THE
POLKAHOLICS!
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The Polkaholics are a Chicago
Left to right: Jolly James Wallace on bass and vocals, Dandy Don Hedeker on guitar and vocals, and Action Jackson Wilson on drums and vocals (photo by Vera Gavrilovic).
"The Polkaholics stun and amaze while
wreaking havoc to both traditional polka and rock genres"
.... The Chicago
MP3 Audio Files
Polkaholics Theme - our first song on our debut CD
Who Stole The Kishka - a fun cover from our debut CD
Ten Drinks to the Floor - from our "Polkas on Guitar" CD
Gamera of Gladstone Park - from our "Six Pack" CD
SHOWS | Merchandise | My Space
Videos
at YouTube | Links | Polka Scene Zine| James' blog | Photos at Flickr
Some press:
BEEPING POLKA
Lisa Balde wrote an
entertaining and wunderbar story of our polkaholism, in Beep
PIMPS OF POLKA
Michelle Darwish
did a well-researched piece on our polkatrocity,
including several great quotes from Chicagoland polka
notables, in Medill News Service
POLKA IN THE READER
Peter Margasak
wrote all about The Polkaholics in his Post No Bills
column in The Reader.
The Polkaholics take Centerstage in this story of our rise to the top of the
beer barrel!
CHRONICLING OUR POLKA
Scott Richert
chronicled our crazy polka ways and manic performance at the On The Waterfront fest in
WASHINGTON POST POLKA
Carlo Rotella wrote
this amazing article about the diversity of Chicago polka, including our
attempts to pulverize it, in The
Washington Post!
POLKA IN JAPAN
Check out this Associated Press article
by Paul Singer featuring The Polkaholics and the
growing polka rock movement. It was published all across the
POLKA COUP D'ETAT
The Polkaholics were actually
written about by the legendary music writer Robert Christgau in his column in this trendy
