The EABB Podcast focuses on providing information about past and current Early American (19th-century) brass bands through interviews, lectures, and musical recordings. Each episode will have a topic (specific bands, bandleaders, instruments, composers, etc..) or guest (historian, bandleader, active musician) that the participants will talk about. The participants can be any combination of host, co-host, and guest. The goal of the podcast is to connect and share the early American brass band community in the United States. Current bands will have an opportunity to be highlighted and historical bands will have an opportunity to be taught and kept alive.
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episode 1: 41 - Interview with John Connors: A Lifetime of Reenacting
Our Season 3 premiere is here! In this episode, Chris and Stephen talk with John Connors - musician, reenactor, and historian with the 122nd Army Band at The Ohio National Guard, The 73rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment Band, and The 2nd Cavalry Brigade Band. We discuss his interest in history and reenacting, and how that field has impacted his musical career.
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Music in this episode comes from The 8th GM Regiment Band.
Episode Structure:
1:48 - Welcome, John's musical background
10:01 - Unique experience with the Marine Band
14:09 - How John got interested in American music history, and the National Guard
18:25 - How John began playing with 19th century American Brass Bands
22:52 - John's first reenacting experiences
27:55 - Forming of the 73rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment Band
31:22 - Ideas and thoughts behind Civil War reenacting
41:19 - Recent changes in the reenacting field
53:38 - Options for visual representations of bands in the 19th century
1:02:15 - John's collection of 19th and 20th century musical instruments
1:14:32 - Where you can find more about John and the groups he's involved with
1:19:00 - Featured Album: Brass Music of the Civil War, The 73rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment Band