"Big Joe's Polkafest"?

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:54 pm

I plan to play with the New Braunfels Village Brass Band(not really a brass band). We will tape on Sun. Unfortunately, it's not much to brag about, however it should be interesting.

Joe Baker · Post by **Joe Baker** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:30 am

sequimtuba wrote:Round Top is just north of Austin.

I believe you're thinking of Round Rock, not Round Top. Round Top is midway between Austin & Houston (ergo about 75 miles E of Austin), a few miles south of 290. It is also midway between Giddings (home of the best sausage in Texas) and Brenham (home of the best ice cream in -- well, maybe the world!), and an hour or so North of Shiner (home of the Spoetzl brewery).
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Joe Baker, who could do with a lunch of Giddings sausage, Shiner beer and Blue Bell ice cream, and a day of dancing polkas!

tubeast · Post by **tubeast** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 3:11 am

typical shade tree Texas polka music with guitars, bass, and rattling rock drums.

I canÂ´t listen to your tracks right now, so thatÂ´ll have to wait Â´til I get home. In my sheltered life, IÂ´ve only encountered Czech and alpine type polka music as known from the Oktoberfest

(Just to be safe: the original in MÃ¼nchen, Germany)
IÂ´m looking forward to learning something new.
Is "Texas polka music" a technical term used for a distinguishable style ?

Chuck Jackson · Post by **Chuck Jackson** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:30 am

Doc, that's just some damn fine tuba playing. Thanks for the tracks, brings back good memories!!!!

Chuck

tubeast · Post by **tubeast** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:25 am

Doc,

IÂ´d be glad to check out your tour, and may be talked into buying a beer or two in the process. Just pass on that tour schedule of yours.

have fun

Chuck Jackson · Post by **Chuck Jackson** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:50 pm

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.

Chuck

John Caves · Post by **John Caves** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:07 pm

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!

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:47 pm

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/

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:21 pm

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/

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:58 pm

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.

lgb&dtuba · Post by **lgb&dtuba** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:14 am

Great stuff, Doc. Didn't look like the beer got in the way to me

Inspiration for this afternoon's Oktberfest gig.

We don't get RFD here

Maybe I can get one of my friends to record it in Raleigh.

Jim

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:55 am

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?"

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 8:08 am

Polka or not, Doc's performances are tremendous on these recordings-powerful,rangy,daring as well as humorous. I love it.
Doc rules!

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