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, April 20, 2024

SOON TO PUBLISH BIOGRAPHY OF POLKA BAND GOBI

It is unfortunate that it has taken this long, this length of time to have in print, the definitive biography of the world’s greatest Polka Band.i. Many of their finest moments from their Worlds tours ( as they called them) have been personally experienced by me and the many fans of the Polka Worlds. Questions are too numerous to mention, such as” Why did Yosh decide on the accordion and not the trumpet or the Cello or the flute. Or why Stan blame the bees for his unique accordion style on his rendition of Comfortably Numb. These and many other questions, yes many other questions will be answered in the biography. I have been personally selected by the President the Polka Band Gobi Fan Club to write this bio. I have traveled the Worlds with the Gobi Band and I have stories that will be forever told to fans, the children of the fans and to their children of the fans. How to start? At the beginning or the end? The middle? Perhaps somewhere in between like 1/3. So I will start at 1/3 Keep on Polkaing in the Free World! Johny La Rue (biographer)
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

CINEMA RIALTO IN CASABLANCA

 Can you imagines Yosh and Stan playings the Rialto in Casa.  We (Stan and Yosh) can. If  you don't imagines it then the imagines will not come to pass.  I thinks this is a true thing.  We used our imagnines to travel the worlds and bring the polka to everyone ( or most everyones).  So we (Yosh and Stan) needed to have a retreat from our worlds tour so we decided to spend some times and get some rest from the grinds of touring.  So many fans miss us I know but we will finish our retreats and tour again, this we know. We were walking  in Casa and saw this theatre.  Can you imagines the thousands of people filling up this theatre to hear us play the polka!!  we can




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