The Bottom of the Glass Podcast

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!

Have a great holiday...whatever you're doing.

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!

What a treat to hear the years of stories and experiences first hand from the great John Moon.  John is very important to the history and the legacy of not just American Fife and Drum, but British Martial, and Military music everywhere.  And John doesn't hold back in this discussion.  His years in Colonial Williamsburg.  His years in post-war Britain.  His years molding good corps members into great corps members.  John talks about it ALL!  Enjoy this discussion with John Moon.

One of the greats in marching percussion is with us on this episode of the Bottom of the Glass! Ralph Hardimon changed the landscape of the marching arts. Don’t think for a minute that this discussion is all about drum and bugle and DCI. Ralph and the boys DIG IN to rudimental drumming at its most basic forms. Everything is on the table….fife and drum, jazz, drum and bugle, set drum, marching drum, percussion product development…it’s covered! Enjoy this discussion with someone who has literally influenced THOUSANDS of percussionists in all forms of drumming. Ralph Hardimon!

You’re gonna LOVE this discussion! Cliff Barrows, Legendary-Award Winning drummer has a real, open and honest chat. One of our favorites! Enjoy!

This is a crazy episode, my friends. It is getting uploaded from the DRAM muster field on the Thursday night before the Deep River Muster after too much whiskey, too little food and not enough sleep. But that is cool. We have a muster this year and it is going to be FUN! Scott Redfield, the Malcarnes and other fine stuff will make this a really cool podcast!

We had so much fun speaking with our guest for this episode.  Andrea Wirth is an incredibly talented drummer and has been performing with the Middlesex County Volunteer Fife and Drum Corps for 30 years.  Her honesty, insight and knowledge about rudimental drumming and the fife and drum community makes this episode a MUST LISTEN!  Enjoy!

For our Memorial Day Episode of the Bottom of the Glass, we talk with two very important people as we honor our Veterans who paid the ultimate price to provide the freedoms we all enjoy today. Jari Villenueva may be the world’s foremost authority and expert on military bugle calls, and the exquisite performance of Taps at Military funerals and Memorial Events. He knows more about this ceremony than anyone and the discussion is fascinating!

Our second guest is HUGE in the Fife and Drum Community. Mark Logsdon has helped our community survive and thrive for decades. He has been the director of the 1st Michigan Colonial Fife and Drum Corps since he founded the group in 1974 with his wife Mary. And Mark continues to be deeply involved with the Company of Fifers and Drummers. Enjoy this episode, and please take some time to honor our Veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Check out this great episode where we interview our very own Dave Loyal!  Dave is an amazing drummer and an amazing drum maker.  Learning about his roots and early days in fife and drum is a real treat!  And we have a few special guests stopping by to talk about motorcycles, trains and living the hobo life.  ENJOY!