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John Brown's Body is an American eight-piece reggae and dub band with origins in Ithaca, New York, and Boston, Massachusetts. With a two-decade-long tenure, they have been recognized for their intricate fusion of vocals , percussion , keyboard , bass , guitar and a three-piece horn section.
Kevin and his childhood friend Josh Newman headed the band. [5] The band gained regional notoriety in the northeast and opened for Toots and the Maytals. [6] In 1995 Kevin Kinsella founded the reggae band John Brown's Body [4] During this time period Kevin released their first album "All Time" (1996) on Kevin's label I Town Records. [7]
John Brown's Body" is an American marching song popular in the Union during the American Civil War. John Brown's Body may also refer to: John Brown's Body (band), American reggae band; John Brown's Body, a 1969 novel by A. L. Barker "John Brown's Body" (poem), a 1928 poem by Stephen Vincent Benét
"John Brown's Body" (Roud 771), originally known as "John Brown's Song", is a United States marching song about the abolitionist John Brown. The song was popular in the Union during the American Civil War. The song arose out of the folk hymn tradition of the American camp meeting movement of the late 18th and early 19th century. According to an ...
The tune and some of the lyrics of "John Brown’s Body" came from a much older folk hymn called "Say, Brothers will you Meet Us", also known as "Glory Hallelujah", which has been developed in the oral hymn tradition of revivalist camp meetings of the late 1700s, though it was first published in the early 1800s.
"Glory Glory" is a terrace chant sung in association football in the United Kingdom and in other sport. It uses a popular camp meeting hymn tune of unknown origin that is famously associated with the marching song "John Brown's Body", with the chorus "Glory, Glory, Hallelujah" – the chant replaces "Hallelujah" with the name (or a four-syllable adaptation) of the favoured team.
The melody of "Glory, Glory" is the same as that of "Say Brothers Will You Meet Us," "John Brown's Body," and "Battle Hymn of the Republic." [ 1 ] The song was arranged for the University of Georgia Band by member, and later Department of Music chair, Hugh Hodgson in 1915.
John Brown's Body (1928) is an American epic poem written by Stephen Vincent Benét. The poem's title references the radical abolitionist John Brown, who raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in October 1859. He was captured and hanged later that year. Benét's poem covers the history of the American Civil War.