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Texas Bohemia
VOL. I - Polkas Waltzes Schottisches / The Texas Bohemian-Moravian-German Bands
TRIKONT US-0201
CD in Digipak with detailed Booklet in english and german
compiled by: Thomas Meinecke
Ever wonder where cowboys like Jimmie Rodgers got their yodeling from? A town name like Schulenberg, Texas, offers a clue. The truth is, they got it from European immigrants, and even today if you travel through small towns in America´s West, sometimes in the middle of Texas, you´ll find orderly rows of houses with little gardens and clear German architecture, and authentic Bavarian polka and waltz bands blaring oompah oompah into the night. German journalist/musician Thomas Meinecke (who also fronts the spirited mutant Bavarian post-punk outfit F.S.K.) has travelled around Texas, collecting and recording German music that exists in America´s heartlands (his bandmate Michaela took the excellent photographs), and the results shine on this German import compilation, simply one of the most wonderful out-of-the-blue records you´ll ever hear. The crowning moment is Adolph Hofner´s "Beautiful America," a stomping waltz so full of optimism and patriotism it will bring a tear to the eye of even the most jaded soul. This CD presents a smorgasbord of toodling tubas, stomping oompahs and spirited yodeling: if you like the Latin Playboys, Boozoo Chavis, Tom Waits of Dixieland jazz, it´s worth checking out. Ja! Sehr gut!
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Tracklist
 1. SHINER HOBO BAND: Snow Flower Polka [02:25]
2. HOFNER,ADOLPH: Beautiful America [02:13]
3. KRENEK,RAY & HIS ORCHESTRA: Texas Schottische [02:18]
4. VRAZELS & MAJEKS & BOBBY JONES: Corn Cockle Polka [04:39]
5. BROSCH,JIMMY & HIS HAPPY COUNTRY BOYS: Song Of The War (Bude Vojna Bude) [03:20]
6. BACA,RAY & HIS ORCHESTRA: Hayseed Polka [02:52]
7. BROSCH,HENRY ORCHESTRA: Wooden Heart [02:43]
8. TUBA MEISTERS: Edelweiss [01:51]
9. FAYETTEVILLE FLASH,THE: Cotton Eyed Joe [01:55]
10. VRAZELS' POLKA BAND: Once On A Sunday Waltz [03:35]
11. TANNENBERGER,HENRY & HIS ORCHESTRA: On Our Porch Polka [02:40]
12. RED RAVENS,THE: Stone Heart Waltz [03:00]
13. VRAZELS & MAJEKS & BOBBY JONES: Shiner Song [04:02]
14. KNUTSCH BAND: Der Itzig kommt geritten [01:58]
15. ELLINGER COMBO: At The Spring Waltz [02:59]
16. RYBAK'S,LEROY SWINGING ORCHESTRA: El Rancho Grande [03:02]
17. PATEK,JOE & ORCHESTRA: Orphan Waltz [03:17]
18. BROSCH,JIMMY & HIS HAPPY COUNTRY BOYS: Dancing Polka [01:55]
19. SHINER HOBOS,THE: Musicians Come Out And Play [03:01]
20. KNUTSCH BAND: Zwei wie mir zwei [01:30]
21. RED RAVENS,THE: If I Were A Bird Polka [03:26]
22. SHINER HOBO BAND: Prune Waltz [04:09]
23. BACA,RAY & HIS ORCHESTRA: Oh Susanna Schottische [02:45]
24. MAJEK,LEO ORCHESTRA: My Marian Waltz [03:22]
25. VRAZELS & MAJEKS & BOBBY JONES: A Ja Sam (All By Myself) [04:27]
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