Bands From The Past
Becky Bukowski
anymore. I was curious as to know what everyone's favorites are?
Here's a list of some great past bands that I love:
The Beat
The Knewz
The Switch
Prime Drive
Energy
Limelite
Jimmy Weber & The Sounds
Polkatown Sound
Lenny Gomulka & Chicago Push
Of course, there are many other ones that I can't think of at the
moment. And then there are those bands that everyone can swear by
that they aren't around anymore but then you find out that they are.
Then there's the bands that are still around but don't really play
anywhere around your area and haven't had a new album out for years so
who knows if they are still (really) around. It's just really
confusing if you know what I mean.
I also wanted to bring up some bands that had some really great albums
out before like Polka Country Musicians and Polka Family. Their older
albums have turned gold! I just found some old tapes the other day;
Fiddlin' Man and Back In Town by PCM and some old ones by Polka Family
including Beach Party. It brings back some good memories! Who cares
if the albums are not up-to-date quality or were recorded in a garage;
the point is it's old and it has that old sound to it, and now the
bands still reign on high! I also popped in some old video recordings
of bands. I have this one of Polka Country in '92 at the Birchwood
Polish Fest in Wisconsin. It's so cool to see them with two
concertinas playing all the classic songs. Then to see the band
change over at the end to play some rock songs. Now those where great
times and they still are! I'm grateful for the opportunity to see
some of these great bands and musicians. Now I have some memories to
share to my children in the future like my parents with me.
BKapka
I remember a band called the "Polka Shamrocks" from New Jersey. That
band had so much energy and were a lot of fun to watch and listen to.
Also "The Boys from Baltimore" also had a lot of great songs.
Jim Sullivan
Here's a few bands from the past that I enjoyed.... it would be
interesting hearing from some of the members of these bands as to what
they're up to now.. or if anyone knows what any of them are up to...
The Peppermint Stix
The Bell Hops
The Dial-a-tones
The Canadian Fiddlestix
The Piatrwoski Polka Brass
The King Brothers
The Polski Swing Masters
Old Country Musicians
The Astros
Detroit Polka Authority
Heavey Chicago
The Modernaires
The G-Notes
The Sound of Polkas
The Brass Works
The Connecticut Twins
etc etc etc................
RACCMAN1
Jan Gora and
John Lewan.
Happy New Year JG
Litwin
OK, for me it would be:
Steve Adamczyk
The Golden Brass
The Jolly Js
The Goral Boys
The New Yorkers
The Polkatiers
Trumpets Unlimited
The Modernaires
The Dialtones
The Tones
Buffalo's Dominoes
The Buffalo Bells
The Keynotes
Well, there are a few....off the "top" of my head..<G>
Steve
On 26 Dec 2002 17:31:51 -0800, beck...@hotmail.com (Becky Bukowski)
wrote:
John Poturaj
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Honky John
Thad
>I remember a band called the "Polka Shamrocks" from New Jersey. That
>band had so much energy and were a lot of fun to watch and listen to.
I liked the Polka Shamrocks too. Grab a piece of the Rocks! :)
Thad
jim miller
Marion Lush
PolkaTown Sound
Dynasticks
Joe Fiedor & The Polish All-Stars
New Brass
Lenny & the Chicago Push
Freddie K
Ed Guca
SCRUBBY
The Tones
Dail-A-Tones
Nu-Trels Review
Polka Hi-Lites
Jumping Jacks
Casey Swederiski
Nu-Tymes
Happy Louie
Just some of the ones I remeber
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Becky Bukowski
> Hi Becky,
> OK, for me it would be:
>
> Steve Adamczyk
> The Golden Brass
> The Jolly Js
> The Goral Boys
> The New Yorkers
> The Polkatiers
> Trumpets Unlimited
> The Modernaires
> The Dialtones
> The Tones
> Buffalo's Dominoes
> The Buffalo Bells
> The Keynotes
>
> Well, there are a few....off the "top" of my head..<G>
>
> Steve
Yes Yes
I remember some of those bands too. I'll have to look in my record
collection again to find more. The Keynotes where one of my
favorites. I was just listening to The Michigan Connection on my way
home from work to add to that. I also starting to convert The
Canadian Fiddlestix record on to CD. Does anyone remember Rogers and
Friends? They where from Pulaski, WI. I have one of their records, I
should make a CD out of that one too. Or what about The Jolly Harmony
7? I think I have an 8-track by them. I'm going to try and hook up
my 8-track player in my car, that would be cool! Now 8-tracks should
definetly make a come back! I have mostly ones by Lil' Wally and
Blaz. I just love listening to all these old bands because they have
some of the greatest styles of music, and I love that old sound! I'm
kind of looking in to getting a reunion band for a future dance. So
if anyone has suggestions or advice, send them my way. Thanks
Becky
Bill Smythe
polka bands from the past, I think of "Whoopee" John Wilfahrt, or the Six
Fat Dutchmen. To me, Frankie Yankovic is recent, as he just died in 1998
after making his last recording in 1997.
Bill Smythe
Jim Polaski
beck...@hotmail.com (Becky Bukowski) wrote:
> There were a lot of great bands out there that are no longer around
> anymore. I was curious as to know what everyone's favorites are?
> Here's a list of some great past bands that I love:
>
Snipped..
Since I'm from Chicago and heard Chicago bands growing up in the 50's :
Steve Adamczyk
Johnnie Bomba
Eddie Wojcek
Little Wally
Eddie Zima
Harmony Kings
Marion Lush
Eddie Dutka
The Naturals
Johnny Hyzny
Eddie Korosa
just a few of the older bands.
--
Regards,
Jim Polaski
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The Jax
Motor City Brass
Sparks of Fire
Sound Aires
Michigan's Dynatones
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Happy Notes
Happy Bacholers
Draw Polka
New England Express
Bill Borek
Polka Sharps
Rick Graiko
Polish Falcons
Pavlovjt1
The King Bros.
Polski Swingmasters
Hazleton Hi-Hats
Jolly Jack Robel
The original Shoreliners
Joe Resetar
Happy Tony and the Coal Diggers
Charlie Hicks
The Brass Release
Syl Rutkowski
The Bellhops
The Delaware Expressway
Jak Tam Billy Urban
The Dydak Diamonds
Hopefully some of you will remember one or more of these bands.
John Pavlovcak
hlanglois
Joe Gomula and The Merrybells orc.
Vincent Justinski and The Warszawska orc.
Frank Gubala
Happy Wanderers
Hank Langlois
Lincoln, RI
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Ernest Daigle
Al Cocoa
Al Soyka
Bernie Witkowski
Bob Siwicki
Eddie Podolak
Eddie Siwicki
Eddie Zavaski
Frankie Gee
Happy Louie
Jas Przanyski
Joe Quink & the Rainbow Kings
Larry Chesky
Walter Solek
Pete Anop
Whitey Bernard
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The Impalas
Johnny Saddrack
The V-Tones
The Nu-Fonics
JT & The Imperials
The Blue Lights
Ted Gomulka
Happy New Year! Wesoly Nowego Roku!
Kevin J.
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hlanglois
Ray Henry
Gene Wisniewski
Joe Lazarz
Walter Grabek & the Krakowska orc.
The Polka Dots (Mass)
The Polka Dot Five (Chicago)
Polkateers (Chicago)
Johnny Dyno
Joe Rock
Jan Robak
Chet Gawron
Tony Puskarz
Labuda's Melody Kings
The Polish Aristocrats
Eddie Krolikowski
Edmond Terlikowski (Chicago)
Joe Durlak (Chicago)
Hank Langlois
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al truszkowski
Dear John:
You mentioned a lot of bands from penna, but you forgot lefty &
the polka chaps & the brunon kryger orchestra, 2 bands that were a
household name.
jolly joe, al truszkowski
Rotbear
hearing Frank Gubala. In fact my Dad was his Accordion teacher. I also knew
Tony Graiko, who played horn for the Warszawska. I played with Tony's son Rick
for a few years back in the '70's.
You got me on the other two.
Happy New Year to you Hank, and all the other great New England Polka People
from Sunny Arizona. See you at Polka Jam in July.
