Music to wargame or paint figures by!!

Reader Andy MacDonald-Rice of merry ole’ Wales is a buff of American Civil War music (and he’s one of the more talented painters of miniature Civil War figurines that I have come across). Andy read my thread on the 2nd South Carolina String Band and sent me a list of ACW music that Charge! readers might enjoy. Many of these titles are available from on-line sources that ship internationally.

Of his list, I have several of the Bobby Horton titles. Horton’s style and interpretation of these classic songs is something that I have long enjoyed. I like to put on one or two of his CDs while I am wargaming, as they provide great background music. The creators of the TalonSoft series of PC computer gamers must agree, since they included Horton’s songs in their Civil War series.

What is your favorite Civil War band or singer? Leave a comment explaining who you like best and why? Any of these bands that you do NOT recommend or like? Why?

2nd SC String Band	http://www.civilwarband.com	Southern Soldier
		Hard Road
		In high Cotton
		Dulcem Melodies
Acoustic Shadows of Blue and Grey	http://www.acousticshadows.com	Marching the Road of Valor
		Echoes through Time I
		Echoes Through Time II
Bobby Horton	http://www.bobbyhorton.com/#	Homespun Music of the CSA 1-6
		Homespun Music off the Union Army 1-5
		Homespun Songs of Faith
Dave Mathews	http://www.Amazon.com	Shades of Blue and Grey
		A Nations Broken Soul
Jimmy Phillips	http://cdbaby.com/cd/jphillips	Rebel Soldier
Wayne Erbsen	http://www.nativeground.com/civilwar.asp	Battlefield Ballads of the Civil War
		Ballads and Songs of the Civil War
		Love Songs of the Civil War
		Southern Soldier Boy
		The Home Front
52nd  Regimental String Band	http://tennessee-scv.org/52nd_band/	Voices of Shiloh
		Voices of Gettysburg
		The Dissolution Wagon
The Camp Chase Fifes and Drums	http://www.campchasefifesanddrums.com/	Volumes 1-3
Cumberland Blues	http://www.cumberlandblues.org/	Soldiers Joy
5th Michigan Band	http://www.mi5th.org/tapesand.htm	Reflection of the Civil War
		Hymns of the Civil War period
		Echoes of the Civil War
		Sounds of the Civil War
119th  NYSV Field Music	http://www.119nysv.org/Music.html	Volume 1
26th NC Regt. Band	http://www.jvmusic.net/26thNCRegimentBandrecreated.html	Music on the March
David Kincade	http://www.hauntedfieldmusic.com/ias.html	The Irish American’s Song
		The Irish Volunteer
A good resource is CDBaby.com	Go into SEARCH and enter “American Civil War”	What other music do you like?

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