Interview: Mike Chiodo, 1972
Transcription
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Timestamps
| Topic | Start |
|---|---|
| Introduction (sounds like they are in a hospital). Coney Island Steeplechase corps. Early members. | 00:00 |
| Repertoire and sources | 02:35 |
| Members playing with other corps. Performing at Coney Island. | 04:10 |
| Mike's early years on Mulberry St. NYC (Little Italy, 1908). Early instructors. | 06:18 |
| Emerson corps (NYC). Old-time fifers and drummers in the area. Other corps in Little Italy & Chinatown. | 08:39 |
| Fife, Drum, & Bugle corps. Chiodo's use of bugles from 1911. | 10:27 |
| Ancient corps in NY & NJ- Plainfield, Paterson Old Continentals | 11:29 |
| Oldest corps in NJ- the Hexamers (1882), the Nationals | 12:28 |
| (Ferrante side conversation) | 14:21 |
| Old corps from NY- Kirks, old names (the Crescents), popularity in the 1930s | 14:54 |
| Johnny Wilson. Clarence Bliss. Kirks using both flutes and fifes until outlawed by NY Assoc. | 16:25 |
| Corps playing for political campaigns and funerals | 17:39 |
| Closing remarks | 19:36 |
Archival Notes
Interviewer: Doc Ferrante
Date: 1972
Tape FC3 side A
File Length 21 min.