FRED STEVEKIN, The Polka Dots with Art Fitch
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KB-61A – Chere Est Anna Polka
KB-61B – Polka Dot Schottische
NORTH STAR 2008
St Paul, MN
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Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Monday, 28 February 2011
KB-60 - NORTH STAR 2009
MARV’s OAKDALE DUTCHMEN, Marv Masterman, Gay Zarth
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KB-60A – Es Gehts Sar Gut (It Goes So Good)
KB-60B – Sunset Schottische
NORTH STAR 2009
St Paul, MN
KB-59 - NORTH STAR 2004
Joe Plumer and Orchestra
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KB-59A – Summer Paradise
KB-59B – Dance Of The Blue Fox
NORTH STAR 2004
St Paul, MN
KB-58 - SOMA 1038
Fezz Fritsche
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KB-58A - New Ulm Favorite
KB-58B - Deep Valley Schottische
SOMA 1038
Minneapolis, MN
Sunday, 27 February 2011
KB-57 - SOMA 1037
SLIM JIM
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KB-57A - Jan Johnson’s Wedding
KB-57B - Flikken Paa Belmon’s Roe
SOMA 1037
Minneapolis, MN
The Norwegian American brothers Ernest "Slim Jim" and Clarence "the Vagabond Kid" Iverson were born, respectively, in 1903 and 1905 near Binford, North Dakota. After their mother's death in 1910, their father hired Molly Ruud, a Norwegian immigrant, to keep house. Fortuitously for the boys, she was a guitar player with a large repertoire of Norwegian songs, and the boys learned songs and the rudiments of guitar-playing from here. Ernest dropped out of high school to play guitar with a traveling wild west show, where his lanky 6'4" frame earned his lasting nickname. Performing sometimes and sometimes working as an oil field hand in Texas boomtowns, he was convinced by an injury on the job to follow a career in radio. After stints in Wichita Falls and Omaha, he returned to the Upper Midwest in the early 1930s where he and his brother Clarence became stars on the Minneapolis radio station WDGY. Combining a daily radio show with regional performances, the pair entertained listeners with cowboy songs, sentimental recitations, comic novelty numbers, and hymns in English, along with occasional ballads, seasonal songs, and paeans to mother and home in Norwegian. Perhaps most popular of all were their comic performances of "Scandihoovian" dialect songs like "John Johnson's Wedding," and "The Whistling, Drifting Snow"--classic performances that continue to be sung throughout the Upper Midwest. Clarence ceased performing in public in 1948, but in the 1950s Ernest Iverson made a series of recordings as Slim Jim on California's FM label, including the popular song, "I Just Don't Give a Hoot." After his death in 1958, the SOMA label of Minneapolis released an LP, Slim Jim Sings Nikolina And Other Favorites, comprised of studio performances, some of which included the Vagabond Kid.
Source: Norwegian/American Folk Music Portal.
The Norwegian American brothers Ernest "Slim Jim" and Clarence "the Vagabond Kid" Iverson were born, respectively, in 1903 and 1905 near Binford, North Dakota. After their mother's death in 1910, their father hired Molly Ruud, a Norwegian immigrant, to keep house. Fortuitously for the boys, she was a guitar player with a large repertoire of Norwegian songs, and the boys learned songs and the rudiments of guitar-playing from here. Ernest dropped out of high school to play guitar with a traveling wild west show, where his lanky 6'4" frame earned his lasting nickname. Performing sometimes and sometimes working as an oil field hand in Texas boomtowns, he was convinced by an injury on the job to follow a career in radio. After stints in Wichita Falls and Omaha, he returned to the Upper Midwest in the early 1930s where he and his brother Clarence became stars on the Minneapolis radio station WDGY. Combining a daily radio show with regional performances, the pair entertained listeners with cowboy songs, sentimental recitations, comic novelty numbers, and hymns in English, along with occasional ballads, seasonal songs, and paeans to mother and home in Norwegian. Perhaps most popular of all were their comic performances of "Scandihoovian" dialect songs like "John Johnson's Wedding," and "The Whistling, Drifting Snow"--classic performances that continue to be sung throughout the Upper Midwest. Clarence ceased performing in public in 1948, but in the 1950s Ernest Iverson made a series of recordings as Slim Jim on California's FM label, including the popular song, "I Just Don't Give a Hoot." After his death in 1958, the SOMA label of Minneapolis released an LP, Slim Jim Sings Nikolina And Other Favorites, comprised of studio performances, some of which included the Vagabond Kid.
Source: Norwegian/American Folk Music Portal.
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Saturday, 26 February 2011
KB-56 - SOMA 1036
JOLLY LUMBERJACKS
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KB-56A - Deutschland Medley Waltz
KB-56B - Sylvia Schottische
SOMA 1036
Minneapolis, MN
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Friday, 25 February 2011
KB-55 - SOMA 1035
CLEM BRAU and His Soma Serenaders
Clem was also a member of the Jolly Lumberjacks Band. Clem is also slightly famous for being in the band that played at the Surf ballroom in Clear lake, IA the day after Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper played and subsequently died in a plane crash after the gig. Apparently, Clem told his brothers daughter that it was the saddest gig he ever played.
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KB-55A - Josephine
KB-55B - Bubbles In The Wine
SOMA 1035
Minneapolis, MN
Clem was also a member of the Jolly Lumberjacks Band. Clem is also slightly famous for being in the band that played at the Surf ballroom in Clear lake, IA the day after Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper played and subsequently died in a plane crash after the gig. Apparently, Clem told his brothers daughter that it was the saddest gig he ever played.
Thursday, 24 February 2011
KB-54 - METRENOME 110
KUHFUSS BROTHERS
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KB-54A - Simple Life Waltz
KB-54B - Dutch Frolic Polka
METRENOME 110
Rochester, MN
(Div of Be Beau Recording Co.)
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
KB-53 - METRENOME 109
KUHFUSS BROTHERS
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KB-53A - Bunny Hop Schottische
KB-53B - Hired Hands Waltz
METRENOME 109
Rochester, MN
(Div of Be Beau Recording Co.)
Wabasha County Herald, Wabasha, MN, April 18, 1990
GARFIELD KUHFUSS
Garfield George Kuhfuss, 69, of Wabasha, formerly of Rochester, a longtime area musician and a retired former Rochester State Hospital employee, died Saturday, April 7, 1990 of an apparent heart attack at his home. He was born October 9, 1920 in West Albany, MN and married Esther L. Larson on August 9, 1939 in Rochester. Mr. Kuhfuss was a rehabilitation therapist at the former state hospital for 28 1/2 years. He was a musician and played with the Kuhfuss Brothers Band and the Gardy K. Band for many years. Mr. Kuhfuss was a member of the Rochester Eagles and Elks lodges and the Rochester Musician's Assn. Mrs. Kuhfuss died on Dec. 12, 1983. Survivors include two daughters, Patricia (Mrs. Ted) Bulaga of Mantorville and Carol (Mrs. James) Stocker of Jacksonville, FL; two sons, the Rev. Kim of LaCrosse, WI and Mark of Minneapolis, 11 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. A brother preceded him in death.
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
KB-52 - METRENOME 108
KUHFUSS BROTHERS
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KB-52A - Out Of Tune Waltz
KB-52B - Eleen Polka
METRENOME 108
Rochester, MN
(Be Beau recording Co.)
Wabasha County (MN) Herald 3 March 1977
Verniel Lindy Kuhfuss, 49 of rural Wabasha, a former Rochester dance band arranger and drummer and a retired electronics scientist, died Saturday at the St Elizabeth Hospital emergency room in Wabasha. He was born May 22, 1927, in Red Wing, and married Ruth Wheeler here on June 17, 1950. He lived in Rochester from 1937 to 1955, working as an arranger and drummer for the Kuhfuss Brothers Dance Band. He also arranged music for Bennett and Greten band, Skippy Anderson, Lynn Kerns, Al Moehnke and the Six Fat Dutchmen bands.
He moved to Palo Alto, Calif., in 1955, working for the Varian Co. The family returned to this area in December. He was a World War II Navy veteran.
Source: https://www.discogs.com/Kuhfuss-Brothers-Out-Of-Tune-Waltz-Eleen-Polka/release/14505033
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