The Bottom of the Glass Podcast

Join us as we continue our discussions on the "State of the Artform". In this episode we speak with the great Markus Estermann about fife and drum in Switzerland, how American fife and drum has influenced Swiss fife and drum...and vice versa. Markus is a treat to talk to and you're really going to enjoy this program! This episode will feature music from the Swiss Junior Drum Show, Trommelgruppe Chriesibueb from Fasnacht 2019, the Edgar Winter Group and music from our friend Jason Malli. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support

Welcome to the Bottom of the Glass for the first episode of 2024 - our FIFTH SEASON! In this St. Patrick’s Day themed podcast we’ll discuss the State of our Artform. How does the current state of fife and drum compare to preceding generations, and what should we focus on for the future of our hobby. And enjoy some great music from Greg Bacon, The Bothy Band, Planxty, Silly Wizard and Peter Hollens. ENJOY! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support

Take a trip with us as we dig into the drumming life of Bill Bachman. From his books to his sticks to his pads and all the award winning percussion groups he's worked with in between, Bill takes on the ride of HIS life! What a life it's been with SO MUCH MORE to go. This is a fascinating chat with the Drummers' Drummer...the Great Bill Bachman! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support

Our chat with Chet is a journey into the experiences, stories and anecdotes with one of the coolest rudimental drummers on the scene. He's played with some of the greats, because he IS a great! His mark on percussion is big and his work using drumming as a vehicle to make a difference in the lives of young people is even BIGGER! Enjoy this talk with Chet Doboe. You're gonna LOVE IT! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support

We’re all amped, ramped and vamped for the 64th Annual Westbrook Muster. If you’re making your way to the Connecticut Shoreline, or if you can’t make it this year and plan on the future…enjoy this discussion with a fife and drum friend who has attended SO MANY Westbrook Musters. Kathy Brennan has been our friend, colleague, corps mate, and inspiration for decades. She has also been highly involved in so many levels of fife and drum organization. This is a beautiful chat with a beautiful person! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support

Many of us in fife and drum know little about the origins and evolution of F-Troop. Most of us know F-Troop as the last corps coming down the road at the end of the muster parade. Well friends, F-Troop is so much more than that. F-Troop sprang from the best of the best in fife and drum at the time. For this episode we have some of the very first members and organizers of F-Troop with us today. And dare I say, we've never had a more distinguished panel of crazy bastards on this podcast. Plus we'll get perspective from the junior side of fife and drum with our friend Liam Towers. Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support

This is a tough one. A dear friend and important member of our community has left us. Pete Emerick was a musician, teacher, educator, historian and friend to so many of us in ancient, historical and military fife and drum. His knowledge was unsurpassed and although he shared so much with so many of us over so many years, we'll never again be able to access that depth of knowledge and history that he took with him. We're going to miss him. There will never be another like Pete Emerick. Please enjoy this interview we did with him a few years ago. We sure enjoyed it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support

With the USARD Convention right around the corner, we're chatting with three essential and indispensable members of the convention that will be held in Seekonk, MA on April 14th and 15th! Gary Covitz, Artie Shannon and Larry Finn have had uniquely independent and different journeys in rudimental drumming. But like many drumming compadres, they have a bonding connection. This chat covers their commonality with the 27th Lancers and so much more! Enjoy folks, this is a good one! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support

“Great Day in the Mornin’ To Ya!” (You have to imagine all this with an Irish accent.) You’ll feel the Luck ‘O the Irish when you listen to our St. Patrick’s Day Episode of the Bottom of the Glass. Today your hosts “Dirty” Dave O’Loyal, Brendan McMason and Brian “Blarney Stone” Watkinson will be sittin’ down over a pint or two with Jeff Prosperie, currently Group Leader of the United State’s Army’s West Point Hellcats. Jeff’s a wee bit of a drummer to say the least, and he serves up a pot of gold in this interview about drumming, judging and the future of our craft. We’ll also visit with Michael Eagle, the Mad Irishman, and “Lucky” Charley O’Poole as they talk about an upcoming live project featuring music from the famous Connecticut Yanks Fife and Drum Corps! Enjoy all you lads and lasses, “May you be in Heaven a half hour before the Devil knows you’re dead!” Sláinte! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support

Dr. John Wooton...Dr. Throwdown...whatever you want to call him, just know he's a rudimental specialist. Funny as hell with so much talent, and a blast to talk to. John even brought along his friend Clarence Boudreaux. We chatted with both of them and had some fun. You will too! Just give this a listen. An interview with the great John Wooton! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support

How do you nail an Old Guard vacancy? Let's hear it from the men and women who decide whether you're in or out. We did it with the fifes in Part 1 of this podcast and here on Part 2 we're talking to the drummers. This should give you what you need to know to get into the Old Guard drum line. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support

You ever wonder about the audition process to get in to the Old Guard? We did too! So we asked them. This is the first of a two-part podcast about how to nail an Old Guard vacancy. This one's for fife. Drum will be Part 2. Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support

The boys covered a lot of ground on this one. The wrap-up of a crazy fife and drum summer, (crud, poop, Basel, Sudbury...I know this sound weird, but it's not that bad when you listen). Then a great outside radio interview with our host, Dave Loyal! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support

As you’re heading to the National Muster this weekend, spend some time with this crazy podcast! It features the great snare drumming champion, composer and drum instructor Paul Cormier in an in-person chat inside the legendary Old Bar at Longfellow’s Wayside Inn in Sudbury, MA! We talked to Paul about EVERYTHING! His life, his drumming, the corps he’s played in, the great drummers he’s known. It’s a candid, honest look into his involvement and legacy in fife and drum. This interview dropped in our laps as Brendan, Dave and Brian had an opportunity to spend some time together while on vacation up in Maine the week after the Deep River Muster. So we’ve included some behind the scenes conversation between the boys while on vacation! We even had a quick conversation with the ghost of Bill Pace as Bill finally settled an age-old question about his drumming ablilty! How many podcasts can claim that?!? So pour yourself a cup of Uncle Jer’s famous greasy soup and enjoy this podcast. Enjoy, The Boys --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support

These Chicks are the COOLEST! Check 'em out! You'll LOVE them! Uncle Jer might even stop by for a quick "howdy do"! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support

Hey folks, pack your cars and trucks with your fifes, drums and all your crap for the Deep River Muster, and as you head to DRAM listen to this great talk with Jim and Sarah MacConduibh and Michael Godin of the Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes and Drums. It is some fascinating discussion. Have a great Deep River! Sincerely, Brendan, Dave and Brian --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support

Welcome to our Junior Fife and Drum Camp Edition of the Bottom of the Glass. Today we’ll speak with ALL the Directors, past and present, of the Junior Fife and Drum Camp. The Camp has come a long way since its early days and this podcast will take you through those years with the people who helped make it happen. Robin Niemitz, Cap Corduan and Tanya Morrisett! A great listen for Memorial Day Weekend! And don’t forget, if you are listening to this podcast on Memorial Day weekend, this is your LAST WEEKEND to register for Junior Camp, so GET ON IT! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support

Welcome to our 3rd Season of the Bottom of the Glass! AMAZING! This first episode of Season 3 is our St. Patrick’s Day PLUS Episode. The PLUS means we’re talking about a lot more than just St. Patrick’s Day. Sure, we have a great discussion with Derek Mulcahy, Bandmaster of St. Mary’s Fife and Drum Band from Limerick, Ireland as he goes deep about fife and drum in Ireland and how that all relates to fife and drum in the States. But we also have a lively discussion with our Stony Creek friends, Tim Goss and Kenny Avery as they talk about plans for 2022 (that include St. Mary’s)! A must listen for this time of year and we couldn’t be happier that this is our first episode of Season 3! Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support

Have a great holiday...whatever you're doing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support

The time was right, and place was perfect for this important discussion with John Ciaglia. John is a renowned fifer, collaborator and arranger, and we had a candid chat with him from the Casbah, Friday night at the 2021 Westbrook Muster. This is an intimate, in person interview with one of the living legends in fife and drum. And the sounds of the Muster’s Friday night tattoo in the background makes this interview extra special. Enjoy our talk with the great John Ciaglia! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebotg-podcast/support