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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Friday, February 13, 2009

Nagla Dhimar...hot of the press

Oopah...I think our roadie man Mr Vindaloo forgot to put the dates down for all of our many polka fanatics and so here we go on where we all will play, first off...Nagla Dhirmar on Thursday... Maithan on Friday and Dayal Baghon on Tuesday. I am sure you can see all of you from our tour dates that we are getting much closer to the Taj and our goal, our wish yes it is, of playing inside the Taj . Is this not also a very good article on Polka Band Gobi and our playing in Nagla Dhimar. This was just the other day ( look at the date on page to see this). Our Mr Vindaloo is a busy man handling all the requests for Polka Band Gobi, I am sure his mother is very very proud of him.
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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh Yosh, you guys rock! Now, who is Vindaloo? Is Kumar touring with you?

February 13, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Anonymous said...

Playing the Taj has long been a dream of Mr. Vindaloo. This is very exciting. Will Bon Jovi be on the ticket with the guys? I heard they had a translation of BAD MEDICINE in Hindi!

February 13, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Anonymous said...

Hello Agnes
Mr Vindaloo is our roadie man and sets up our tours If you look earlier on the page you will see his picture and introduction. Oh that Kumar that funny man he is always with us in our hearts. He is almost our manager

Yosh

February 13, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Anonymous said...

Hello Frances. Mr Vindaloo shares the dream of Polka Band Gobi as you do too. I can tell from your message you like the polka..the polka comes thru your message.
And yes. Mr Vindaloo has some CD's of this Band Jovi group and we are rehearsing some sort of song about
"it's my life". It already has a good polka beat.
Yosh

February 13, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Anonymous said...

I haven't heard from Kumar in ages....

February 18, 2009 at 4:02 PM

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