The Chardon Polka Band

The Chardon Polka Band

Chardon Polka Band at "Old Style Beer" Video Shoot
Background information
Also known as Chardon High School Polka Band
Origin Chardon, OH, USA
Genres Polka
Years active 2003 (2003)–present
Website http://chardonpolkaband.com
Members Jacob Kouwe, Emily Kouwe, Mike Franklin, Joe Dahlhausen
Past members Paul Coates, Paul "Pops" Magooch

The Chardon Polka Band is an American, Ohio-based, Cleveland-Style polka band. It was started by Jake Kouwe in 2003 when he recruited four other teenagers to form a polka band at Chardon High School, and the group originally called "The Chardon High School Polka Band" and included an accordion, trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, electric guitar, and tuba.[1][2][3] The group got their start in the school's music room and played at local senior centers and nursing homes in the Chardon area.[4][5][6] Kouwe cites Weird Al Yankovic as his inspiration for playing the accordion. Kouwe started lessons on the accordion after seeing Yankovic in a VH1 special.[4] The popular satirist remains a role model for The Chardon Polka Band.[7] The band currently plays over 200 shows a year and has grown to be one of the Cleveland music scene's most recognizable performers but also tours nationally and headlines many of the nation's top folk festival and Oktoberfest celebrations, playing a mixture of original music, classic polkas, and covers of pop songs.[1][3][8][9][10] The band was featured nationally on Here and Now (NPR) in 2015,[11] Trip Flip (Travel Channel),[12] and was the subject of a reality show named Polka Kings on Reelz.[4][8][13][14][15][16][17] The Polka Hall of Fame nominated the band's first single Free Beer Polka for best Best New Original Song in 2011[18] and in 2013 nominated both A Fistful Of Polka & Bring Me More Beer for Best New Original Song and the band for Band of the Year.[19] The band has released five full-length albums, all independently, and has produced over a dozen music videos, including a 30-minute Holiday Special.[20]

Band members

Past members

Discography

References

  1. 1 2 "Ain't too proud to polka: The really cool people are dusting off their accordions and having a wunnerful, wunnerful time". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
  2. ↑ "Chardon Polka Band to star in new reality TV show this January". Cleveland.com. 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  3. 1 2 "Chardon Polka Band - Wurstfest". Wurstfest. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  4. 1 2 3 "Long live polka: Band popular in Wooster getting its own reality TV show". www.woosterweeklynews.com. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
  5. ↑ "The Chardon Polka Band to star in reality TV show on Reelz". News-herald.com. 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  6. ↑ "Chardon Polka". Bestpolkabands.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  7. ↑ "The Unlikely Comeback of Polka". ideastream. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
  8. 1 2 "polka fever: how hip new bandleaders are keeping traditional music alive and well in c-town". Cleveland - Freshwater Media. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
  9. ↑ "Cleveland Invasion!". polkabeat.com. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
  10. ↑ "Chardon Polka Band | Cuyahoga County Fair". Cuyfair.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  11. ↑ "A Polka Revival In Cleveland". hereandnow. 2015-03-13. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
  12. ↑ "Ohio: Polka Plane Plunge". Travel Channel. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
  13. ↑ "Cleveland Magazine".
  14. ↑ "Geauga's Jake Kouwe rejuvenates polka: My Cleveland (photos, video)". Retrieved 2016-03-28.
  15. ↑ Traciy Reyes. "Polka Kings: The Chardon Polka Band New Show Season Premiere Tonight On Reelz". Inquisitr.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  16. ↑ "Live Music – Chardon Polka Band from Cleveland". Hofbrauhaus Newport. 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  17. ↑ Rich Heldenfels (2015-04-02). "The HeldenFiles: Chardon Polka Band ready for its TV closeup - Rich Heldenfels". Ohio.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  18. ↑ Tomsick, Joey (Summer 2011). "Polka Quarterly" (PDF). Vol. XXII, No. 4. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  19. ↑ "Nominees/Winners 2013 - Polkas.nl". Polkas.nl. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  20. ↑ "TheChardonPolkaBand - YouTube". YouTube.com. Retrieved 2016-03-28.

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