Jared Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 i was thinking of this the past few nights. and here goes, i was watching an old wild west movie and what i was wondering is, do you think there where bands back in the ol' days? i know there were into there fiddle and what not back then, but i was thinking is were there like really good bands that would tour from town to town and put on shows? i guess each town had a band? or a piano player or something, but do you think they ever went on to diffrent towns? and even so what about in like eygyp time or acient rome? i wonder when the first band went on tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted March 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 or the first band to ever put on a concert, that people payed to get into Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 travelling minstrels go way back musicians, actors and news communicators all in one usually (no national newspapers or tv/radio to get the news from back then) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted March 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 yeah thats what i was thiniking, i guees its the kind of thing thats been going on forever i guess i just smoked to much tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 smoke some for me, dry here and wishin not any excuse is a good excuse to talk about travelling minstrels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted March 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 why so dry? send someone here to the big city,, we'll take good care of you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted March 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 also on another note, why arn't there old old bands famours, or why don't we know ther names,, what is the oldest famous band anyone can think of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 I'm thinking one of the reasons why we've never heard of the old bands is because they didn't have recording technology back then. So, there is no real record of these bands existing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 If you've seen the movie Cold Mountain, I think "bands" like the one Jack White's character is in where probably pretty common - granted that's Civil War era but I think the principle would hold for the old west, or where ever you go around that time in history or just before or after. Once the industrial age and electricity came along, many things would obviously change. Certainly the ancient Greeks and Romans, and probably the ancient Egyptians and earlier societies had organized bands of musicians playing together. And drumming circles and such date back to the earliest African traditions at the beginning of human history, and those are types of bands although they were probably more loosely affiliated. As CH points out, there have probably been great bands and musicians throughout history that we'll never hear of 'cus there are no recordings. Mozart and Bach for instance where both as well known in their day as performers, but we only know about them now because of their compositions that have survived 'cus they were written down. Peace, Mr. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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