Polka Party with Brave Combo: Live and Wild!
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Polka Party with Brave Combo: Live and Wild! is an album by the American polka
band Brave Combo
, released through Easydisc on April 7, 1998. In 1999, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award
for Best Polka Album
. The album was recorded live at Sons of Hermann Hall in Dallas, Texas
, on September 26, 1997, and at Rick's Place in Denton, Texas
, on September 27, 1997. This was the second Grammy-nominated album by the Denton, Texas
, based band.
Polka
The polka is a Central European dance and also a genre of dance music familiar throughout Europe and the Americas. It originated in the middle of the 19th century in Bohemia...
band Brave Combo
Brave Combo
Brave Combo is a polka/rock band based in Denton, Texas. Founded in 1979 by guitarist/keyboardist/accordionist Carl Finch, they have been a prominent fixture in the Texas music scene for more than twenty-five years...
, released through Easydisc on April 7, 1998. In 1999, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Polka Album
Grammy Award for Best Polka Album
The Grammy Award for Best Polka Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality polka albums...
. The album was recorded live at Sons of Hermann Hall in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, on September 26, 1997, and at Rick's Place in Denton, Texas
Denton, Texas
The city of Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. Its population was 119,454 according to the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eleventh largest city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...
, on September 27, 1997. This was the second Grammy-nominated album by the Denton, Texas
Denton, Texas
The city of Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. Its population was 119,454 according to the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eleventh largest city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...
, based band.
Track listing
- "Pretty Dancing Girl" (CzechCzech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
polkaPolkaThe polka is a Central European dance and also a genre of dance music familiar throughout Europe and the Americas. It originated in the middle of the 19th century in Bohemia...
/traditional, arranged by Brave Combo) - "Hosa Dyna" (P.I. Wowarczyk/public domain)
- "Turkish MarchTurkish March (Beethoven)The Turkish March is a well-known classical march theme by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was written in the Turkish style popular in music of the time....
" (Ludwig van BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
, arranged by Jeffrey Barnes) - "Pop Goes the WeaselPop Goes the Weasel"Pop! Goes the Weasel" is an English language nursery rhyme and singing game. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 5249.-Lyrics:There are many different versions of the lyrics to the song...
" (reggaeReggaeReggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
schottischeSchottischeThe schottische is a partnered country dance, that apparently originated in Bohemia. It was popular in Victorian era ballrooms as a part of the Bohemian folk-dance craze and left its traces in folk music of countries such as Argentina , Finland , France, Italy, Norway , Portugal and Brazil , Spain ...
/traditional, arranged by Brave Combo) - "Three Weeks" (Carl Finch)
- "Cuando escuches este vas" (Juan Garrido)
- "Don't Get Married" (Polish polka/traditional, arranged by Treltones, lyrics by Carl FinchCarl FinchCarl Finch is a guitarist, keyboardist, accordionist, vocalist, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Grammy-winning polka/dance band Brave Combo in 1979 in Denton, Texas.-Career highlights:...
) - "Peanut Polka" (traditional, arranged by Brave Combo)
- "Do Something Different" (Carl Finch)
- Polka Medley: Tinker's Polka/Lichtensteiner Polka/Beer Barrel PolkaBeer Barrel PolkaBeer Barrel Polka, also known as Roll Out the Barrel, is a song which became popular worldwide during World War II. The music was composed by the Czech musician Jaromír Vejvoda in 1927. Eduard Ingriš wrote the first arrangement of the piece, after Vejvoda came upon the melody and sought Ingriš's...
/Pennsylvania Polka/Monday Morning/Laughing Polka/La AdelitaLa Adelita"La Adelita" is one of the most famous corridos to come out of the Mexican Revolution. It is the story of a young woman in love with a sergeant who travels with him and his regiment....
/Los Coronelas (trad., arr. Brave Combo/trad., arr. Brave Combo/Vejvoda/public domain, arr. Brave Combo/Lee-Manners/trad., arr. Toledo Polka Motion/trad., arr. Brave Combo/trad., arr. Brave Combo/trad., arr. Brave Combo) - "Come Back To Me" (Carl Finch)
- "High Bounce Polka" (Polish polka/traditional, arranged by Brave Combo)
Personnel
- Jeffrey Barnes: tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet, vocals
- Joseph Cripps: percussion
- Alan Emert: drums
- Carl Finch: guitar, accordion, keyboards, vocals
- Bubba Hernandez: bass, tuba, vocals
- Danny O'Brien: trumpet, flugelhorn
Production
- Brave Combo arrangements: No Class Music, BMI
- Produced by Carl FinchCarl FinchCarl Finch is a guitarist, keyboardist, accordionist, vocalist, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Grammy-winning polka/dance band Brave Combo in 1979 in Denton, Texas.-Career highlights:...
and Brave ComboBrave ComboBrave Combo is a polka/rock band based in Denton, Texas. Founded in 1979 by guitarist/keyboardist/accordionist Carl Finch, they have been a prominent fixture in the Texas music scene for more than twenty-five years... - Recorded by David Castell at the Sons of Hermann Hall, Dallas, TexasDallas, TexasDallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, Friday, September 26, 1997; and by Coy Green at Rick's Place, Denton, TexasDenton, TexasThe city of Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. Its population was 119,454 according to the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eleventh largest city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...
, Saturday, September 27, 1997 - Mixed by Eric Delagard at Reeltime Audio, Denton, Texas
- Coordinated for EasyDisc by Louisa Hufstader
- Mastered by Jonathan Wyner at M-Works, Cambridge, MassachusettsCambridge, MassachusettsCambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
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