West Baton Rouge Museum Podcast

Present by Faye Phillips. Anyone with a love for the Tiger Band or football season in south Louisiana will enjoy hearing about the history of LSU’s world renowned marching band that began well over a century ago when two cadets of the Ole War Skule decided to create a brass band for their university, beginning an enduring tradition. Phillips will share the story of the Golden Band from Tigerland that has entertained millions of fans from its military beginnings through the directorships of Castro Carazo, William F. Swor and Frank B. Wickes to the first female drum major, Kristie Smith. Following the lecture, Phillips will be on hand to sign copies of this book that celebrates the spirit and tradition of the Tiger Band with 150 stunning photographs and text. Prior to her retirement in 2012, Phillips served as associate dean of libraries for special collections at LSU and worked as an archivist at the United States Senate, the National Archives and Records Administration, and many other institutions. In addition to co-authoring The Golden Band from Tigerland: A History of the Tiger Marching Band, she is co-author with Lucy Landry of Abiding Families and Neighbors, A Story of Community: The Herbert House of Brusly, 2014. She is also the General Editor of the West Baton Rouge Historical Association’s The History of West Baton Rouge Parish: People, Places, Progress, 2012. Most of her other local history books focus on East Baton Rouge Parish. Faye is a graduate of the School of Library and Information Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Georgia State University.