- Source: Polka Party with Brave Combo: Live and Wild!
Polka Party with Brave Combo: Live and Wild! is an album by the American polka band Brave Combo, released through Easydisc on April 7, 1998. In 1999, the album was Brave Combo's first nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Polka Album. The album was recorded live at Sons of Hermann Hall in Dallas, Texas, on September 26, 1997, and at Rick's Place in Denton, Texas, on September 27, 1997. This was the second Grammy-nominated album by the Denton, Texas, based band.
Track listing
"Pretty Dancing Girl" (Czech polka/traditional, arranged by Brave Combo)
"Hosa Dyna" (P.I. Wowarczyk/public domain)
"Turkish March" (Ludwig van Beethoven, arranged by Jeffrey Barnes)
"Pop Goes the Weasel" (reggae schottische/traditional, arranged by Brave Combo)
"Three Weeks" (Carl Finch)
"Cuando escuches este vas" (Juan Garrido)
"Don't Get Married" (Polish polka/traditional, arranged by Treltones, lyrics by Carl Finch)
"Peanut Polka" (traditional, arranged by Brave Combo)
"Do Something Different" (Carl Finch)
Polka Medley: Tinker's Polka/Lichtensteiner Polka/Beer Barrel Polka/Pennsylvania Polka/Monday Morning/Laughing Polka/La Adelita/Los Coronelas (trad., arr. Brave Combo/trad., arr. Brave Combo/Vejvoda/public domain, arr. Brave Combo/Lee-Manners/trad., arr. Toledo Polka Motion/trad., arr. Brave Combo/trad., arr. Brave Combo/trad., arr. Brave Combo)
"Come Back To Me" (Carl Finch)
"High Bounce Polka" (Polish polka/traditional, arranged by Brave Combo)
Personnel
Jeffrey Barnes: tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet, vocals
Joseph Cripps: percussion
Alan Emert: drums
Carl Finch: guitar, accordion, keyboards, vocals
Bubba Hernandez: bass, tuba, vocals
Danny O'Brien: trumpet, flugelhorn
Production
Brave Combo arrangements: No Class Music, BMI
Produced by Carl Finch and Brave Combo
Recorded by David Castell at the Sons of Hermann Hall, Dallas, Texas, Friday, September 26, 1997; and by Coy Green at Rick's Place, Denton, Texas, Saturday, September 27, 1997
Mixed by Eric Delagard at Reeltime Audio, Denton, Texas
Coordinated for EasyDisc by Louisa Hufstader
Mastered by Jonathan Wyner at M-Works, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Design by mooremoscowitz
References
External links
Brave Combo's official site