Indiana U has a proud history of having one of the top music programs in the country. (Humblebrag: Hawkspawn was accepted to IU School of Music but chose DePaul instead)
Best thing about this game is it provides a plausible excuse for @blueberry_town and me to pound bourbons before noon
speaking of Indiana and music, here's Mel Torme & the Mel-Tones
And from Butler U in Indianapolis, the Four Freshmen, who were Brian Wilson's dominant musical influence
The Four Freshman covering "In The Still of the Night" by fellow Indianan Cole Porter
Lest we forget Indiana University's finest gift to the tunecrafting arts, Hoagy Carmichael. Here playing for Bogey & Bacall in "To Have And Have Not"
On the Hawkeye side of the ball, there's Meredith Willson, writer of The Music Man and the Iowa Fight Song. Iowa is the only school with a fight song written by someone who also wrote a hit for the Beatles.
Also for the Hawkeyes, the late great Iowa alumnus Al Jarreau
Herbie Hancock went to nearby Grinnell College, so Imma start him for the Hawkeyes too
I dunno, maybe they should cancel the football game and have a battle of the bands.
Just the saxophone battle between David Sanborn (UIowa '67) and Michael Brecker (IU student '67-'68) would be epic
and the final musical score is:
