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Topic: Polka on steel |
Wally Pfeifer
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Illinois, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2015 9:52 pm |
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 While watching Mollie B's Polka Party last Saturday,- it occurred to me that I don't think I ever heard anyone play a polka on the steel. Not counting the Beer Barrel Polka,- does anyone play some of those obscure "any title you can think of"
polkas?
Just curious,
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Kay Das
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Roger Shackelton
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MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 2 Nov 2015 10:40 pm
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A good friend of mine, Dave Knight went on the road in the upper Mid-West during the 1970s. He played a D-10 Sho-Bud guitar with Jimmy Jensen "The Swinging Swede" out of Alexandria, Mn. There may be some LPs with Dave On Steel Guitar still available. ??
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Jouni Karvonen
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Jim Pitman
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Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2015 5:46 am
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Having spent some time in the beer halls in Germany, I came up with a Polka, "the Pullet Polka", (as in baby chicken and the eratic way they run around the barn yard) for my band the Stonecold Roosters.
The entire band chipped in on the arrangement. We had fun with it. We threw in as many melodic polka cliches right up to the point it became distasteful.
When I get a chance I'll post a link to sound cloud or you can get our CD on CD Baby titled "Back in the Bog" |
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Jouni Karvonen
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Helsinki, Finland
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Tom Campbell
From:
Houston, Texas, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2015 6:35 am
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| "Under the Double Eagle" is a good polka tune...in E9. |
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 3 Nov 2015 6:37 am
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Here's a few more you might be able to run down on youtube.
Bill Boyd with Noel Boggs: Monterrey Polka
Spade Cooley with Joaquin Murphey: Cow Bell Polka, Pony Tail Polka.
Spade Cooley with Noel Boggs: Tattle Tale Polka, Four Fiddle Polka, Topeka Polka
The Plainsmen with Joaquin Murphey: Guitar Polka
Eddie Martin and His King Serenaders: Pineapple Polka; with either Jimmy Hauleni or Eddie Martin on steel. |
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Jim Pitman
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Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2015 6:55 am
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| Jouni Karvonen indeed that's the Pullet Polka. I didn't realize it was there. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2015 9:01 am
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The first group I played with was a polka band out of Hutchinson, MN. We played numerous polkas including: The Tick-Tock Polka, Beer Barrel Polka, Pennsylvania Polka, The Too Fat Polka and, of course, the Minnesota Polka.
Besides polkas, we also played Schottisches and Mazurkas. |
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 3 Nov 2015 11:56 am Possibly another one or two
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Al Dexter did "Guitar Polka" on Okay label decades ago.
Billy Robinson while with Red Foley on Decca label did "Tennessee Polka".
Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West did "Red Head Polka".
Christmas Polka, Jimmy Wakely
There's more of course.
Last edited by Ray Montee on 5 Nov 2015 10:24 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 3 Nov 2015 6:00 pm
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My first wife had a polka band, but played standards and waltzes as well of course.
I liked the standards & played some in the band back then.
I can do without the polka stuff...  |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2015 3:54 am
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| Roger Shackelton wrote: |
| A good friend of mine, Dave Knight...Roger |
Roger, do you know what ever happened to Dave? I took a couple of lessons from him at his home in Coon Rapids back in the late seventies when I was just learning how to play. He was a wonderful musician, and a really nice guy. |
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Ricky Newman
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 6 Nov 2015 7:58 am
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Don Helms can be heard playing the "Twin Guitar Polka" on the Hank Williams Mother's Best Recordings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwn0koX7SoI
Anyone able to translate the Polish phrase at the end? |
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