KB-415 - SOMA 1061

CHUCK CARSON with the Melody Ramblers

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KB-415A - The Little Stinker   (RHB Publ.)

KB-415B - Walking With A Broken Heart   (RHB Publ.)

SOMA 1061

119 North 9th St, Minneapolis, MN   (Amos Heilicher)

KB-413 - SOMA LP 1204

ART FITCH and his Polka Dots
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KB-413A - Ping Pong Polka   (RBS Publ.)
                Schnitzell Polka   (Trad)
                Baby's Boat Waltz   (Trad)
                Carolina Waltz   (E. H. Morris)
                Wedding Of The Winds   (Willis Music)
KB-413B - Jolly Peter Polka   (Trad)
                Brass Polka   (Trad)
                Little Piggy Polka   (RHB Publ.)
                Little Ernie's Waltz   (Trad)
                Twin Trumpet Polka   (Trad)
                Annhauser-Busch Waltz   (RHB Publ.)
SOMA LP 1204
Minneapolis, MN

KB-412 - SOMA LP 100

DOC EVANS and his Dixieland Band - "Dixieland Concert at the Walker Center"

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KB-412A - (No Info)

KB-412B - St Louis Blues

               Maryland, My Maryland

               Muskrat Ramble

               My Bucket's Got A Hole In It

               South Rampart Street Parade

SOMA LP 100

119 North 9th St, Minneapolis, MN   (Amos Heilicher)

Source: Doc Evans.Com

He returned to Minnesota in 1952 where, with his new national reputation, he had little difficulty finding work. Doc was in demand for club engagements, his band toured the Upper Midwest under the auspices of the University of Minnesota Concert and Lecture Series and he opened his own jazz club, The Rampart Street Club. He also had a TV series called “This Is Dixieland” with a band that included pianist Knocky Parker.

For ten consecutive years he played concerts to sold-out crowds at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. To him it made little difference where he played—at the Walker or sitting with his band on the sidewalk outside a university bookstore. “Jazz doesn’t know where it is,” Doc said once, “and it doesn’t care.”

Friends tell of the charities Doc quietly played for to raise money. Of the handicapped kids he entertained one-on-one. Of the elderly people he comforted, for free, with “When the Saints Go Marchin’ In.” But one friend added gently, “Doc doesn’t deserve any credit for that kind of stuff, he loved to play for anybody.”

KB-411 - SOMA 1059

FEZZ FRITSCHE and his Goosetown Band

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KB-411A - Pepper Pot Polka   (RHB Publ.)

KB-411B - Elissa Waltz   (RHB Publ.)

SOMA 1059

119 North 9th St, Minneapolis, MN   (Amos Heilicher)

(Band from New Ulm, MN - The Polka Capital Of The World.)

KB-410 - SOMA 1058

FEZZ FRITSCHE and his Goosetown Band

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KB-410A - Parade Polka   (RHB Publ.)

KB-410B - Gretchen Laendler   (RHB Publ.)

SOMA 1058

119 North 9th St, Minneapolis, MN   (Amos Heilicher)

Three of Minnesota's most famous band leaders performing together for a grand opening of a music store in New Ulm, Minnesota. Left to right - "The King of the Hoolerie" Elmer Scheid, Fezz Victor Fritsche of The Goosetown Band, and "The Bard of The Bass Horn" Harold Loeffelmacher of the Six Fat Dutchmen.

KB-408 - SOMA 1060

Will Hankins and the Berry Boys

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KB-408A- Teeter Tooter Heart      (RHB Publ.)

KB-408B- The Curse Of Cash        (RHB Publ.)

SOMA 1060

119 North 9th St, Minneapolis, MN   (Amos Heilicher)

KB-404 - SOMA 1057

ROMAN REZAC ORCHESTRA

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KB-404A – Good Morning Polka   (Vitak/Elsnic)

KB-404B – (No Details)

SOMA 1057

119 North 9th St, Minneapolis, MN   (Amos Heilicher)

KB-403 - SOMA 1056

ROMAN REZAC ORCHESTRA

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KB-403A – Summertime Polka (RHB Publ.)

KB-403B – Friendship Waltz (RHB Publ.)

SOMA 1056

119 North 9th St, Minneapolis, MN   (Amos Heilicher)

Roman was from Longsdale, MN, born in 1917 and passed away in 2010. Was inducted into the World Concertina Congress Hall Of Fame in 2005., plus the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame in 1995.

KB-402 - KAY BANK LP 402

Gamble Christmas Chorus – 1956

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KB-402A – Side One

KB-402B – Side Two

KAY BANK LP 402

Minneapolis, MN

KB-398 - NORTH STAR 2065

AUGIE GARCIA QUINTET

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KB-398A - Ring-A-Ling-A   (North Star Publ.)

KB-398B - Be My Guest   (North Star Publ.)

NORTH STAR 2065

1936 University Ave, Minneapolis, MN

Augie Garcia, from St. Paul's West Side, was known as the "godfather of Minnesota rock 'n' roll." In 1956, he opened for Elvis Presley in the St. Paul Auditorium, but his high-energy show in his trademark Bermuda shorts was too much for Presley's manager, Col. Tom Parker. The crowd became frenzied, Garcia later recalled, and Parker pulled him from the stage, citing a clause in Garcia's contract that barred competition with the headliner. The shorts were a Garcia trademark. He recalled that he had 38 pair of them that he wore in both summer and winter.  (Minnesota Historical Society)