Today, October 25th, is St. Crispin’s Day. This might not mean much in 2017 if it had not been for Mr. Shakespeare and his play, Henry V. King Henry makes a rousing speech before the Battle of Agincourt whose words entered the English-speaking popular culture and stayed. We still hear references to it today. Whenever you hear the term band of brothers, you have Shakespeare and his Crispin’s Day Speech to thank.
A few years ago, during the creation of Ken Theriot’s album, Human History, Ken and Lisa Theriot set out to create a singable version of the speech, and the result was the song entitled, not surprisingly, Band of Brothers
Here is the studio version of the song:
Below is a link to iTunes, where you can purchase the digital album “Human History,” or any individual song, and also CD Baby where you can get a physical copy of the CD:
Here is a video of a live performance of Band of Brothers from Pennsic.
Hey Ken, Adelaide,
I have an autocrat who is doing some bardically themed goodness and is looking for a guest teacher/performer.
It is the second weekend in October. Event and feast would be comped, + crash space.
Interested?
Hi Samm. I would say yes. But that is a bit too far to plan for us at this point. There are too many variables in play for us to commit. How soon would you/he/she need to know?
Cheers,
Ken