The Versatones classic six piece format and multi-influential roots have developed from a mixture of past Rock & Roll experience, Country & Western, Cajun, and Tex-Mex music. But it's the progressive sound which the Versatones have achieved with their six pieces which has modernized polka music. Heralded as "today's true alternative dance music", this is no longer your grandparents' polka!
Born in 1967, Eddie Blazonczyk Jr was raised in the music industry. Obviously influenced by his father's career, he followed in his footsteps playing polka music and by 1989, he was touring with the Versatones as well. In 1997, after playing and singing alongside his father the previous 8 years, Eddie Blazonczyk Jr took over the operations of the Versatones. In 2002, Eddie Blazonczyk Sr retired from the band due to health reasons. The following year, Eddie Jr and the Versatones received their 14th Grammy nomination for their recording "My Father's Shoes". Today Eddie Jr and the Versatones proudly carry on a legacy started over 40 years ago on the South Side of Chicago, the evolution and advancement of polka music and their heritage. To see Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones perform "live", you will truly understand why they have been proclaimed the Nations 1 Polka Band!
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You guys rocked in Frankenmuth!......It was awsome!....headin down to Wyanedot (or however you spell it) in November....can't wait. But hey..you guys gotta tune in that fiddle ahead of time. EVERYBODY wants to hear "the fox". thanks again guys.......
Thanks again for adding me, Eddie. Every musician on myspace should have at least one polka player in his friends list. I hope you'll visit my page to check out "Killing Time in Tokyonesia" and some of my other songs. I'm hoping to release my first CD soon. Keep up the good work and take care always.
Hi! Danke fürs "Freund" sein. Mit lieben Grüssen vom Kopf bis zu den Füßen :-) Wer Songs sucht, sollte mal in unseren Player hören.(Kleine Auswahl) --- Hi! Thanks for beeing friends here at myspace! You have to take a listen to my Songoffers. (Ask for more) Ralf Pisch - Edition Geli & Edition G. Point (EMI Songs) www.pisch-music.de
I congratulate you on your beautiful music! I like! I said of what you think of my style, because I am quite new on myspace and I shall like becoming known in the USA. Greetings of France. Patrick
Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too! Ruby Jane
