Here is something more in line with the ongoing Oktoberfest. If you are looking to celebrate and live in town, Houston is hosting its Oktoberfest this Saturday at The Waterworks. That is assuming you will be in the area and given the large number of readers outside of the US, that is a lofty assumption. Well, more than likely, if your area sells beer, your area will be having some kind thing going on so consult your locals. For some reason, probably because I did it for the last two years, I also feel like I need to pimp the Houston event. This was $3, back on this subject.
Link to the Houston Oktoberfest with the same pictures of Hipsters from the last two years.
The Guckenheimer Sour Kraut Band was a San Francisco based group of incidental musicians who came together to play polkas and waltzes. Each member had a day job (including the creator of the comic Grin and Bear It, George Lichty). However, during their amateur performances, they developed an authentic German sound. RCA signed them and put out at least three records. Like the Ramones, there are fake names for the members (although I am not sure why they included their real names in the bio section. Seems to be against the point of it all. All of the band members took names with variants of the last name Schmidt. All except band leader (and art dealer) Richard Gump. He assumed the role of Fritz Guckenheimer.
This would have been the bands second record on RCA. It was released in 1957. What can I say. I mean, it sounds really authentic.
For a sample, or two, I went with a couple of tunes. First off because it always reminds me of working at an ice rink, here is “Skater’s Waltz” , followed by “Tinker Polkas”, “Wiener Blut” and finally “Drink Mein Liebling” which has vocals.
Satisfactory record.