Tee Tiemann, His Drums, His Orchestra Part 2
Part 1 of Harold “Tee” Tiemann’s life of music told the story of a musical prodigy from La Grange who had dozens of performances under his belt before his teens and was leading his own orchestra in his teens. World War II took over his life but he kept up his performances on the distant shores of North Africa and Italy, His opening acts were the German Army as they had been driven from their conquered lands by the U.S. Army’s 36 Division of which he was a part of the military band. The band closely followed the front line action providing relief to the battle-weary soldiers. We left Harold Tiemann, now called Tee Tiemann, a moniker probably bestowed upon him by a fellow musician from La Grange, Zip Zapp. They performed just behind the front lines as the 36 and other Allies bulldozed their way through the Nazis trying to hold on to Italy.
