This is the piece of music we picked for my mother's funeral two weeks ago. It was played as people left their seats after the service, while my close family stayed behind and the big 'push' came just as the last guest filed out of the door. Drum corps played a huge part in my family's life, my mother being one of the 'wardrobe ladies' for our corps (The Statesmen) for many years. She left this world to the sound she loved: great music played by a great drum corps and my father, brother and I thank every member of Phantom Regiment that made the most difficult day of our lives a little easier to bear. Thank you all.
😇🎶👀👂I played their 03 dvd at my dad's funeral reception in 08 and it helped get through everything, besides Jesus comforting us all. My dad played piano, organ, and keyboard before I was born. He knew ALOT about music and taught me a few things on the piano. I showed him this dvd 3 years before Jesus took him. He said that the brass line was ferocious, and the drumline was on time👀👂🎶😇
Tim Nicholls just been listening to my favorite corps as I hope and pray for a season this year after covid 19. I read this comment and just lost it. I mean I haven’t cried like this in years. I feel like I needed to, and the lord brought me here. It’s so beautiful man
While listening to this, one has to imagine sitting in a stadium atop a hill around midnight. The Phantom Regiment has taken its place for an encore. It's about midnight under a clear sky with a crisp and cool gentle breeze. The horn line is facing away from the main bleachers as the harmonic blends of Amazing Grace begin, with subtle echoes returning to your ears from the nearby homes. You sit back, appreciate this rare experience, absorbing every moment.
Heard them do this live once. They used our local high school for a day of practice and then did a free public performance of their show that night before going on to Texas the next day. They closed the show with this. Recordings do not do them justice. I was sitting about halfway up the stadium and literally felt the air from their sound hit me in the chest. A moment I will never forget as long as I live.
Heard this during Retreat at the 1993 DCI finals in Jackson, MS. similar experience. G-Bugles,...we will never hear them again, at least not like this.
Birmingham Alabama hosted a show for many years in the 1980's and 1990's. I was at the Birmingham show in 1992 to see my brother perform with Southwind, it was his age out year. Star won the show, and I was behind the press box in the front parking lot when they started playing the encore. The overtones came completely over the stadium and press box, it was truly amazing.
As a low brass player, I normally appreciate but not normally really love trumpets. So since I started crying at 1:26 when they came in, it tells you how amazing this is.
@@taustin1977 Pretty sure they're Bb Trumpets. I used to play Taps at Football games during Veterans day. I know damn well how to play one.I have 3. Plus being in a Nationally known Marching Band.
We played this at my grandpas burial on Saturday. Grandpa requested to play loud and not hold back. My dad brought a huge speaker and we did just that. ❤
”in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed“ 1 Corinthians 15:52 This is what I like to imagine that moment will be like.
I played eupho on this. When I came home from college one time my mom said my dad would crank this up and exclaim “Listen to this!!!!”. My dad wasn’t the type to get excited. Very disciplinarian. Played this at his funeral at his behest. Warms my heart to this day. And so do all the positive comments on here.
As a trumpet player auditioning for phantom in about two years, this makes me cry. Every. Single. Time...I’d give everything to be a part of this when it was made.
Amazing Grace, how sweet he sound, that saved a wretch like me, I once was lost but now I'm found, twas blind but now I see. Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come, twas Grace that brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home...
This is an old recording from the 90's. Inspired us young guys to go out and work hard to march div. 1 corps. We used to lie in bed at night with our headphones and listen on repeat. Easier to get inspired when young than now.
Played this with Regiment in '91 and'92... Originally we ended it with everything we had in our lungs. I personally preferred that loud ending to this softer one (we played both as I think it was originally written in '91). I wish I could find a recording of that first version (maybe Cotton Bowl '91). Love it.
I am a DCI Mom -- my daughter marches with another corps and I love them!!! Every now and then I have to cheat and take in some Phantom Regiment - Oh My GOD - chill, chills, chills.
@DECLAN DOUGAN G bugles only had 2 valves & weren't chromatic, limiting what music you can do since you cant play all the notes. They were also less refined than regular indtruments because only drum corps bought them in small numbers compared tk regular trumpets, so it basically made life simpler for manufacturers, gave corps more in tune & consistent instruments for similar cost, and opened up fully chromatic music & an easier transition for people who already have brass experience. The main thing lost was a bit of warmth & overall volume since the instruments have slightly different bores. It's for the better overall, and hey if you want to experience them, join an alumni corps like the Riley Raiders- they still use them.
@@KennyCnotG False. G Bugles were widely available with three valves. G Bugles were less expensive than concert pitched instruments. Star of Indiana was the only perennial top-6 corps that used 2 valve bugles and that was a conscious choice. Star competed on the same set of bugles for their entire ten years of existence, choosing to have them overhauled than buy new sets of horns. The move to Bb was a corporate partnership deal, plain and simple.
Still remember you could hear this 3 blocks away from the stadium during retreat in 93. When I hear it now I smell diesel, my balls itch to remember crotch rot in cotton, and I long for a mcdonalds double cheese or a hardees peach shake. And yeah, I still tear up a little.
Phantom Regiement and The Blue Devils each have the passion of Drum Corps, according to DCI they 2 of the best hornlines in the world. They are just totally awesome!
The chills I get and tears I shed at the crescendo of this number are always completely involuntary. Few things stir my emotions like this performance. Year to year there are always memorable shows and outstanding performances but some transcend time. This is one of those shows that has been immortalized in the hearts of those who have heard it over the years.
The first time I heard this I was 18 and out of marching band and it has always stuck with me, the sheer awesomeness and control (former trumpet player). Never knew who performed this and of course TikTok showed me 😂. I’m 41 now and I am just finding this again, hits different because I can share with my 16 year old son who is a percussionist.
This was my great grandmother's favorite song, I listen to it every night and get goosebumps every time. Phantom regiment is incredible, thank you for posting this
My brother was in Phantom, years ago.. early 90's, during DCI championships, will never forget them playing at Boylan, to this day Amazing Grace makes me almost cry. Been in the Navy 16 years, but this is still one of my best memories.
That, was a truly awe-inspiring performance. It evoked emotions, raised my skin, and nearly brought me too tears. the only way it could have be better would be to see it in person, and really have it hit you in the chest.
I marched with Northern Aurora in 1993 and we were also on this once in a lifetime Christmas CD. This is by far my favorite track that will always bring me back to the day of recording that incredible summer and give me chills.
This is just a masterpiece...close your eyes...sounds like there is a whole symphony...the bass is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard...and Im a mellophone player... without bass you don't have a foundation...
I swear they sound like bagpipes so big thumbs up to the arranger! That part @1:45 til the end spoke to my soul smh. I've heard this overseas during very somber occasions and this had me reflect on those moments. Very nice playing
This is brass only and was not in any of their shows. It is played at the end of a victory contest after the corps wins a contest. The arrangement is by Jim Wren, long time Phantom Regiment horn instructor and arranger. It was played at the end of my mom and my dad's funerals and will be played at mine. I want the volume up all the way. I don't know which way I'm going, but I want them to know I'm coming.
As the first verse ends and a crescendo begins, the horn line rotates to face you and delivers the second verse with the full, legendary sound of the Phantom Regiment. Your body is infiltrated with vibrations turning into chills as this bountiful sound pierces the night. At 1:44, the horn line takes a 2-count rest, allowing the echoes from afar to fill the void. You think of neighborhoods suddenly hearing this unexpected sound - what a blessing it must be.
1:29 always gives me chills when those trumpets come in! i too agree w/ Ninjahow. But i'd want a LIVE phantom alum group playing this. along w/ Bluecoats 2008? The Knock Out part of thier show. i think that's what it was called.
Beautiful. You can't help but smile and tear up a little at 1:28 as if the sound in the beginning wasn't enough to get you. I want this played at my funeral
I have listened to this 12 times in a row now. I know exactly what is going to happen at 1:27 but I still get full body chills every time. And to think, this was done with 2 valves.
everybody in my band class saw this comment and laughed because the teacher was trying to make us hear the music and scrolled down, we could barely stop laughing to play our music. Thank You for an amazing school day!
This is the piece of music we picked for my mother's funeral two weeks ago. It was played as people left their seats after the service, while my close family stayed behind and the big 'push' came just as the last guest filed out of the door. Drum corps played a huge part in my family's life, my mother being one of the 'wardrobe ladies' for our corps (The Statesmen) for many years. She left this world to the sound she loved: great music played by a great drum corps and my father, brother and I thank every member of Phantom Regiment that made the most difficult day of our lives a little easier to bear.
Thank you all.
😇🎶👀👂I played their 03 dvd at my dad's funeral reception in 08 and it helped get through everything, besides Jesus comforting us all. My dad played piano, organ, and keyboard before I was born. He knew ALOT about music and taught me a few things on the piano. I showed him this dvd 3 years before Jesus took him. He said that the brass line was ferocious, and the drumline was on time👀👂🎶😇
in all respect, what drumline
My brother was in the Phantom Regiment, I've been in the mi613 years, this one still gets some sears
Tim Nicholls just been listening to my favorite corps as I hope and pray for a season this year after covid 19. I read this comment and just lost it. I mean I haven’t cried like this in years. I feel like I needed to, and the lord brought me here. It’s so beautiful man
Beautiful story to a beautiful song, Tim. May your mother Rest In Peace.
While listening to this, one has to imagine sitting in a stadium atop a hill around midnight. The Phantom Regiment has taken its place for an encore. It's about midnight under a clear sky with a crisp and cool gentle breeze.
The horn line is facing away from the main bleachers as the harmonic blends of Amazing Grace begin, with subtle echoes returning to your ears from the nearby homes. You sit back, appreciate this rare experience, absorbing every moment.
Amazing...chilling...warm...miss that sound
Yesssss! I cried @ a live show over this. Incredibly beautiful!
This comment gave me chills...
Or in one of the rooms under Lucas oil stadium those rooms have crazy acoustics. Notes resonate for seconds down there.
God speaks through the Phantom Regiment Horn line
He should help them win occasionally then
@@urofseron dang really throwing it out there
Amen.
@eric DCI bias.
Heard them do this live once. They used our local high school for a day of practice and then did a free public performance of their show that night before going on to Texas the next day. They closed the show with this.
Recordings do not do them justice. I was sitting about halfway up the stadium and literally felt the air from their sound hit me in the chest. A moment I will never forget as long as I live.
Heard this during Retreat at the 1993 DCI finals in Jackson, MS. similar experience. G-Bugles,...we will never hear them again, at least not like this.
Birmingham Alabama hosted a show for many years in the 1980's and 1990's. I was at the Birmingham show in 1992 to see my brother perform with Southwind, it was his age out year. Star won the show, and I was behind the press box in the front parking lot when they started playing the encore. The overtones came completely over the stadium and press box, it was truly amazing.
The amount of money I would pay to hear this live in the middle of the arc.......I would sob like a baby.....
I saw them do this from the track in a small stadium around summer 99-2000. Been my favorite drum corps since then. Like nothing I'd ever heard.
+Shawnguitarguy , Been there, done that, saw God!
Shawnguitarguy me too but they took it out of their music selection
You're kidding, right? They don't play it anymore? If so, reason #2,555,837 for Rick Valenzuela to go
It's their Corp song. They play it for standstills
As a low brass player, I normally appreciate but not normally really love trumpets. So since I started crying at 1:26 when they came in, it tells you how amazing this is.
Those aren't trumpets they are soprano bugles that are keyed in G.
As a trumpet player, i appreciate your comment. This is beautiful!
@@taustin1977 Pretty sure they're Bb Trumpets. I used to play Taps at Football games during Veterans day. I know damn well how to play one.I have 3. Plus being in a Nationally known Marching Band.
If they were Bugles, how can they change notes like a Trumpet can?
I've never heard of a Trumpet keyed in G. These are standard Bb Trumpets.
Why doesn't Phantom ever play this anymore? It's simply beautiful.
Thanks '93 PR horn line. I played this at my mother's funeral. Not a single dry eye. She was a true Drum Corps fan.
PR '81 horn player
This will be played at my funeral.
This makes me look forward to it, myself.
Doubtful
Dude I've said that since the first time I heard it. I marched DC and I've always had a fantasy funeral for my being phantom playing it live
I wish to have it sung. But if that much brass could be organized to play it for me on my death bed, that would be awsome.
We played this at my grandpas burial on Saturday. Grandpa requested to play loud and not hold back. My dad brought a huge speaker and we did just that. ❤
This video was posted onto my high school band directors page today. He passed away very recently and I think this is absolutely gorgeous
TrumpeterDavid haha
”in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed“ 1 Corinthians 15:52
This is what I like to imagine that moment will be like.
When those trumpets come in, it makes me just want to cry in joy and happiness how amazing this is! This is truly perfect!
No trumpets all G bugle sopranos
True. Bugles and Contras.
Nowadays, Broadway meets Cirque du Soleil meets marching band and coming soon monster truck show. DCI lost me years ago.
@DCIfanatic18 3-valve G bugles
THE best instrumental version of Amazing Grace, & no one can convince me otherwise. Simply stunning!
Thank Jim Wren.
For the record; Phantom and the PR Alumni will be playing this together on July, 6th 2018 , in honor of Dr. Dan Richardson!
Terry Pearse also on July 6th, 2019
I played eupho on this. When I came home from college one time my mom said my dad would crank this up and exclaim “Listen to this!!!!”. My dad wasn’t the type to get excited. Very disciplinarian. Played this at his funeral at his behest. Warms my heart to this day. And so do all the positive comments on here.
As a trumpet player auditioning for phantom in about two years, this makes me cry. Every. Single. Time...I’d give everything to be a part of this when it was made.
Update?
@@ryangreen9378 was gonna say
ayo you make it?
@@nathanielgrim7388 Unfortunately never ended up going there. Went to a Crown audition but was turned down pretty quickly lol
@@ibeef bah at least your tried, bettern me :)
Amazing Grace, how sweet he sound, that saved a wretch like me, I once was lost but now I'm found, twas blind but now I see.
Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come, twas Grace that brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home...
This is an old recording from the 90's. Inspired us young guys to go out and work hard to march div. 1 corps. We used to lie in bed at night with our headphones and listen on repeat. Easier to get inspired when young than now.
Played this with Regiment in '91 and'92... Originally we ended it with everything we had in our lungs. I personally preferred that loud ending to this softer one (we played both as I think it was originally written in '91). I wish I could find a recording of that first version (maybe Cotton Bowl '91). Love it.
Did you play mellophone? I marched PRC 91 then PR 92-95.
I am a DCI Mom -- my daughter marches with another corps and I love them!!! Every now and then I have to cheat and take in some Phantom Regiment - Oh My GOD - chill, chills, chills.
I’ve yet to hear a better drum corps interpretation of this song, it gives me chills every time I listen to it.
Thank Jim Wren for this arrangement. #legend
While I agree with why DCI had to move, I will always miss how unique a G Bugle line sounded. RIP.
Amen.
@DECLAN DOUGAN G bugles only had 2 valves & weren't chromatic, limiting what music you can do since you cant play all the notes. They were also less refined than regular indtruments because only drum corps bought them in small numbers compared tk regular trumpets, so it basically made life simpler for manufacturers, gave corps more in tune & consistent instruments for similar cost, and opened up fully chromatic music & an easier transition for people who already have brass experience. The main thing lost was a bit of warmth & overall volume since the instruments have slightly different bores.
It's for the better overall, and hey if you want to experience them, join an alumni corps like the Riley Raiders- they still use them.
@@KennyCnotG False. G Bugles were widely available with three valves. G Bugles were less expensive than concert pitched instruments. Star of Indiana was the only perennial top-6 corps that used 2 valve bugles and that was a conscious choice. Star competed on the same set of bugles for their entire ten years of existence, choosing to have them overhauled than buy new sets of horns.
The move to Bb was a corporate partnership deal, plain and simple.
Still remember you could hear this 3 blocks away from the stadium during retreat in 93. When I hear it now I smell diesel, my balls itch to remember crotch rot in cotton, and I long for a mcdonalds double cheese or a hardees peach shake. And yeah, I still tear up a little.
My favorite version of this, zero doubt in my mind.
they need to play this again
Bust out the old g horns
Listen to that tuba, it is pure beauty.
I'm 15 years old and this video alone makes me want to do everything I can so that I can march Phantom Regiment later in life
you might have aged out by now so i hope you had a great journey!
Carson Barrett Seems like he’s 21 now, wonder if he pulled through
@@evaNc1337 I certainly hope so
well...are you in the corps?
Phantom Regiement and The Blue Devils each have the passion of Drum Corps, according to DCI they 2 of the best hornlines in the world. They are just totally awesome!
The trumpets sound like a glittering icing topping would look on a beautiful chocolate foundation !
Those aren't trumpets. They are soprano bugles in the key of G.
The guy an octave up at 1:47 gets me EVERY DAMN TIME!! Blasting this in my car brings tears to my eyes.
I can't explain with words what this music does to me. All I know is that it has a direct connection to my tear ducts
The chills I get and tears I shed at the crescendo of this number are always completely involuntary. Few things stir my emotions like this performance. Year to year there are always memorable shows and outstanding performances but some transcend time. This is one of those shows that has been immortalized in the hearts of those who have heard it over the years.
The first time I heard this I was 18 and out of marching band and it has always stuck with me, the sheer awesomeness and control (former trumpet player). Never knew who performed this and of course TikTok showed me 😂. I’m 41 now and I am just finding this again, hits different because I can share with my 16 year old son who is a percussionist.
Absolutely fantastic
Oh hello
The way I sill get goosebumps even though it’s probably my 100th time listening to this…
Holy hell sopranos. I am speechless every-time I listen to this
2022 anyone?
2024
1997
I just got cold chills as big as eggs. Outstanding Job. The Holy Spirit is working here with this most beloved Hymn.
This was my great grandmother's favorite song, I listen to it every night and get goosebumps every time. Phantom regiment is incredible, thank you for posting this
Rest in peace, Mr. Marty Hurley. You will not be forgotten.
No matter how many times I listen to this song it never gets old. Not a single time.
This song was played at all of my grandparents' funerals. The is beautiful, cue the waterworks
Phantom Regiment is simply the best.
this is incredible. i literally cried when the high brass came in.
That key change........
I know ....Right!!!
jacksondavisTV Bars
This score will be found 400 years from and ppl will be playing it in their space ships. Timeless classic.
Hearing this live in front of a good brass choir with this arrangement hits you in the soul....hard.
This pops up on my feed every day and I listen to it every day
Going to have this played at my service. Play it loud for my Drum Corps family.
My brother was in Phantom, years ago.. early 90's, during DCI championships, will never forget them playing at Boylan, to this day Amazing Grace makes me almost cry. Been in the Navy 16 years, but this is still one of my best memories.
it made me have chills my band director showed me this an I'm in love with it!
I listen to this everyday. It gets me up in the morning.
That, was a truly awe-inspiring performance. It evoked emotions, raised my skin, and nearly brought me too tears. the only way it could have be better would be to see it in person, and really have it hit you in the chest.
I marched with Northern Aurora in 1993 and we were also on this once in a lifetime Christmas CD. This is by far my favorite track that will always bring me back to the day of recording that incredible summer and give me chills.
This is just a masterpiece...close your eyes...sounds like there is a whole symphony...the bass is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard...and Im a mellophone player... without bass you don't have a foundation...
I swear they sound like bagpipes so big thumbs up to the arranger! That part @1:45 til the end spoke to my soul smh. I've heard this overseas during very somber occasions and this had me reflect on those moments. Very nice playing
Jim Wren arranged this.
The Euphs almost made me cry in the beginning. This sounds so good. When I die this better be blasted at my funeral.
Life long Rockford resident, we love the. Phantom Regiment!
The fastest way to move time to tears. Every time.
Wow I get chills just listening to it! Can not wait to hear it live!!
Those mellos are just so amazing. My new goal in life is to be able to play mello just like that because THAT is what a mello should sound like
And the Lord said, "Let there be light!"
I would love that at my funeral. Anyones funeral really. Mainly a soldiers. Wow!! Talk about tears.
This is pure amazing grace. Gose bumps that don't stop.
This is my neighbors favorite version of amazing grace whether they like it or not
Goosebumps. Every. Time.
Phantom needs to play this again for a show
This is brass only and was not in any of their shows. It is played at the end of a victory contest after the corps wins a contest. The arrangement is by Jim Wren, long time Phantom Regiment horn instructor and arranger. It was played at the end of my mom and my dad's funerals and will be played at mine. I want the volume up all the way. I don't know which way I'm going, but I want them to know I'm coming.
they played it for a encore last year
This has been my epitome of this piece since I first heard Regiment play it. It's hauntingly beautiful.
As the first verse ends and a crescendo begins, the horn line rotates to face you and delivers the second verse with the full, legendary sound of the Phantom Regiment. Your body is infiltrated with vibrations turning into chills as this bountiful sound pierces the night. At 1:44, the horn line takes a 2-count rest, allowing the echoes from afar to fill the void. You think of neighborhoods suddenly hearing this unexpected sound - what a blessing it must be.
Smiles and chills. Every single time.
This is my favorite version of amazing grace
Chills. Every. Damn. Time.
Arguably one of the greatest songs ever written, performed here to utter perfection.
Phenomenal arrangement be the great Jim Wren (www.dci.org/static/jim-wren-dci-hall-of-fame)
First ever song to make me cry by the beauty of it.
*cries, alright sodapop, i will stay golden. *cries...
Absolutely amazing. Has to be one of the best arrangements of AG I have ever heard. And the intonation of PR is impeccable.
This is so true. Their balance and blend is beautiful, I've sat and listened to their "perfect pitch" warm up like 30 times. I tear up every time
That chord at 1:32 gives me chills every time
27 years later and it still gives me goose bumps!
Is this the recording from '93?
@@preuph yes
Nothing beats when the Melophones kick in !
It's music at its finest. Don't expect any less.
93 was my favorite year at PR.
Absolutely amazing. I get goose bumps every time I listen to this.
i love it when you find something so damn beautifull on youtube!
1:29 always gives me chills when those trumpets come in! i too agree w/ Ninjahow. But i'd want a LIVE phantom alum group playing this. along w/ Bluecoats 2008? The Knock Out part of thier show. i think that's what it was called.
Beautiful. You can't help but smile and tear up a little at 1:28 as if the sound in the beginning wasn't enough to get you. I want this played at my funeral
I'd love to play this someday
I could teach you how.
I have 3 trumpets myself. I could certainly teach you!
I would give 15 years of my life to have been part of this moment in time.... ok, maybe 16..
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I have listened to this 12 times in a row now. I know exactly what is going to happen at 1:27 but I still get full body chills every time. And to think, this was done with 2 valves.
I tear up everytime I watch this. So unbelievabley beautiful.
goose bumps ...absolutely gorgeous!!
First drum corp video that ever made me shed a tear :)
Yeah, if you could just blast this video at my funeral, that'd be great. After hearing this I can honestly say I have lived.
this is by far the best playing of amazing grace. and one of regiments most notable works.
When I think of drum corps, I think of Phantom first. You guys are absolute icons.
This gives me chill bumps every time i hear it ugh... it's so freaking amazing!
Wow! Just wow! Amazing!
Love this! Thanks for posting.
everybody in my band class saw this comment and laughed because the teacher was trying to make us hear the music and scrolled down, we could barely stop laughing to play our music. Thank You for an amazing school day!