Band of Brothers – A Song For St. Crispin’s Day

Today, October 25th, is St. Crispin’s Day. This might not mean much in 2021 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 Apple Music, where you can purchase the digital album “Human History,” or any individual song. Apple has made things a bit confusing. So if you don’t have Apple Music and just want to grab the song from the iTunes store, you’ll find a text link toward the bottom of the page after clicking below that says “Also available in the iTunes Store.”

Here is a video of a live performance of Band of Brothers from Pennsic.