Horns of Plenty

Each Memorial Day, ceremonies across the country echo with the sound of a plaintive bugle call, played to honor those who died in America's wars. That bugle call is known as "Taps," and today, we look at its history and also the current state of buglers in the U.S. with Tom Day. Day created a Web site buglesacrossamerica.org in order to create a network of buglers from all 50 states and he recently participated in an event that drew more than 850 buglers, trumpeters and other horn players fanned to Elmira, New York, to play what it called "Echo Taps." The National is a five piece alt-country rock band from Brooklyn whose brooding lyrics reflect a sorrow-filled psyche, but whose musicianship balances country, classical and cabaret. They’ll perform live in the studio.
Additional Resources:
» Bugles Across America Web site » The National Web site