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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Saturday, September 4, 2010

Polka Band Gobi Tour Manager...a Wild Child




Here is our new Tour Manager we call him "The Tour Man." You see him here practicing his polka at the Taj. He is dancing to that famous polka song by Iggy, called The Wild Child. We are getting ready for the Polka Band Gobi World Polka Tour, and we will be travelling all around the world to bring the polka to the many millions of peoples here. . (We had a world tour at one time but we only played in Western NY State in places like Tonawanda and Lackwona but this World Tour is the Real Deal. For Real!.)




We will be coming to a country near to you in the futures and all because of our new Tour Man. He is a Polka fanatic ! He wil be travelling all around the world , our Tour Manager will be setting up our tour dates in every country there is and soon Mr Tour Man will be in Fiji and Bali as these will be the starting dates for our Polka World Tour. I will keep you up to date on our tour with the Tour Man. We may even play in New Jersey which as you all know is a very famous polka place. This is so exciting...can you imagine playing on the beaches of Suva Fiji at sundown with the tide rolling in and the crowds going wild for the polka. Easy to imagine yes! Mr Sting did a song about the beaches of Bali and you have not heard nothing yes until you hear this song to a polka beat. Get ready...we are coming to a country near to you soon
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