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50s Country Hillbilly Boogie - 45 EP-EPA 550 & 7" - 47-5583 RCA Victor (1954)
Louis Bashell (July 1, 1914–December 17, 2008) was an American Polka musician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, his parents emigrated from Slovenia 🇸🇮 Bashell formed his first trio in the 1930s.
He was known for playing the Slovenian-Style Polka, he was nicknamed "Milwaukee's Polka King" 👑 Bashell's band was signed to RCA Victor for eight years.
He played accordion 🪗 and he hired a drummer and saxophone player.
Bashell formed a five-piece band in the late 1940s, their recording of the Slovenian folk song, "Zidana Marela" ("Silk Umbrella") was successful.
Bashell said : It sold out as fast as they could make the records.
Then RCA Victor came along and hired us to make records for them, and we were on the RCA label for almost eight years.
RCA wanted Bashell to promote the records on a lengthy national tour, but he refused.
He wanted to be close to his wife and children.
He later did tours through the "polka belt" in northern United States, from North and South Dakota through New Jersey.
Bashell performed at his family's bar for 50 years, as well as house parties, weddings, anniversaries, ballrooms, halls, clubs, bars, and other community-based events in Milwaukee.
His albums sold around the United States and worldwide.
Louis Bashell was a trustee in the Wisconsin Polka Hall of Fame in the 2000s.
Louis Bashell stopped performing in the 2000s after his health began declining.
He died on December 17, 2008, from complications of pneumonia.
He had been fighting Alzheimer's disease for two years at his death.
Louis Bashell was inducted in the Wisconsin Polka Hall of Fame and received a lifetime achievement award from the National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame.
He was nominated for six Wisconsin Area Music Industry's (WAMI) polka awards between 1996 and 2001, he won the award in 1999.
Louis Bashell was a recipient of a 1987 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.
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Country Hillbilly Boogie z 50. rokov - 45 EP-EPA 550 a 7" - 47-5583 RCA Victor (1954)
Louis Bashell (1. júla 1914 – 17. decembra 2008) bol americký hudobník Polka z Milwaukee, Wisconsin, jeho rodičia emigrovali zo Slovinska 🇸🇮 Bashell založil svoje prvé trio v 30. rokoch 20. storočia.
Bol známy hraním Polky v slovinskom štýle, prezývali ho "Kráľ polky Milwaukee“ 👑 Bashellova kapela podpísala zmluvu s RCA Victor na osem rokov.
Hral na akordeón 🪗 a zamestnal bubeníka a saxofónistu.
Bashell vytvoril päťčlennú skupinu koncom 40-tych rokov, ich nahrávka slovinskej ľudovej piesne „Zidana Marela“ („Hodvábny dáždnik“) bola úspešná.
Bashell povedal: Vypredalo sa to tak rýchlo, ako dokázali vyrobiť nahrávky.
Potom prišiel RCA Victor a najal nás, aby sme pre nich robili nahrávky a na labeli RCA sme boli takmer osem rokov.
RCA chcela, aby Bashell propagoval nahrávky na dlhom národnom turné, ale on odmietol.
Chcel byť nablízku svojej žene a deťom.
Neskôr absolvoval turné cez "polka belt" na severe Spojených štátov od Severnej a Južnej Dakoty cez New Jersey.
Bashell vystupoval vo svojom rodinnom bare 50 rokov, ako aj na domácich večierkoch, svadbách, výročiach, tanečných sálach, sálach, kluboch, baroch a iných komunitných podujatiach v Milwaukee.
Jeho albumy sa predávali po celých Spojených štátoch a po celom svete.
Louis Bashell bol v roku 2000 členom Siene slávy Wisconsin Polka.
Louis Bashell prestal vystupovať v roku 2000 po tom, čo sa jeho zdravie začalo zhoršovať.
Zomrel 17. decembra 2008 na komplikácie zápalu pľúc.
Po jeho smrti dva roky bojoval s Alzheimerovou chorobou.
Louis Bashell bol uvedený do Wisconsinskej Polka Hall of Fame a získal cenu za celoživotné dielo od National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame.
V rokoch 1996 až 2001 bol nominovaný na šesť polka cien Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI), cenu získal v roku 1999.
Louis Bashell bol v roku 1987 držiteľom štipendia National Heritage Fellowship, ktoré mu udelila National Endowment for the Arts, čo je najvyššie ocenenie vlády Spojených štátov v ľudovom a tradičnom umení.
#countryboogie #polka #accordion
50s Country Hillbilly Boogie - 45 EP-EPA 550 & 7" - 47-5583 RCA Victor (1954)
Louis Bashell (July 1, 1914–December 17, 2008) was an American Polka musician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, his parents emigrated from Slovenia 🇸🇮 Bashell formed his first trio in the 1930s.
He was known for playing the Slovenian-Style Polka, he was nicknamed "Milwaukee's Polka King" 👑 Bashell's band was signed to RCA Victor for eight years.
He played accordion 🪗 and he hired a drummer and saxophone player.
Bashell formed a five-piece band in the late 1940s, their recording of the Slovenian folk song, "Zidana Marela" ("Silk Umbrella") was successful.
Bashell said : It sold out as fast as they could make the records.
Then RCA Victor came along and hired us to make records for them, and we were on the RCA label for almost eight years.
RCA wanted Bashell to promote the records on a lengthy national tour, but he refused.
He wanted to be close to his wife and children.
He later did tours through the "polka belt" in northern United States, from North and South Dakota through New Jersey.
Bashell performed at his family's bar for 50 years, as well as house parties, weddings, anniversaries, ballrooms, halls, clubs, bars, and other community-based events in Milwaukee.
His albums sold around the United States and worldwide.
Louis Bashell was a trustee in the Wisconsin Polka Hall of Fame in the 2000s.
Louis Bashell stopped performing in the 2000s after his health began declining.
He died on December 17, 2008, from complications of pneumonia.
He had been fighting Alzheimer's disease for two years at his death.
Louis Bashell was inducted in the Wisconsin Polka Hall of Fame and received a lifetime achievement award from the National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame.
He was nominated for six Wisconsin Area Music Industry's (WAMI) polka awards between 1996 and 2001, he won the award in 1999.
Louis Bashell was a recipient of a 1987 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.
__________________________________________________________________________
Country Hillbilly Boogie z 50. rokov - 45 EP-EPA 550 a 7" - 47-5583 RCA Victor (1954)
Louis Bashell (1. júla 1914 – 17. decembra 2008) bol americký hudobník Polka z Milwaukee, Wisconsin, jeho rodičia emigrovali zo Slovinska 🇸🇮 Bashell založil svoje prvé trio v 30. rokoch 20. storočia.
Bol známy hraním Polky v slovinskom štýle, prezývali ho "Kráľ polky Milwaukee“ 👑 Bashellova kapela podpísala zmluvu s RCA Victor na osem rokov.
Hral na akordeón 🪗 a zamestnal bubeníka a saxofónistu.
Bashell vytvoril päťčlennú skupinu koncom 40-tych rokov, ich nahrávka slovinskej ľudovej piesne „Zidana Marela“ („Hodvábny dáždnik“) bola úspešná.
Bashell povedal: Vypredalo sa to tak rýchlo, ako dokázali vyrobiť nahrávky.
Potom prišiel RCA Victor a najal nás, aby sme pre nich robili nahrávky a na labeli RCA sme boli takmer osem rokov.
RCA chcela, aby Bashell propagoval nahrávky na dlhom národnom turné, ale on odmietol.
Chcel byť nablízku svojej žene a deťom.
Neskôr absolvoval turné cez "polka belt" na severe Spojených štátov od Severnej a Južnej Dakoty cez New Jersey.
Bashell vystupoval vo svojom rodinnom bare 50 rokov, ako aj na domácich večierkoch, svadbách, výročiach, tanečných sálach, sálach, kluboch, baroch a iných komunitných podujatiach v Milwaukee.
Jeho albumy sa predávali po celých Spojených štátoch a po celom svete.
Louis Bashell bol v roku 2000 členom Siene slávy Wisconsin Polka.
Louis Bashell prestal vystupovať v roku 2000 po tom, čo sa jeho zdravie začalo zhoršovať.
Zomrel 17. decembra 2008 na komplikácie zápalu pľúc.
Po jeho smrti dva roky bojoval s Alzheimerovou chorobou.
Louis Bashell bol uvedený do Wisconsinskej Polka Hall of Fame a získal cenu za celoživotné dielo od National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame.
V rokoch 1996 až 2001 bol nominovaný na šesť polka cien Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI), cenu získal v roku 1999.
Louis Bashell bol v roku 1987 držiteľom štipendia National Heritage Fellowship, ktoré mu udelila National Endowment for the Arts, čo je najvyššie ocenenie vlády Spojených štátov v ľudovom a tradičnom umení.
#countryboogie #polka #accordion
