Q&A: Meet the band: Polka Boy
|
|
(click the phrases to see a list)
The 14-piece band Polka Boy combines traditional polka music with more modern hits such as ''She Blinded Me With Science.''
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Polka is more than infectious dance music featuring tubas, accordions and performers in lederhosen.
For members of Indianapolis band Polka Boy, the musical style can be exploited to include all kinds of crazy adaptations, from Johnny Cash to “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Polka Boy takes the traditional “oom-pah-pah” sound and shakes it up with a modern twist. Audiences can be dancing to “Beer Barrel Polka” one minute, then a Frank Sinatra song with a Teutonic twist.
The only rule is to have fun and ensure that translates to the people on the dance floor, trumpet player Jont Rogers said.
This story appears in the print edition of Daily Journal. Subscribers can read the entire story online by signing in here or in our e-Edition by clicking here.
