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This is the St. Patrick’s Day edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion and features Irish music. We open with and Irish tune that is the official march of the U.S. First Cavalry Division: \“The Gary Owen March.\” The tune was the favorite of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, sometimes referred to as General Custer, who was the commander of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment. During one battle in 1874, Col. Custer ordered the 7th Cavalry mounted band to perform the march while leading his soldiers into battle. In 1876, the band members were not present at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (also known as Custer’s Last Stand) because their horses were needed as backup mounts for the cavalrymen. The band played the march while standing when the regiment left camp. Ultimately, the band did go to the battle site to recover the wounded and escort them to safety. ....
This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion, features Christmas wind band music, both secular and religious. One of the featured tunes is \“Greensleeves,\” probably the oldest song that musicologists have been able to identify. You will also hear a Christmas song that holds the record for taking the longest for a recording to make it to the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. But since it is still Advent, Brass, Reeds, and Percussion opens with two Advent hymns. The words for the first hymn, \“Lo, He Comes in Clouds Descending,\” were written by John Wesley, the founder of Methodism; the music was written by Martin Madan, a lawyer converted to Methodism upon hearing one of Wesley’s sermons. ....
The Veterans Day edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion salutes our veterans with the \“St. Louis Blues March\” made famous during WW II by the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band. First, we’ll hear a 1922 recording of the \“St. Louis Blues,\” written by Alabama’s very own W. C. Handy and performed by his Memphis Blues Band. Then we’re going to hear the 1947 hit version recorded by Tex Beneke and His Orchestra. Finally, we’ll hear the stereo version of the march from the 1954 movie The Glenn Miller Story. The \“St. Louis Blues,\” by the way, is one of the most recorded tunes in the history of making recordings! ....
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