Legend Of The One Eyed Sailor - 1976

legend of the one eyed sailor played by the Blue devils in 1976
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[@PauletteBoston]

The funny thing is that during this Era...none of us were music majors...just street kids who found out they had some talent...and produced some of the most memorable shows of the 70's and 80's...

[@MsBuckey]

I was given this song as freshman in HS to play. Remains standard of excellence. Marched SCV and still one of my favorites.

[@Dischingo]

That is a load of BS a lot of the music teachers I have met marched corps in the 80s and 70s DCI and DCA.

[@deltaray3]

Isn't that what music majors are?

[@DennisJohnsonDrummer]

I mached in 1980 and was a music major.

[@BDTrooper76]

I had the pleasure of actually performing in this very show. I was 18 at the time. Wonderful time.

[@Ryan-dz7mg]

BDTrooper76 when did you age out

[@tomeniovlogs1570]

You did a great job out there! this is one of my all time favorite DCI performances...awesome!

[@thesandlot6616]

This show is the benchmark for all drum corps to strive...

[@judytorigoe8078]

You were blessed!

[@BDTrooper76]

@@Ryan-dz7mg My response is 2 years late, but I did it. I did not march my age out year, or even the year before that. I could have marched up to and including the '79 season, but I marched '74 - '77. By that time I had knee surgery on both knees, and it was just too painful to continue.

[@bendouglas2374]

I marched Scouts 95-97...these are some of the best shows still. I would have loved this drill...a full on park & blow! Why doesn't DCI go back to this? I recall the crowd going nuts during that part of any of our shows...forget the fancy drill!

[@DennisJohnsonDrummer]

Played to this record in my parents' garage during high school. Four years later I marched snare with the Spirit of Atlanta.1980 Memories!

[@stanwilson6496]

Bonnie Ott is AMAZING! It's a shame they didn't give her the same props as the other soloists.

[@mr.creamiersteamiermemeier5919]

The amount of MUSIC the drum major is feeling is incredible.

[@PercussionPizzi]

Scientists thinking blood runs through our veins Musicians knowing it’s just music, and always has been

[@raymondfallon7429]

One of those moments that 44 years later you think, "yeah, I was there..." Almost makes it feel like getting old is worth it.

[@Sylvia_Streams]

This was an incredibly difficult tune to play on the instruments of that day. And they made is sound easy.

[@goo37]

I'd say the modern corps make much harder things sound easy. Listened to Crown '13 yet? They blow this group out of the water. In every way possible way.

[@bonetonelord]

Nate Glugla Champion drum corps have a habit of doing that. Music was limited to simpler stuff in 1976 due to the non-chromatic horns in weird keys.

[@victorlee8930]

Bone-Tone Lord This was state of the art for its time. The performers in today's corps are pseudo-professionals who have been training for years, following training models that have been developed over the years, and look nationwide for the best corps that they can be in. The 1976 Blue Devils most mostly local kids from Contra Costa County.

[@goo37]

Which is fine and all, but then people shouldn't go saying that the groups from this era were better.

[@dynasonic3185]

Goo They were far more entertaining back then - but that is not the kid's fault.

[@keatonc.4231]

70s DBCs are cool, I personally believe all eras of DCI are very entertaining, just in different ways.

[@tmeekins42]

Damn... I miss the days when corps sounded like this.

[@dynasonic3185]

Tim Meekins Amen!

[@m_rissspeedruns1231]

Amen

[@chrisnguyen1186]

people complain that Blue Devils don't march today. evidently they didn't march back in 1976 either.

[@bailoutgolf5754]

I agree. All that keyboard stuff sounds ticky tacky, wastes time for set up and tear down and eats into a corp's budget.

[@kmabru]

@@chrisnguyen1186 - part of the show was a concert piece where they wouldn't do m&m. Not sure, but I think it was in the rules that they had to do that.

[@johnzuppe8199]

The old park and bark section, just made you feel good.

[@popeyesailor9571]

Legend of a Blue Devils Drum Major. *(new name for this song) RIP Dave Dugan

[@forhisworship]

It's the hip motion for me

[@melissaaa801]

THAT is good drum corps.

[@522Dusty]

at 56 seconds I am 3rd from left

[@ES_ETP]

Jack Brainard wow really? Cool

[@BDTrooper76]

Sorry Jack, but that is Charlie Kilbourne.

[@colyn4663]

0:56

[@chriskunz1494]

Excellent soprano line. One of the very best horn lines in drum corp history. This from a former Cadet.

[@DallasHabs33]

This is the moment that BD took over the activity. BD is drum corps.

[@aaronlaughlin2389]

Inspired by Music but before that did I mention our friends called the cadets

[@CSRookie]

@Inspired by Music ..... well the Cadets stole it for about a decade, then Cavies with a few breaks, and then what you said

[@TheChuck624]

From an old guy, me; BD's in 75 were so-so, they were pretty good but we were better, they took 3rd at finals but I never paid much attention to their show. 76 was an entirely different game when they blew this concert number out of the water in the second show of the season. We knew by the end of the song we were screwed and they were taking this all the way to the finals and finishing on top. Which they did. Years later I can only compare it my military career - shock & awe.

[@Stryker913]

Simply. Utterly. Unbelievable. The Devils owned the field that night.

[@RickZitman]

I'm 50 ! and recall this being on one of my 3 only DCI records i ever owned...funny it's still appreciated now...I smile

[@just__dave]

David Dugan was a Legend, may he rest in piece. The only DM I know of to conduct with three appendages. GOAT!

[@mrfld]

Today's corps sound amazing but old school bugles sounded like untamed animals.

[@PrairieBoy99]

Heckuva lot of passion and dynamics in this performance.

[@KX6D]

That's why we loved them!

[@SmilingGuy462]

Ain't that the damned truth. I've never read such a statement that said the truth in so few words

[@dukeingraham6530]

They were pitched in G which make them naturally louder than today's Bb and today the music is so much more demanding, the performers can't play all out for the whole show. But I agree the sound of those old school bugles is something else. Check out Madison Scouts 2001, that was the last show ever to produce that sound.

[@sjzoni]

@@dukeingraham6530 And the bugles only had two valves (rotor and piston) which limited them to only being able to play eight notes on a chromatic scale. They were louder for the same reason...they were 1/3 shorter than a Bb trumpet of the day.

[@balkopublicschoolsmusiccha5404]

ONE marching set change in the entire piece. This was when DCI was ALL about the music. UN-FREAKING-BELIEVABLE!

[@BDTrooper76]

The rules were different back then. This was the concert piece. We were supposed to stand still. Everybody did a concert piece.

[@poppopscarvinshop]

One of My Favorite Drum Corps Songs of All Time! Real Drums And Real Freakin' Bugles! NO AMPS REQUIRED!! Thanks Much! :-)

[@bsuminimo]

Rick Odello was one badd ass drum instructor!!

[@GermFreeAdolescents2]

This blows away anything I've heard from drum corps in the last 30 years. NOTHING tops it. NOTHING!

[@vicissitube1972]

Well, The Bayonne Bridgemen from the early 80s were pretty badass

[@robdunnington8538]

You'd be surprized what the crowd reaction would be like if a corps did an OLD SCHOOL style show !! If the Blue Devils did this type of show....they'd win again !!! Bring back the actual G BUGLES and bring back the volumes of yester year !!

[@hoodironyyy]

Rob Dunnington the Bb trumpets allow for more flexibility and have a more controlled sound.

[@user-yq3fz9ch5q]

The last bugle maker Kanstul has closed its doors. I'm not aware of any manufacturers of brass making GD bugles. Sad times.

[@homfencing]

@mhnoodles2 Actually, Dave Dugan was the original BD DM from 1971 and this was his age-out year. Charter members have said that if anyone could keep the corps together in the early days, it was Dugan. It was showmanship....I gave his grief about spanking himself on the BD brass alum FB page the other day.

[@stewartbrass8461]

Don't you just love the bass 6 contras put across! Now it takes 12 or more it seems to get that same sound.

[@christopheralvarado4544]

It was a lot easier to crank it uo on those horns

[@PsiBrr]

AMEN. I was a huge 27th fan back then, but BD totally earned EVERYONE'S respect that year. 1976 was THE year for drum corps in my estimation.

[@jhancock1575]

Good old school stuff and fun to watch. Those G bugles were loud.

[@m_rissspeedruns1231]

Amen

[@warrenmoore4743]

hence, no need to mike them.

[@BDTrooper76]

And just for a fun side note, this corp performed at a Buddy Rich concert a month or two after this recorded performance. We were the warm up gig. Imagine Buddy's surprise when we came out playing Channel One Suite. Buddy came out and stood center of our snare line for the whole chart. When he finished, Buddy yelled out for all to hear "Right on drummers?". Hate all you want, but we received praise from Buddy himself. I will listen to that long before any of the haters.

[@killordie33]

my. god. what. even. what. how.

[@m_rissspeedruns1231]

I don't know

[@poppopscarvinshop]

100 % Pure BadAss. Live. They Blew Your Socks Off!!!

[@BDTrooper76]

I marched 4 years with the Blue Devils, '74 thru '77, so yes, I am playing in this recording. I played baritone. For those of you other Blue Devils, you will know me just by my logon name here. For the haters, there's not much you can do about them and the won't go away. The tenor drums were the north drums. They introduced a whole new concept of directional percussion, and were way ahead of their time. As for the drum major, no Dave was not drunk, just having a cut loose good time.

[@zerosixthirty]

Rotary valve and piston bugles! Love it!

[@RockstarDaniel]

Its cool to see a drum major keeping time but also having fun

[@raymondvasquez3079]

This was one of my favorite songs during my marching band days at Austin High School 1979. #Drumline

[@adorakraynik2943]

It saddens me to see people argue about DCI :/ What's wrong with just being able to enjoy old and new? Both have perks, both have faults. Why argue about something everyone here loves?

[@tylerdurden4045]

Because the majority of drum corps fans love THIS, not the moronic, flamboyant, prissy garbage they crap out today, designed for a dwindling audience of judges, parents living vicariously through their children, art critics who aren't even in attendance, and sexual predators.

[@erikwaterson361]

I love the complexity, creativity, and glam of modern drum corps, but this type of noise is just something else entirely. What a sound.

[@ross1880]

The best part about Blue Devils back then was most of the kids came from Concord, Ca and the surrounding cities.

[@hiddencharges]

My GOSH! Best version ever of this tune. I have never seen it live until now. Before I had only heard it on the record. What a performance! Oh and the snares actually sound like snares.

[@vicissitube1972]

Add Channel One Suite, and 1976 was epic for the BD

[@coaxguy99]

That is freaking awsome!!!

[@mckenzielynn6311]

I love playing this stand tune at our highschool football games, and i love that it’s difficult! so fun

[@margaretbarber2045]

Twitching my hips listening. Love, love, love this!! Thank for the fun!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️

[@JackanIke]

damn some of these people are flexible

[@TheImaginaryLens]

i remember watching this, brings back a lot of memories for sure. one eyed sailor was my favourite number. i was in KW Northstars in 77 in Boulder. My brother was in Seneca Optimist on the snareline. these were the best years for Corps.

[@dynasonic3185]

Modern Drum Corps just doesn't hold a candle to this kind of raw entertaining power.

[@JetblackThemeTime]

Thumbs up for funky drum major.

[@steveguacamole2638]

NEED MORE COWBELL!!!!

[@joeyciancia8900]

I never get tired of listening to this group. Awesome song by chuck.

[@Lancerlady]

Mellophone solo ROCKS!

[@jdn645]

That right there is why I chose to march BD-82. 76 BD stirred my drum corps passion as a youngster.

[@steenagoo]

one of the best performances, ALL TIME, songs played in the world of Drum Corps start to finish no one could ever play that song any better than the Blue Devils. However, lets get back to where we were. Class A performances that don't appear as a Broadway Show.

[@BDTrooper76]

Thank you Liz. I marched Blue Devils '74 - '77 on baritone. After all these years, you have no idea how nice it is for comments like yours to still be offered.

[@steenagoo]

77 was my last year with Phantom Regiment as a drummer. I miss it, but I could have never afford the way it is now. I still go to shows and have attended a few DCI finals and of course support my corps as much as I can. But Legend of a One Eye Sailor is the best song to date that I can still hear playing in my head. I love it.

[@steenagoo]

Trooper76?? Drum corps Troopers or ???

[@BDTrooper76]

Liz A I marched 4 years with the Blue Devils, '74 - '77. My nickname with BD was 'Trooper' as DCW regularly would post caricatures of various corps, and I was a perfect match for the Troopers caricature. I am still called Trooper within the BD organization to this day. It was good nickname to have as in '74 BD placed 9th, and Troopers were 5th, and are always a class act.

[@steenagoo]

ahhh makes sense do you still go to Drum Corps events?

[@mickeyscv67]

Those North Quads and duck tape....love them

[@vicissitube1972]

I believe they were called "Tuba Toms"

[@shscjs3]

Still my favorite Blue Devils song of all time!

[@1BlueLotusBlossom]

❤me too

[@TheChuck624]

Gawd!!! They killed us that year. Best concert performance ever!

[@charlesluce234]

Wow. So different that Chuck's version, but equally passionate, and amazing sound quality for a 1976 recording.

[@77prflood]

So intense. What a performance!

[@Big12tuba17]

what amazes me is the music composer for this show on how do u write music and make it possible for these bugles to play it knowing that they only had one valve and a trigger in the key of G. it amazes me.

[@thesandlot6616]

Marcos Salome Gonzales II The great incomparable Jim Ott...

[@bananapisz]

Rest In Peace, Dave Dugan

[@AuroraProductions118]

man their drum major is awesome

[@shscjs3]

Still my favorite BD tune.

[@brianhynes6493]

Never gets old. :)

[@trevorpatten7688]

When you’re the DM...

[@oldschooldrumcorps]

old school Blue Devils.......'nuff said

[@TheDICAPS]

Never gets old

[@coffeekhan]

Amen to that!

[@coffeekhan]

Saw this live in the Pontiac Silverdome that summer. Love this show!

[@BDTrooper76]

That was a difficult stadium to perform in. The echo was brutal. We had phasing issues.

[@brianhale2977]

So much fun! And so fine!

[@wyatta6528]

I love how when the corps started and at the time of this show, the intro lick on the snares was the “Crazy Army” lick. Then in 2017 they reused it again. It’s amazing.

[@alphabeets]

GREAT Chuck Mangione composition.

[@wkedmonds]

Seeing how much instruments have changed is so crazy!

[@_ah.em_]

so....COOOL. Nothing quite like that G Bugle sound :DD

[@hei8routadakatuhonda986]

40年近く前に大分の球場で演奏したのを思い出す！ 大好きな曲なので、見つけて凄く嬉く涙が出そうになった😅 ありがとう🙇

[@Skratche17]

Mother of God... Dat drum major.

[@willianarnone1917]

Amazing 😭

[@bc82sop42]

The best concert ever!

[@poxa_gustin]

the best version

[@DesireeMadison]

This is when drum corps was DRUM CORPS...

[@molecular360]

AMEN!

[@64madmat]

Blown away in 76!

[@lariandrobert]

Repeating for emphasis and historical context: BONNIE OTT!!

[@judytorigoe8078]

Love.

[@Samwerd2]

wow this is pretty good quality for 1976... Some modern videos aren't even this good.

[@estebangonzales139]

Ugh the power...the passion. Gives me the chills. Wish I was brought up in this generation of drum corps :(

[@arfshesaid4325]

dude if you would have been, youd really understand what us older farts are saying. my son sees it big time and hes 20, he digs toughness and power over dancing. its cool that you see it too...

[@gentry3631]

All I really see are angry old people who think that because things are different, they must be worse which is one of the absolutely most retarded things I've ever heard.

[@gentry3631]

And the quality of drum corps hasn't gone down, it's only changed, so that's a shitty argument.

[@gentry3631]

Well the quality of hornlines also hasn't gone down, so it's still a bad argument.

[@Quasi]

@Micah Lall-Trail thats like saying a c trumpet is harder to play because its harder to stay in tune. Maybe because they have been praticing on Bb horns most of their life

[@Sylvia_Streams]

This was one of the songs that hooked me on drum corps. I had the records from that year, but they are long since lost. Thanks for sharing. It was nice to see.

[@falzarboy12]

Blue Devils

[@RogueBrit]

What a piece of music

[@marcyll]

This makes me so happy. The drum major is my spirit animal.

[@Dal576]

Good ole Herb Alpert & the Tijuana brass classics

[@PauletteBoston]

One of my favorite performances of drum corps...

[@taylordude46]

nobody does it like this anymore sadly i have lost interest in today's corps i marched in the 70s got to hear and see the greatest of all time some are on youtube some are not but the memories do last a lifetime which is cool

[@samglover4923]

not really no. it has developed so much, and there are so many more people interested in it, but people like you refuse to move on.

[@paulbuzzmccarthy5621]

This is a great piece to Crazy Army and Cindy Ott is incredible, she is the consummate soloist.

[@vicissitube1972]

Bonnie

[@just__dave]

I’m sure Cindy is great, but nothing compared to Bonnie. 😉

[@navilluswp]

Played on G-bugles with horizontal piston and rotary valves. Ol' skool.

[@Salsavieja76]

People, you are the best. You bring me to the tallest point on the better location on the mood you need to esteem this...

[@petergourdin5768]

Juste magnifique à voir et à écouter ! Ils avaient déjà tout compris à la musique !!!

[@LordMorpheusZphiZSU]

Very good!

[@newberryandrea]

Wow... look at that DM move! Talk about putting your body into conducting! :-) I'm glad he has spirit. They did an awesome job of using plume advantage! Great visuals! Go Mello!!!! (What can I say, I'm biased as a horn player.)

[@PauletteBoston]

Bonnie Ott you are classic!!!

[@truckdaddy3]

God damn that's an awesome performance

[@lovepeacepoetrymusic]

i really love this and it seems the drum major is really in to the show.!!!!!!