The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps
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Musicians wore off-set colors so they weren't shot if on the Field of Battle (British wore Red with White trim while the American Musicians wore Red with Blue Trim)
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It's called Tradition and what this Country was based off of... I'm sure if you went back to the 1700s you wouldn't see soldiers throwing their Muskets into the Air and tossing them around... that would just seem stupid
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The musicians wore the colors of the red coats(British) so they would stand out.
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The uniforms looks strikingly similar to Royal Regiments of foot due to the blue facings. However, there are details that are not easily detected by novices the tell the difference. Yes, musicians coats are the reverse of their counterparts in the rest of the regiment, and all armies had different color facing indicating the region they were from. For example, during the revolution, for the US Buff was New England, Red was Virginia.
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@oldbobg about 1/2 of the people in this video play with middlesex in their spare time : )
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@Greenberetsgt1 plus no one wants to shot a band member so it was a good idea to wear the other colors. im sure they still got shot its war after all
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is that GOD !!!I Oh my !!!
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@FuckYouLetMeLogIn Now, now, now. I think you mean that this is fife and drum for those who embrace an alternative lifestyle.
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Too much brass accompaniment, and the WRONG tune. They should be playing Garryowen, Old 1812, Yankee Doodle, Frog in the Well, The Girl I Left Behind Me, and when Johnny Comes Marching Home.
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Quick history lesson: The British didn't wear red to "hide the blood". The wore red because it was the cheapest dye you could buy at the time.
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Those are the uniforms the Revolutinary bands wore...Military Bands used to wear the off colors of the normal infantry...thus if you look at American uniforms from the revolution they were blue and red thus the blue on the outines and british uniforms were red and white no blue on them at all...So its not embaressing...Its what they really wore ..just clarifing things thats all >.>
Greenberetsgt1 3 years ago 8
The American men who fought on the field of battle wore blue coat with red trim, the fife and drummers wore red coat with blue trim. This was because they could not kill fife and drummers and this could easily identify them. The British did the same.
TheAmericanSailor 2 years ago 7