They were awesome, when I saw them for the first time it was still early in the season, I was marching with Magic of Orlando and I was sitting front row watching them for my very fist time live, that was a humbling experience.
The raw power was f'ing ridiculous. And hearing all the glory of the G Horns just has that sound that Bb Horns can't replicate. This was my first year marching DCI with the Colts. I was only 14 years old. And my first experience seeing any BD show was this victory concert. It was demasculating 😆😆😆😆
I'll say it again... 1990's were the golden era of drum corps. The kids are Uber talented today, but the shows in the 90's were more crowd pleasing. The old corps would blow your face off and women were dropping their babies in the stands. Long live G bugles.
In the hands of the right performers who could handle the instruments’ intonation challenges, the G horns created a created an out of body aural experience. Just phenomenal writing and playing here. It’s so easy to forget what we’re missing now.
BD needs to bring back a show with the hard core soloists like this again. Don' care what the judges say about it being old school, entertain some people!
Today's drum corps need to redesign their brass equipment standards. They need larger bore horns with bell flares similar to the old G powerbore bugles.
I think this is the best hornline of all time. The quality of sound is amazing. The middle horns and lower brass licks are just amazing and probably the best baritone and soprano soloists.
A masterpiece that will stand the test of time as one of the best horn books in DCI history here I am in 2022 still loving this masterpiece wish I was alive to see this in person
I marched with Wayne Downey 1970-72. During those years we saw the Don Ellis Orchestra multiple times. By the late '70s I was away from DC and really didn't follow the activity, although I tried to catch the PBS finals broadcast. In 1992 another corps brother, Scott Pierson, asked me to help out with a 25th anniversary celebration. That turned into a video interview with Gail Royer. I also attended my first DC show in decades. It was at that show I saw Wayne. The amazing thing about DC is you may not of sceen a DC brother in decades, but when you do it's like you were never apart. During our conversation I asked if BD had ever done any Don Ellis. When Wayne replied no, I said , "C'mon man that music would be perfect for you guys." The next year this show appeared. When I saw Wayne again I said, "Hey dude you owe me dinner." He gave me his staccato laugh and said, "Sure". I never did collect the dinner, but I was right. Don Ellis and BD was a perfect fit!
oh how I miss those hornlines of the early 90's, wow. '93 was such a great year too. Madison and the Devils were bringing the heat! can you imagine either of those corps playing anything remotely close to a show like this these days?? sad, sad, sad...
Dang! This wires me! Heard them in Jackson. I really miss the authentic performances we got in the 1990’s. No better place than sitting right in front of the hornline! Love this arrangement.
Hearing loss for certain. I was one of the two primary soprano soloists. Being up front throughout most of the show, I had the hornline right behind my head most of the time. In certain spots, the volume reached the threshold of pain. I'm absolutely certain this season left me with permanent hearing loss.
@sdssteward Interesting. I have Tinnitus and wasn't even a soloist. And I 100% believe it was from Drum Corps. Not that I am complaining, hearing the wall of sound without earplugs is worth some ear depletion. Those 90's hornlines with the G Horns were something else!
Was just talking about this show today on DCP. One of those 1st place quality shows that wasn't 1st place. This stuff stands up well today. For all of the athleticism that the kids go through in shows today... this is mighty agressive writing and playing. My all time favorite musical book.
That's precious cupcake. But this hornlike and ones before it are far more enjoyable and complex and more well received than BD of today. I don't care how fast they play Bumblebee. The lines today are sterile.
What a great book and sound. This was back in the days when wayne downey and all other arrangers were not selling out to the visual people. I havent bought a CD since then. These shows were great to listen to didnt need any visual backing.
This may easily me the greatest marching band show I have ever heard. They pulled it off so well, and Don Ellis must've written some amazing works over the years...FANTASTIC JOB!!!!
The 1991 and 1993 brass lines by BD were incredible. Them and Star set new standards at that time. And frankly this brass lines holds up with many of the greats fron the 2000s. Fabulous music book, raw and glorious power from the G Bugles. So although BD didn't win this particular this is classic Blue Devils from the 90s.
93 BD was special to me because I was a young kid marching my first year of DCI with the Colts. In Burlington IA got to see the BD victory gig up front, close and personal. Never forget it. Never will forget that sound and power. I knew I would be a Blue Devil from that moment. Mission Accomplished. 93's horn line was an absolute beast.
I will always remember the passion this was performed on a rainy Saturday evening in Jackson, MS at Finals. Every soloist was on fire. Chain Reaction soared. Just an incredible display of complex rhythms in a marching discipline. To hear this again with today’s brass instruments versus bugles!
WOW! As much as I watched the heck outta that 93 VHS, I never felt as much energy from this show than just now. That show was great and was one of my all time faves, but this is RAW ENERGY!! Thanks for Posting!
One of the best brass lines from this era without a doubt. Thanks for posting this, great stuff. I wish BD staff would simplify writing a tad so they actually have an entire piece of music that makes sense like this. Screw the green polo squad's opinions, give us MUSIC... not 40 different 8 bar melodies that don't climax.
Let me please; that this Line had a profound affect on my Life. I was an Upper Lead Year Before and these Catz knocked it out of the Park every night. Working as the Contra Tech with the Blue Knights I could always point the finger at BD and ask, "Ahem....". I very much enjoyed my time with my Contras. Listen to that HL.... Beefy.
I'm a Percussionist, not a Writer. Marched Star Indy. My thoughts are difficult to compose. Plz don't Hate. From 1978-2004, I Wish DCI and Future Corps would have Recorded their entire Horn Book- Tuning, Exercises, Parade Tunes, Show, etc. - HORNLINE ONLY. Late '70's Audio recording techniques did a fine job on Bugle Horn Lines...and a Horrible job recording both Battery & Pit/Front Ensembles. It's such a Travesty that Great Arrangers- Downey, Prime, Kerchner, etc. busted their Asses and Created Masterpieces, only to have them covered, masked, shrouded, hindered, disrupted and interfered with by (Percussion Arranging Masterpieces) played on Archaic Caveman Pit (& some Battery) Instruments recorded with Sub-Par to Poor Recording Devices & Techniques. A GROTESQUE TRAVESTY. I so desperately want to go back in time with Today's Technology and Accomplish This. Does anybody have a time machine handy? Horns only, I Yearn to Accurately Hear 78 Oakland Crusaders & SoA, 79 Guardsmen, 84 BD & Mad Scouts, 87 SCV, 81 PR, 85 Cadets, 91 Crossmen, 93 Star, Future Corps' Give It One and Channel One Suite, etc. dammit...Dammit...DAMMIT !!! XXX
All of 1995 needs a redo. So many fun shows with their stellar execution lost to history because of the shittiest recording quality I've heard outside of College Gameday.
I have a time machine in my head, once you march DCI your forever changed, 93 baby that was a year to remember and I will never forget the most profound thing that ever happened to me.
Tony Rendleman Screamers galore. Finals was batshit insane. It was my first year marching DCI with the Colts, and made the decision when I heard the victory gig in Burlington IA (first opportunity to hear it live), to be a Blue Devil😈. Ridiculous horn line.
Jacob Franklin I wish I could remember too. I marched VK that year and we traveled a lot with the Blue Devils. Obviously they won every show we were with them until we got back east. I would think this victory performance was somewhere out west.
Jacob Franklin I wish I could remember too. I marched VK that year and we traveled a lot with the Blue Devils. Obviously they won every show we were with them until we got back east. I would think this victory performance was somewhere out west.
I was in this corps. This was not super early, as the "Bolero" drum pattern is in the intro. It was something much cooler, but more difficult, during the early shows. It got hosed pretty early. This might be one of the last shows before we headed east. Looking at Corpsreps, this could also be in Ohio or something. Hell, I don't know. The original of this video has more of the frame, and it doesn't really help. The woman with the dark pony tail at the bottom has a Star member jacket on, so that may indicate that it was back east some. Edit: This has to be in Cali before we headed east. As you notice, it still has the Niner-Two ending.
Thanks for putting a definitive location on this. I vividly remember that show, as I was stung by a bee between my middle and ring fingers on my left-hand right when our field performance was starting. Not a good thing when you are playing the timpani. I discovered that I am minorly allergic to bees that night because I nearly passed out during the performance. My instructor was looking at me with the "what the f*** is wrong with you" look. That was a pretty crappy experience, but I guess my shaky performance didn't keep us from winning that night. :)
Quite possibly, one of the greatest books ever written in DCI history. I absolutely love this show and the raw, uncut power of the G bugle.
I marched Freelancers that year and loved watching BD perform this show. I agree, definitely one of the best books ever!
Right on.
Yep
They were awesome, when I saw them for the first time it was still early in the season, I was marching with Magic of Orlando and I was sitting front row watching them for my very fist time live, that was a humbling experience.
The raw power was f'ing ridiculous. And hearing all the glory of the G Horns just has that sound that Bb Horns can't replicate. This was my first year marching DCI with the Colts. I was only 14 years old. And my first experience seeing any BD show was this victory concert. It was demasculating 😆😆😆😆
I'll say it again... 1990's were the golden era of drum corps. The kids are Uber talented today, but the shows in the 90's were more crowd pleasing. The old corps would blow your face off and women were dropping their babies in the stands. Long live G bugles.
110% agree
In the hands of the right performers who could handle the instruments’ intonation challenges, the G horns created a created an out of body aural experience. Just phenomenal writing and playing here. It’s so easy to forget what we’re missing now.
BD needs to bring back a show with the hard core soloists like this again. Don' care what the judges say about it being old school, entertain some people!
2017 BD would like a word. Those dudes were badass. (Not to take anything away from this vid, which is also amazing)
Today's drum corps need to redesign their brass equipment standards. They need larger bore horns with bell flares similar to the old G powerbore bugles.
I wish 2017 did at least the opener for this show, it would have been awesome
back when shows were ballsy
91 and THIS....best BD Hornlines/books ever
Hands down!!
One of the best dci shows ever, period.
How two people can give this a thumbs down is beyond me. To not love this show is to not like drum corps.
They were from SCV.
@@rickmelrose196 😆😆😆😆 Truer words have never been spoken BD Best from the West!
The front line, no one ever gives them credit. My god that book cooked!
My dad marched 90-93 and he was the lead trumpet soloist in all of them. He was the one who wore the clear glasses in the Halloween screamers
Your dad was a God
@@210Driver yes sir he was, he still plays his stradivarius every day
@@210Driver go look at 1990 Halloween screamers blue devils
your dad is a god amongst men. stay blessed
@@hunterwhittaker9291 wait he has a violin by stradivari himself?
When drum corps ruled the Earth... Seriously if the talent level of the kids today played brass books like this who knows what could happen.
I think this is the best hornline of all time. The quality of sound is amazing. The middle horns and lower brass licks are just amazing and probably the best baritone and soprano soloists.
Thank you. I played lead Sop this year. I thought we were so close.
Agree 100%
This was before the changes you hear on the final vid. We preferred this version over the changes.
A masterpiece that will stand the test of time as one of the best horn books in DCI history here I am in 2022 still loving this masterpiece wish I was alive to see this in person
For me along with their 1986 show this musically is their most beautiful show, aggression, passion and flipping brilliant. Miss these days!
Goosebumps. So many goosebumps.
I marched with Wayne Downey 1970-72. During those years we saw the Don Ellis Orchestra multiple times. By the late '70s I was away from DC and really didn't follow the activity, although I tried to catch the PBS finals broadcast. In 1992 another corps brother, Scott Pierson, asked me to help out with a 25th anniversary celebration. That turned into a video interview with Gail Royer. I also attended my first DC show in decades. It was at that show I saw Wayne. The amazing thing about DC is you may not of sceen a DC brother in decades, but when you do it's like you were never apart. During our conversation I asked if BD had ever done any Don Ellis. When Wayne replied no, I said , "C'mon man that music would be perfect for you guys." The next year this show appeared. When I saw Wayne again I said, "Hey dude you owe me dinner." He gave me his staccato laugh and said, "Sure". I never did collect the dinner, but I was right. Don Ellis and BD was a perfect fit!
Blows me away for these huge marching aggregations to perform complex work like Don Ellis
oh how I miss those hornlines of the early 90's, wow. '93 was such a great year too. Madison and the Devils were bringing the heat! can you imagine either of those corps playing anything remotely close to a show like this these days?? sad, sad, sad...
I flip back and forth which strawberry soup I like better. BD or Madison.
Bds is better
Dang! This wires me! Heard them in Jackson. I really miss the authentic performances we got in the 1990’s. No better place than sitting right in front of the hornline! Love this arrangement.
fwiw, madison were going to play strawberry soup in 2020...
This is so underrated
What this show means to me is beyond words.
This is my favourite hornline of all time, nice and aggressive!
These hornlines had balls. Todays stuff sounds like one big technical study. Now this is music!!
I really wish I had the pleasure of sitting 50 feet away from this incredible display of musical exposition
Rumor has it, the hornline was charged with assault after this victory gig 😆😆😆🔥🔥🔥💪💪💪
Hearing loss for certain. I was one of the two primary soprano soloists. Being up front throughout most of the show, I had the hornline right behind my head most of the time. In certain spots, the volume reached the threshold of pain. I'm absolutely certain this season left me with permanent hearing loss.
@sdssteward Interesting. I have Tinnitus and wasn't even a soloist. And I 100% believe it was from Drum Corps. Not that I am complaining, hearing the wall of sound without earplugs is worth some ear depletion. Those 90's hornlines with the G Horns were something else!
The DM is awesome. Knows he's got the keys to a great book and the machine driving it.
Was just talking about this show today on DCP. One of those 1st place quality shows that wasn't 1st place. This stuff stands up well today. For all of the athleticism that the kids go through in shows today... this is mighty agressive writing and playing. My all time favorite musical book.
I WORE OUT this VHS ripped from PBS.
Same here
Last legendary BD horn book. It was nice knowing you.
John Olson 😌 It depends if you've heard their brass recently...😌
Their books were harder in 93 than they are now.
Typical "back in my day" comment.
That's precious cupcake. But this hornlike and ones before it are far more enjoyable and complex and more well received than BD of today. I don't care how fast they play Bumblebee. The lines today are sterile.
What a great book and sound. This was back in the days when wayne downey and all other arrangers were not selling out to the visual people. I havent bought a CD since then. These shows were great to listen to didnt need any visual backing.
This may easily me the greatest marching band show I have ever heard. They pulled it off so well, and Don Ellis must've written some amazing works over the years...FANTASTIC JOB!!!!
Don Ellis had some crazy charts. I can’t believe how awesome this is ...
The 1991 and 1993 brass lines by BD were incredible. Them and Star set new standards at that time. And frankly this brass lines holds up with many of the greats fron the 2000s. Fabulous music book, raw and glorious power from the G Bugles. So although BD didn't win this particular this is classic Blue Devils from the 90s.
Underrated BD show. My all-time fave from them.
I keep coming back to this stand still show even after watching more recent BD shows.
Gosh, imagine being a part of that HUGE and great sound!
93 BD was special to me because I was a young kid marching my first year of DCI with the Colts. In Burlington IA got to see the BD victory gig up front, close and personal. Never forget it. Never will forget that sound and power. I knew I would be a Blue Devil from that moment. Mission Accomplished. 93's horn line was an absolute beast.
Mission accomplished :-)
What a hornline. Wayne downey at his best. Great book
Awesome story. So did you end up marching BD? If so, which years. FYI, I am one of the soprano soloists in this show.
@@sdssteward Hi Scott... I know of you well. You were a beast! Yeah, I marched 93-94 Colts, 97 Madison, then 98 BD.
@@Corrections101 nice!!!!
please bring back the original uniforms!
I will always remember the passion this was performed on a rainy Saturday evening in Jackson, MS at Finals. Every soloist was on fire. Chain Reaction soared. Just an incredible display of complex rhythms in a marching discipline. To hear this again with today’s brass instruments versus bugles!
I was there, omg Jackson was hot, that was like fantasy drum corps right there, that season was so unique, and so incredible.
After Jackson I never wanted to march again... that was pure hell. Glad I did though...
WOW! As much as I watched the heck outta that 93 VHS, I never felt as much energy from this show than just now. That show was great and was one of my all time faves, but this is RAW ENERGY!! Thanks for Posting!
7:58 woah
The high F# at 2:02 just adds that little pinch of salt to everything
GOATED hornline
One of the best brass lines from this era without a doubt. Thanks for posting this, great stuff. I wish BD staff would simplify writing a tad so they actually have an entire piece of music that makes sense like this. Screw the green polo squad's opinions, give us MUSIC... not 40 different 8 bar melodies that don't climax.
Let me please; that this Line had a profound affect on my Life. I was an Upper Lead Year Before and these Catz knocked it out of the Park every night. Working as the Contra Tech with the Blue Knights I could always point the finger at BD and ask, "Ahem....". I very much enjoyed my time with my Contras. Listen to that HL.... Beefy.
Where is wayne downey when you need him? Todays arrangers cant compare to this.
I have to agree, even though I was a member of Bluecoats I loved these guys and its was an honor to compete against you all.
Love this show so underrated
When Drum Corps was Drum Corps...
This looks to have been taped at DVC. It was the first time I heard drum corps and was truly amazed. The Devils deep into their jazz roots!
I was at WHHS that year. I was in 10th grade. SUCH A FUN YEAR! So many great memories. Go class of 95!💕
I’ll deny it if anyone asks….but as a lifelong snare drummer, this show made me regret I didn’t pick up a bugle.
I'm a Percussionist, not a Writer. Marched Star Indy. My thoughts are difficult to compose. Plz don't Hate.
From 1978-2004, I Wish DCI and Future Corps would have Recorded their entire Horn Book- Tuning, Exercises, Parade Tunes, Show, etc. - HORNLINE ONLY.
Late '70's Audio recording techniques did a fine job on Bugle Horn Lines...and a Horrible job recording both Battery & Pit/Front Ensembles.
It's such a Travesty that Great Arrangers- Downey, Prime, Kerchner, etc. busted their Asses and Created Masterpieces, only to have them covered, masked, shrouded, hindered, disrupted and interfered with by (Percussion Arranging Masterpieces) played on Archaic Caveman Pit (& some Battery) Instruments recorded with Sub-Par to Poor Recording Devices & Techniques. A GROTESQUE TRAVESTY.
I so desperately want to go back in time with Today's Technology and Accomplish This. Does anybody have a time machine handy?
Horns only, I Yearn to Accurately Hear 78 Oakland Crusaders & SoA, 79 Guardsmen, 84 BD & Mad Scouts, 87 SCV, 81 PR, 85 Cadets, 91 Crossmen, 93 Star, Future Corps' Give It One and Channel One Suite, etc.
dammit...Dammit...DAMMIT !!! XXX
All of 1995 needs a redo. So many fun shows with their stellar execution lost to history because of the shittiest recording quality I've heard outside of College Gameday.
I agree . Pit instrumentation totally overbearing. Please let the brass come thru.
I have a time machine in my head, once you march DCI your forever changed, 93 baby that was a year to remember and I will never forget the most profound thing that ever happened to me.
F’ing brass gods
Bunch of monsters back then!!!
7:59
Nate's solo was like a hot fudge sundae!
The chord change at 9:35 is so cool
I miss plate lines out on the field!
Blue Devils = Big Jazz Sound.
Where on tour was this? This is my favorite BD brass book of all time. All the screamers. It was something live lol
Totally agree. These guys were beasts.
Tony Rendleman Screamers galore. Finals was batshit insane. It was my first year marching DCI with the Colts, and made the decision when I heard the victory gig in Burlington IA (first opportunity to hear it live), to be a Blue Devil😈. Ridiculous horn line.
Jacob Franklin I wish I could remember too. I marched VK that year and we traveled a lot with the Blue Devils. Obviously they won every show we were with them until we got back east. I would think this victory performance was somewhere out west.
Jacob Franklin I wish I could remember too. I marched VK that year and we traveled a lot with the Blue Devils. Obviously they won every show we were with them until we got back east. I would think this victory performance was somewhere out west.
@@yamahaxt652 Sorry about 93. I marched Colts that year. Though we celebrated I felt so bad for you guys.
How early season is this? Noticed a bunch of stuff they took out...do you have 1993 finals?
I was in this corps. This was not super early, as the "Bolero" drum pattern is in the intro. It was something much cooler, but more difficult, during the early shows. It got hosed pretty early. This might be one of the last shows before we headed east. Looking at Corpsreps, this could also be in Ohio or something. Hell, I don't know. The original of this video has more of the frame, and it doesn't really help. The woman with the dark pony tail at the bottom has a Star member jacket on, so that may indicate that it was back east some.
Edit: This has to be in Cali before we headed east. As you notice, it still has the Niner-Two ending.
this was in Bellevue Ohio I know I was there a few rows above the star lady and you did blow our faces off!!!
Thanks for putting a definitive location on this. I vividly remember that show, as I was stung by a bee between my middle and ring fingers on my left-hand right when our field performance was starting. Not a good thing when you are playing the timpani. I discovered that I am minorly allergic to bees that night because I nearly passed out during the performance. My instructor was looking at me with the "what the f*** is wrong with you" look. That was a pretty crappy experience, but I guess my shaky performance didn't keep us from winning that night. :)
Now thats a hornline. What the hell has happened to drum corps. Now they call them brasslines.
Earl Viney uhhh no one i know calls them brass lines today. they still call them hornlines
@@johnw.5392 the two terms have always been interchangable to me. i marched in the mid-2000's
wow.. this was the missing link. I remember watching the tape. Does anyone have it?!!?!
7:35 8:44🔥🔥🔥
8:00
Rosé Sexy that’s probably my most favorite part
4:18
8:45
pretty much a 27th Lancers redux...kudos!
7:56
7:59
9:50