Louisa May Alcott, who was ten years old at the time, later wrote of the experience in Transcendental Wild Oats ( 1873 ): " The band of brothers began by spading garden and field ; but a few days of it lessened their ardor amazingly.

He also wrote his first pieces of songwriting around this time for this band.

The Wolfe Tones, an Irish rebel music band, wrote a song also called " Sunday Bloody Sunday " about the event.

Beginning in the 1930s, he wrote songs in the big band and swing genres that were popular at the time.

His bands have included Watt 4 ( 1980 ), in which he played keyboards and provided voice, Craig Charles and the Beat Burglars ( 1989 ), The Sons of Gordon Gekko ( 1989 ), where he wrote lyrics and also composed tunes for the band, and The Eye ( 2000 – 01 ), with whom he released the rock album " Giving You The Eye, Live at the Edinburgh Festival ".

Ingram, older than the rest of the members of the band, left to serve active duty in Vietnam, and was later replaced by Walter " Clyde " Orange, the second lead singer who wrote or co-wrote many of their hit tunes before Lionel Richie came on board.

* The Christian alternative rock band Daniel Amos wrote a song titled Hound of Heaven on their 1978 album Horrendous Disc that is based on the Thompson poem.

* The Substructure, a Christian underground band, wrote a song " Running Time " ( released on the KUDZU Musicians ' Sampler 1997 ) loosely based on Thompson's poem.

Some years later, in 1953, Grainger wrote a work titled Bell Piece ( Ramble on John Dowland ’ s ‘ Now, O now I needs must part ’), which was a version scored for voice and wind band, based on his previously mentioned transcription.

Styne established his own dance band, which brought him to the notice of Hollywood, where he was championed by Frank Sinatra and where he began a collaboration with lyricist Sammy Cahn, with whom he wrote many songs for the movies, including " It's Been a Long, Long Time " (# 1 for 3 weeks for Harry James and His Orchestra in 1945 ), " Five Minutes More ," and the Oscar-winning " Three Coins in the Fountain ".

He wrote the song " R. A. M. O. N. E. S " for the Ramones, which he still plays in his live sets as a tribute to the band.

In February 2010, the Australian judge ruled that " Down Under " did contain a flute riff based on " Kookaburra " but stipulated that neither was it necessarily the hook nor a substantial part of the hit song ( Colin Hay wrote the song years before the flute riff was added by a later member of the band ).

Uruguayan band El Cuarteto de Nos wrote the song " Me Amo " ( I Love Myself ) in which the chorus sings " como Narciso soy " ( I am like Narcissus ).

According to Peter Hook, the band wrote and recorded enough material during the sessions for this album to release a follow-up in the near future, but it has yet to materialise.

Unlike previous recordings, the band had little time to practice beforehand, and Black Francis wrote much of the album in the studio.

He wrote lyrics for a number of tracks on the IAMX albums " Kiss + Swallow " and " The Alternative " and released the album All These Lines Make Noises in 2005 as singer / songwriter / lyricist with the band transporter.

He even wrote an acoustic ballad, " You're Getting Married One Night ", but when he played it to the rest of the band, it was met with silence.

He was head of the Durham Militia band 1760 – 61 and visited the home of Sir Ralph Milbanke at Halnaby Hall in 1760, where he wrote two symphonies, as well as giving performances himself.

What was not mentioned at the time was that the cutting back of his involvement in the new XTC recordings, ( the string arrangements having been taken over by Andy Partridge ), meant considerably fewer " points " in the calculation of royalties ; as Gregory never wrote any songs for the band, this put a significant dent in his potential income from the album, basically reducing his payments to that of a session musician.

To counteract management sending in the Salvation Army band to cover up the Wobbly speakers, Joe Hill wrote parodies of Christian hymns so that union members could sing along with the Salvation Army band, but with their own purposes.

Dolenz wrote a few of the band ’ s songs as well as providing the lead vocals for such hits as " Last Train to Clarksville ", " Take a Giant Step " and " I'm a Believer ".

" Don't think I'm getting hard, Burnie ," he wrote to his brother, " but I'd go to hell to hear a good band.

The band reached a creative peak in the early 1940s, when Ellington and a small hand-picked group of his composers and arrangers wrote for an orchestra of distinctive voices who displayed tremendous creativity.

During this time the band also worked on a project for McSweeney's, a publishing company and literary journal.

The band One Ring Zero gained notoriety by becoming the house band for the New York McSweeney's store.

The show's theme music, a cornet piece, accompanied by a brass band plus clarinet and double bass, reminiscent of northern band music, was written by Eric Spear.

Later still, T. H. White featured Robin and his band in The Sword in the Stone – anachronistically, since the novel's chief theme is the childhood of King Arthur.

The band has won two Grammy Awards, one in 2002 for their song " Boss of Me ", which served as the theme to Malcolm in the Middle.

Contributing the single " Boss of Me " as the theme song to the hit television series Malcolm in the Middle, as well as to the show's compilation CD, brought a new audience to the band.

Not only did the band contribute the theme, songs from all of the Giants ' previous albums were used on the show: for example, the infamous punching-the-kid-in-the-wheelchair scene from the first episode was done to the strains of " Pencil Rain " from Lincoln.

Other uses include in the 2004 documentary film Fahrenheit 9 / 11 ; in the 2005 film The Ringer ; as entrance music for the British band James, as well as episodes of The Simpsons that had a " western " theme ( mainly in the episode titled " Dude, Where's My Ranch ?").

Canadian band Kon Kan use the opening bars of the theme in their single " I Beg Your Pardon.

The British heavy metal band Motörhead played the main theme as the overture music on the 1981 " No sleep ' til Hammersmith " tour.

The American punk rock band The Vandals song " Urban Struggle " begins with the main theme.

During the 1992 US presidential campaign, Bill Clinton used the Fleetwood Mac hit " Don't Stop " as his campaign theme song, and Nicks joined her band mates to perform the song at Clinton's 1993 Inaugural Gala.

Each band has their costume presentation based on a particular theme, and contain various sections ( some consisting of thousands of revelers ) which reflect these themes.

Australian new wave band Radio Birdman also quoted Stevens ' theme at length in the closing section of their 1977 single " Aloha, Steve & Danno ", a tongue-in-cheek punk ' tribute ' to the series.

In the Australian movie The Dish, the theme was mistaken for the national anthem of the US by a local band upon the visit of the US Ambassador to Parkes, NSW, to commemorate the 1969 moon landing.

Occasionally, a band will forgo traditional uniforms in favor of costumes that fit the theme of its field show.

Some wear more formal outfits or costumes that match the theme of the music, or most commonly a differently-designed version of the regular band uniform, often employing different colors ( especially white ) or features such as capes.

Aaron " Big Voice Jack " Lerole and his band recorded a single called " Tom Hark ", which sold five million copies worldwide, and which Associated Television used as the theme song for the 1958 television series The Killing Stones.

Moreover, alternative metal band System of a Down used a part of the theme in their song " I-E-A-I-A-I-O " from the album Steal This Album !.

The theme song for the show was the instrumental " Having an Average Weekend " by the Canadian band Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet.

James L. Venable composed the opening theme of the series, and Scottish band Bis performed the ending theme song, as played during the credits.

Police Squads opening sequence was based on the 1950s cop show M Squad, ( which starred Lee Marvin ), which opened with footage of a police car roving through an after-dark urban setting with a big band playing a jazz theme song in the background.

The single " Don't Box Me In ( theme From Rumble Fish )", a collaboration between Copeland and singer / songwriter Stan Ridgway ( of the band Wall of Voodoo ) received significant airplay upon release of the film that year.

After the Synchronicity tour ended in March 1984, the band went on hiatus while Sting recorded and toured in support of his successful solo debut LP, the jazz-influenced The Dream of the Blue Turtles, released in June 1985, Copeland recorded and filmed The Rhythmatist ( 1985 ) and Summers recorded another album with Robert Fripp ( Bewitched, 1984 ) and the theme song for the film 2010.