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Friday, February 22. 2013

George Washington, the indispensible man

With a letter from Moses Seixas of Newport.

Related, "Ancient Military Drum Airs" are (in order): "Closing
the Long Roll", "Three Camps" (American Revolution), "The Downfall of
Paris" (War of 1812), and "Hell On the Wabash" (American Civil War).

Almost anybody except a confirmed metrosexual would willingly march into gunfire with good drumming. It can make a fellow feel like "It's a good day to die!" (It seems to be controversial about who said that first, but it's probably been spoken since the dawn of humanity.)

Posted by Bird Dog in History at 11:37 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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how about this revolutionary war tune, Old 1812 Quick Step / Welcome Here Again as scored by Jerry Fielding, main title theme for The Outlaw Josey Wales.

#1 wirraway on 2013-02-22 12:19 (Reply)

http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2013/02/wliiam-diamonds-drum-part-two-armed.html

Here in Part 2 of the document, moral ambiguity seems to rear its ugly pretty heads. Did Samuel Adams ''set up'' the deaths of the eight Minutemen, in order to force the shots to be 'heard 'round the world'?

If so, was it the act of a great man? It'd be a good bet that, not according to the bereaved! Or would it?

The same question is the battlefield of the current 2A fight. And everywhere you look, really, all the way back to the Judgment of Solomon.

#2 buddy larsen on 2013-02-22 14:58 (Reply)

I've never seen five white guys look so bored.

#3 model_1066 on 2013-02-22 19:16 (Reply)

Ray Bradbury wrote the wonderful short, The Drummer Boy of Shiloh about this.

http://heights.fms.k12.nm.us/faculty_staff/wleupold/0409EC95-00757F35.1/The%20Drummer%20Boy%20of%20Shiloh.pdf

#4 Assistant VIllage Idiot (Link) on 2013-02-22 19:18 (Reply)

Men, if the sound of martial drums or a fife and drum don't get your blood up, you may wish to get your testosterone checked.

#5 Sean G on 2013-02-22 20:32 (Reply)

--and the 'war pipes' --which as far as i can tell are the regular bagpipes when playing the fightin' tunes. If they don't make you want to scatter the army of Napoleon, well, like you say.

#5.1 buddy larsen on 2013-02-22 23:15 (Reply)

whenever I hear the instrumental from Free Bird I want to jump in my tank and take the nearest hill. I honestly think it is the most incendiary music ever written.

#6 mikebert on 2013-02-23 00:42 (Reply)

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