typical shade tree Texas polka music with guitars, bass, and rattling rock drums.
I can´t listen to your tracks right now, so that´ll have to wait ´til I get home. In my sheltered life, I´ve only encountered Czech and alpine type polka music as known from the Oktoberfest (Just to be safe: the original in München, Germany)
I´m looking forward to learning something new.
Is "Texas polka music" a technical term used for a distinguishable style ?
Hans
Melton 46 S
1903 or earlier GLIER Helicon, customized Hermuth MP
2009 WILLSON 6400 RZ5, customized GEWA 52 + Wessex "Chief"
MW HoJo 2011 FA, Wessex "Chief"
If you listen to Doc's playing closely, you will hear the genisis of Banda tuba playing, which is Polka Music on Steroids. All the stuff he adds in never detracts from the movement of the chords and adds alot of interest, much the same as Banda players, who BTW, rock if it isn't synthesized which, unfortunately, is happening more and more.
Doc,
That was some very tasty Tuba work. I Just relocated to Houston from Wisconsin last year and I miss playing in a Dutchman band already. Your great style reminds me of Jim Dorchner of the Rainbow Valley Dutchmen of the Appleton WI area. Do you know of any Dutch' bands that need a tuba player?
PS. The "refreshments" add authority to the style!
John
Mirafone 191
1927 Conn helicon-waiting for restoration
60's Martin "Heliconized" Sousie
Doc,
Everybody who posted before loved your tracks and as I wrote earlier your playing added punch, solo capability and some lively fill to the arrangements played.
Beer or no beer, you did a great job and I am not the only one who is proud of you. Haven't heard you on bass guitar or vocals yet but I have a hunch you're up to it and then some.
Go Doc!
tubatooter1940 www.johnreno.com/
Yea Doc,
You got me hooked on waltzes and polkas. That's some real toe-tappin' stuff with some real opportunities for gonzo tuba playing. You sound like you're having more fun than Louis Armstrong did in his day.
Every where I go these days, I got tuba polkas on my stereo. My grandson loves 'em and I'll take his musical opinion above almost everybody's.
I gotta get The Creekers to do at least one polka so I can show off some of those 16th note riffs I stole from you.
Dennis Gray
tubatooter1940 www.johnreno.com/
It only makes sense to have a wide variety of music on your pallette. I really, really like barbecue, but I don't want to eat it for every meal. Kids sometimes think we adults are closed-minded when it comes to music. From my experience, there is no more closed-minded group than teenagers. They are much more interested in being cool than they are anything else. At least, that's my perception.
Let's hope your kids keep up the eclectic approach.
Doc,
Finally got around to listening to your MP3's (Polka is not really my thing.)
Great work - especially liked the sound of the 20J. It seemed to fit with the group perfectly. The engineer on the 186 recordings needs to be shot.
"This is a Conn 20J, the most powerful tuba in the world. Do you feel lucky, punk?"
(Just to be safe: the original in München, Germany)
Maybe I can get one of my friends to record it in Raleigh.