybullen6818]

I see they invited the Red Coats to play in their band.....very wise....!

[@judithhardin2783]

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.

[@davidwarner3326]

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.

[@Bountyhopper]

@@judithhardin2783 musicians wore all kinds of colores. Red, blue, green, white, yellow. It depends on what regiment they are in

[@loufly5314]

Old English don’t know about American

[@jimlahey8862]

7:21