Polka in Central Minnesota
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In the mid 70's, Tony and Betty Wolf came up with the idea of making a recording featuring some of their music students playing their concertinas. It was an opportunity for most of us to gain some recording experience that likely would not ever happen for us on our own.
Deutschmeisters and Friends is a compilation of various concertina solos played by students accompanied by Betty on the piano and various Deutschmeister musicians on drums, as well as some great original selections from earlier recordings by Tina and Betty Wolf and the Deutschmeisters Orchestra. Deutschmeisters and Friends was originally released on vinyl L.P. in the mid 70's. It is one of the later of 19 recordings released by the Deutschmeisters.
Tony passed away in 1980. On Semptember 26, 1988 Betty married John Buermann an accomplished concertina player in his own right. Together they reside in the Cold Spring, Minnesota area. At 85 years of age, Betty hasn't lost a beat as she continues to enjoy playing her piano to John's concertina solos.
On behalf of fellow musicians, both living and deceased, I'd like to say "Thank You" to Tony and Betty and the entire Deutschmeisters Family for the opportunity to be part of this great recording, "Deutschmeisters and Friends".
We hope you enjoy listening to this recording as much as we enjoyed making it.
Disk 1
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Disk 2
This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 03 August, 2010.