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

[Michael Biel]

From: Andrea Walsh <petquality1 at gmail.com>
> 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

The European dances sometimes have ya hoo hoo hooing in them.  

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

   

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
> bmcclung at ix.netcom.com