[78-L] speaking of polkas I need your help

[Andrea Walsh]

Banda and Nortena and Polka music can sound an awful lot alike, if there are
no i-yi-yi yippings thrown in to betray the Mexian enthusiasm...

Andrea

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Bill McClung <bmcclung at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> Speaking of polkas...I'm having a great time with my Texas label 78s.  A
> challenging blindfold test would be telling the origin of some of the
> polkas.  Are they German or Czech or Mexican? I'm talking about the
> instrumentals, here.
>
> And I need your help.....a couple of museums are interested in developing
> exhibits of Texas label 78s both for the art of the labels and for the
> music.  I've got almost a thousand Texas label 78s and am always willing to
> buy or trade for ones I don't have.    At the same time I need to find more
> information about the musicians and the labels themselves.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
>
>
> Bill McClung
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