Stampede!!

Based on several authentic cowboy songs, Stampede!! opens at dawn with the "Cowboy's Gettin' Up Holler" - birdcalls included. Lively "fiddle" and "harmonica" motifs and an eloquent scoring of "Good-bye, Old Paint" are just part of this contribution to Grade 3 concert band literature by Mike Hannickel. "The Chisholm Trail" (a true cowboy classic) figures importantly at the beginning and, in a driving re-harmonization, leads to the thrilling conclusion.