Congratulations to this ensemble for using parade drums that sound like drums, rather than the Tupperware that most drum lines insist on imitating today.
@wesleywilliams6547
8 жыл бұрын
Real military drums are deeper and throatier than those now used. Since commands were transmitted by drum in combat and had to be heard above the tumult. You are absolutely right!
@ronkoan
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ed. The ensemble is the Los Angeles Fifes & Drums. Our drums were made by our Drum Major, John Davis. You can find us on Facebook. We generally play in the Los Angeles area but also play at the annual Deep River muster in Connecticut.
@babyjenks1784
7 жыл бұрын
Edison McIntyre on that fateful day this tune was played by my 7th great uncle Luther Blanchard fifer with the Acton Minutemen.
@emmettdoylemusic
8 жыл бұрын
[Jacobitism intensifies]
@0002EcM
6 жыл бұрын
from 7 to 8?
@RobertKaydoo
10 жыл бұрын
Very well played! Thank you for making and posting. Peace.
@BudHolliday1898
11 ай бұрын
As a drummer this video is very useful to me as i cant find any good versions of this tune online, thanks for posting!
@davidtapley6843
8 жыл бұрын
This especially lively tune was played by fifers and drummers as a greatly outnumbered American dispatch marched across the North Bridge which lay three-quarters of a mile outside of Concord, Massachusetts on Wednesday, April 19, 1775. They decided to finally attack as the redcoats had set fire to many of their homes along the green in the center of town. So, they went to protect their own and their neighbors homes from further disaster at the hands of the British. As Captain Isaac Davis of the American minutemen stated, 'There was a general determination "to march into the middle of town for its defence, or die in the attempt!"
@lindenmanmax
7 жыл бұрын
That was a it out of character, wasn't it? In terms of politics and religion, the rebellious colonists couldn't have had less in common with Jacobites. I guess they played the song partly in a spirit of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," and partly because it had the right jaunty spirit.
@freedomjustice1495
6 жыл бұрын
Actually, that is the general mythology. While the miltia marched under the impression that the British were burning the town, what was actually being burned was tents and some other military supplies that the British actually managed to find. Also, if memory serves, the Americans outnumbered the British by a factor of 400 to 30 at the old north bridge.
@claymoore8985
5 жыл бұрын
The burning of supplies actually spread out of control and accidentally caught fire to buildings in close proximity. Reports say the British soldiers were guilted and brow beaten into helping put out the fire. To the militia watching far off in the distance, it did give the appearance of a town razzing, especially if survivors/witnesses from the recent skirmish on Lexington Green made it to the rally point over looking Concorde and would have given testimony to the fact that the regulars, unprovoked, fired upon and killed several of the colonists a few hours earlier.
@angelfan16
29 күн бұрын
Actually, contemporary accounts pose that the British soldiers under Smith only burned gun carriages and other wooden items that they determined were massed by the rebels. Smith's force under Gage were specifically told not to anger the countryside more than necessary, as by this time they were well aware the countryside was massing against them in Boston. Samuel Adams and other patriots had been coordinating militia and minute men forces, along with pilfering garrison cannons and supplies for weeks by this time. The militia companies mistook the burning of wooden supplies in town for the burning of homes. In fact, an account tells of a woman who's thatched roof caught flame from these burning supplies, and she was surprised when British troops helped her put out the fire. All this information, and much more, can be found in The Minute Men by John Galvin. It gives a terrifically detailed account of not only the events leading up to Lexington and Concord, but the fight and expeditious retreat of British forces under fire back to Boston. Highly recommend!
6 жыл бұрын
Very nice fifes and drums corp. Fifes and drums from France.
@ronkoan
6 жыл бұрын
Bounjour, and thank you! I just saw your page - very nice!
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ron!
@shrimpeater8330
Жыл бұрын
Great stuff! I already want to participate in a suicidal bayonet charge after hearing this ❤
@JamesMacTavish1688
Жыл бұрын
the green hills of tyrol in the backround!!!
@0002EcM
6 жыл бұрын
cute scottish royal lion on the drums. Probably was a hit with the congressional revolutionaries if it was anything except some dewars satiated halfwit believing his ancestors were conquering heroes
@neil5568
7 жыл бұрын
The White Cockade-the emblem of Jacobites-allies of absolutist France and ardent believers in the "Divine Right" of Kings. Not a tune any true Whig or American could ever play. Long Live the Glorious Revolution!
@JohnDoe-fu6zt
5 жыл бұрын
It's an insult or a dig at King George, a reminder that his legitimacy is contested. But mainly, it's a good tune., and I supposed it was in their repertoire. The only reason the Texian Fifers played "Will Ye Come to the Bower" at San Jacinto is that it was the only tune they all knew.
@mrsmith2876
5 жыл бұрын
Well I have ancestors who were the children of Jacobites who fought in the American revolution, so it's not completely out of character.
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