STAMPEDE!!! takes us back to an old American West of longhorn cattle-drives chuck wagons campfires and trail songs.Based on several authentic cowboy songs STAMPEDE!!! opens at dawn (birdcalls included) with the Cowboy s Gettin Up Holler . Lively fiddle and harmonica motifs and an eloquent scoring of Good-bye Old Paint are just part of this contribution to Grade 3 concert band literature by Mike Hannickel. The Chisholm Trail (a true cowboy classic) figures importantly at the beginning and in a driving re-harmonization leads to the thrilling conclusion.
