Songs of the Polka King Vol. 2
Frankie Yankovic
David Allan Coe, Roger Martin, Gary Chapman, Lenny Gomulka, Eddie Blazonczyk, Big Chuck & Lil'John, Cowboy Jack Clement, Don Everly, Joey Miskulin, Lisa Silver, Lynn Marie Rink, Zeke & Charlie & The Gang
Producer: Steve Popovich, Joey Miskulin
Cleveland International, 1997
1 CD
Catalogue #: 1017
EAN: 0709522101720
UPC: 709522101720
You save: 20%
SONGS OF THE POLKA KING VOL. 2 was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Polka Album.
Personnel includes: Joey Miskulin (banjo, accordion, piano, solovax)
Engineers: Joey Miskulin, David Ferguson, John Miskulin.
Recorded in Nashville, Tennesee. Includes liner notes by Robert K. Oermann.
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Frankie Yankovic
Frankie Yankovic, universally known as King of the Polka, was born in West Virginia in 1915, the son of Slovenian immigrants. Inspired to take up the accordion as a teen, his dance band became hugely popular among mid-western Central European immigrants in the 1930s, crossing over to the pop charts with 1948's "Just Because." Until his 1998 death, Frankie Yankovic continued to be a polka superstar. Contrary to popular belief, he is not related to accordion-playing musical parodist Weird Al Yankovic, who claims that his parents induced him to take accordion lessons due to their shared surname.
David Allan Coe
As one of the most colorful proponents of the 1970s Outlaw Country scene (alongside Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, et al.), David Allan Coe helped create a new image for country music. An outrageous, hard-living, larger-than-life character who had reportedly done time for murder, Coe fused his love for traditional honky-tonk country with a no-holds-barred rock-&-roll attitude. He scored hits on his own, but his songs were also smashes for Tanya Tucker, Johnny Paycheck, and others. As an outlaw icon, he's inspired both country singers like Travis Tritt and rockers like Kid Rock.
