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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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Wave to Yosh

Yes...that is Yosh wavings at me from the window.  He is a wild man this Yosh is.

And yes to all the questions we are getings from our many fans from around the
world.

Yes...we are back in the Sahara !!!  We, Yosh and Stan ( that is me) decided we
needed to once again, find our roots and this time I thinks we really did.  I did not know we
lost our roots till we find them.  
Thanks to you, our many loyal PBG fans and remember to listen
to that Polka beets in your hearts.






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2 comments:

Kumar said...

I love your polka music almost as much as I love my Cuban music.
I danced to the polka/Cuban beat in my heart in the Saharas under the
stars of the Milky Way and this made me thinks of the many greatest


The aboves is a word for words quotes from Ernie...or pretty close to what
he said and I am sure he meant what I wrote. Mr Ernie at one time was a very
cook kat who played drums with us. We called him Mr Drummer Man.

I don't know where he is now...maybe trekking in the Saharas??

Kumar

October 15, 2015 at 2:25 PM
Kumar said...

I am not Yosh...so many peoples have said I am Yosh...I am Kumar and I posts this message from
Mr Ernie

I had to fix my Lederhosen and could nots finish what he said to me so now I will finish what he says to me..Kumar! Mr Ernie said we are the greatest polka band evers and he was thinkings of the many greatest polka moments from out tours.

Last I heard from Yosh what Yosh told to me is that Mr Ernie is trekking in the Sahara, looking for Sahara waters to bottle

Kumar...not Yosh

October 16, 2015 at 1:33 PM

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