POLKA BAND GOBI

Thik Polka…the band ( now known as Polka Band Gobi)

When you hear the words THIK POLKA your immediately think of one of the biggest Polka Bands in the U.S. and standing with a group of your best friends in some concert hall or outdoor stadium or at a friends wedding in a small hall and yelling, “We want TP, we want TP” . You think of Yosh doing his accordion solo for Dark Side of the Moon. You think of cabbage rolls and Lederhosen and of you watching your mum making you a special batch of pierogies...with cheese and potatoes. Every time we think of Thik Polka we think of all those times, each and every one of us.

This site has not been long in the making and is a tribute to the world’s best Polka Band…”Thik Polka” ( or TP for short) a band that I and so many have followed and loved and treasured for many dozens of years. When you look back on the history and fame of Thik Polka, the band, what imediately comes to mind to so many people is a band that ;

1) Made Lederhosen popular to people in all walks of life.
2) That the phrase “ where’s the TP” has a whole new meaning to music lovers everywhere.

Thik Polka’s history is known to many and does not bear repeating other than to state that when everyone thought the story ended…it just began. While on the final dates of their Upper Western New York State World tour, Thik Polka left their accordions in their hotel room and left a note for their nephew, explaining their absence. In this note, it was explained that they were tired of all the fame of all the glory and were off to India to search and to discover the “Perfect Polka”, to find the source of the Polka and then to play the perfect polka at the Taj Mahal. Through these pages I hope to bring to life, the journey of Thik Polka (now known in India as Polka Band Gobi)and their search. Prior to leaving for India, TP developed a strong bond with a Mr. Kumar of Mysore India and Kumar I am sure will be an invaluable resource for Polka Band Gobi
p.s."Gobi" means cabbage in Hindi


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Thursday, February 19, 2009

Kumar, an oscar in his future?


Lets celebrate with some Diet Fanta Orange as Kumar has hit the time big and if things go right could go up for an oscar I bet...sometime..maybe. Kumar along with being our manager is now very famous for being in a scene of a movie that is now a big big hit. If you look closer in a scene of a big big movie you may see Kumar. Our manager, Kumar was doing some peeka boo scouting at the Taj for our upcomming Taj polka festival ( in the plan stages) and some movie was doing the film and he may be in one of the scenes at the Taj. This is a big movie about millionaires and if you look closer in one scene you probably saw someone with a diet orange fanta...that was Kumar! ...at the Taj!. Now this photo(on this page) Kumar took and he was in Agra going about his peek a boo business and he took this so I will pass it onto you. These children had heard about Polka Band Gobi so Kumar told them it won't be too long till they see this band at the Taj. As a note added, I don't think Kumar will go to Hollywood for the oscar party as he has some shows to manage here for Polka Band Gobi, but due to all the requests of the many fans on where Kumar is/was...this is the latest on Kumar. Yes, he is getting famous, just like Yosh and Stan.
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh my!!!

I haven't heard from him in a long long time ... oh Kumar, at long last, it's your time to shine!

February 19, 2009 at 1:21 PM
Anonymous said...

I am shining whole night til sunshine!

Love,
Kumar

February 21, 2009 at 11:35 AM
Anonymous said...

Shine on Kumar. Shine on you crazy diamond.
Yamya
( lead sitar player in Polka Band Gobi)

February 22, 2009 at 12:33 PM
Anonymous said...

Hey, wasn't he in that scene in Slumdog where the population of Mumbai was dancing in the streets? I think I saw him!

March 4, 2009 at 6:31 AM

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