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Brave Combo: Carl Finch (vocals, guitar, accordion, keyboards); Bubba Hernandez (vocals, tuba, bass); Danny O'Brien (trumpet); Alan Emert (drums).
Additional personnel: Joe Cripps (vocals, percussion).
Recorded at Reeltime Audio, Denton, Texas in 1999; track 12 recorded live at the Chameleon Club, Lancaster, Pennsylvania on July 21, 1998. Includes liner notes by Carl Finch.
POLKASONIC won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Polka Album.
Personnel: Carl Finch (vocals, guitar, accordion, keyboards); Jeffrey Barnes (vocals, harmonica, woodwinds); Bubba Hernandez (vocals, tuba); Joe Cripps (vocals, percussion); Danny O'Brien (trumpet); Alan Emert (drums).
Liner Note Author: Carl Finch.
Recording information: Chameleon Club, PA (07/21/1998/??/??/1999); Reeltime Audio, Denton, TX (07/21/1998/??/??/1999).
Arrangers: Brave Combo; Carl Finch.
Brave Combo's Polkasonic captures more of the group's "nuclear polka" inspiration. Songs like "Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie," "Conchita the Waitress," "Skytrain" and Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" get polkasonic makeovers on this album, which should please fans of this quirky and engaging group. ~ Heather Phares
Since the early '80s, Texas-based Brave Combo has been redefining polka music. The group mixes "pure" polka (like jazz, and most other American forms, polka came from a fusion of many styles and ethnicities) with rock & roll, cumbia, mambo, Tex-Mex, and anything that strikes the band's fancy. Brace Combo are not postmodern jokers--they genuinely love polka music and, like all good children of the late 20th century, they put their own spin on it, charging it with a rock-tinged jolt and good-natured eclecticism.
Brave Combo plays GOOD-TIME music, tunes designed to make you dance and grab a day pass from your troubles. The giddy melody and vocals of "Skytrain" belie the mock-gloomy words (and quote from "Moon River" in the process). "Glamorous Gal" is a traditional polka, with Eastern European folk-styled horns and plenty of omm-pah-pah. Driving the party to a rousing close is the group's polka-ized take on Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze." POLKASONIC is a party waiting to happen. Polkasonic Music | List Price | $16.98 (You save $3.19) | | Category | Rock Albums, World CDs, International, Polka, Rock/Pop, Alternative, Polkas | | Label | Cleveland International | | Orig Year | 1999 | | All Time Sales Rank |  149004  | | CD Universe Part number | 1081620 | | Catalog number | 1023 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 14, 1999 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Brave Combo; Carl Finch | | Engineer | Eric Delegard; Adam Clark | | Recording Time | 32 minutes | | Personnel | Alan Emert - drums
Carl Finch - vocals, guitar, accordion, keyboards
Danny O'Brien - trumpet
Bubba Hernandez - vocals, tuba, bass
Also: Joe Cripps |
Brave Combo Polkasonic Songs | 1. | Down at the Friendly Tavern |
| 2. | Red Wing |
| 3. | Why Oh Why |
| 4. | Polka Dancer |
| 5. | Only for Love |
| 6. | Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie |
| 7. | Conchita, the Waitress |
| 8. | Skytrain |
| 9. | Glamorous Gal |
| 10. | Down in the Valley |
| 11. | Crumbling Heart |
| 12. | Purple Haze - The Jimi Hendrix Polka (bonus track) |
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