One of the oldest in England, they formed in 1837 as the Rode Hall Fife and Drum Band, becoming a brass band in 1880.

He later played with the Lisheen Fife and Drum Band.

The lineup amounted to a brief history of Memphis music, beginning with the distant past: Othar Turner's Rising Star Fife and Drum Band.

The Molinnis Fife and Drum Band provided the accompaniment for Rescorla's Snail Creep celebrations when they were last performed over sixty years ago.

The rarest style on the bill, predating the blues, was the music of Otha Turner and the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band.

The tale is based on an actual band, the St Mary's Fife and Drum Band [1], formed in Limerick in 1885.

Turner's Rising Star Fife and Drum Band (which consisted of friends and relatives) primarily played at farm parties.

Othar Turner & The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band in:

Garratt is also the Drum Sergeant for the Spruce Grove Fire-fighter's Pipe and Drum Band.

The Mississippi Fife and Drum Band, scheduled to open the concert, appeared at only three-quarters strength - three drums, but no fife.