Bone Daddy, the original Sportsphile, speaks often about how much he enjoyed watching the halftime shows of The Showband of the Southwest…..known as the Texas Longhorn Marching Band….while attending the University of Texas from 1965 to 1970…..as this video seen herewith….goes a long way to explain why he enjoyed getting to the UT home games early…
The University of Texas Longhorn Band….also known as the Showband of the Southwest….is the marching band of The University of Texas at Austin….which was founded in 1900 by distinguished professor of chemistry, Dr. Eugene P. Schoch. The band is currently under the direction of Dr. Scott Hanna. The band performs at all in-state football games….for various Texas Longhorn Athletics teams…. and at special pep…
The Million Dollar Band (sometimes shortened to MDB) is the official marching band of the University of Alabama….which was founded in 1912….is the largest student organization at the University of Alabama…..as this marching band performs during pregame and halftime of every home and neutral-site Alabama football game….plus, it also supplies at least a pep band to every away football game….as well as…
The University of Texas Marching Band is better known as the Show Band Of The Southwest…..which is hugely popular with ALL University of Texas students, alumni and the Longhorn fan base….and when 375 band members take the field to Texas Fight at every Longhorn football game at Darrell K. Royal Stadium in Austin, TX…..that’s when 103,000 strong…
The Fort Knox 100th Army Band performing the Star Spangled Banner at the 112th Kentucky Derby brings back fond memories to out Bone Daddy….the original Sportsphile….as he was stationed as a Lieutenant in the US Army Transportation Corp….while attending Motor Officers School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky in early 1971….and as he puts it….”I marched in several drill…
