It is getting close to that time of year, Oktoberfest. Every year I have done this blog, we have commemorated this period in some fashion. Last year, it was a massive posting of German music which consisted of mostly military marches. This turned out to be miserable listening for me and really appealed to no one except that small minority really into marching bands. So this year, I decided to go a a different direction. Well, any direction than last year. So here we are presenting albums which are or either German or fashioned around polkas and waltzes. If you can read the title of this album, you can see this clearly falls into the latter. I paid $5 for this.
This would be the second album I have posted from Richard Polasek and the Hub City Dutchmen. Hailing from the then Polka Capital of Texas, Yoakum, these guys were popular in Central Texas. I am not sure when this record came out. Some time in the 60’s, possibly the 70’s. Pretty decent stuff. As the title would suggest it contains both polkas and waltzes as well as a few songs with vocals.Check out the earlier post on this band for any backstory although I believe it alluded me at that time as well.
For a sample, let’s kick off the season with “Under The Elm” . Also, I am presenting “In Heaven There Is No Beer” which is a finely disguised advertisement for Texas’ own Shiner Bock.
Satisfactory. If you are looking for music to use for your Oktoberfest celebrations, search Oktoberfest on this blog and you should get quite a selection. Surprised I have not made a separate category for it by now.