ANDY – A Tribute to my dear late friend, Andy Grant Andrew Gilbert Grant in reflective pose (photograph by the late Lionel O’Keefe) Is it really possible to convey to you, the reader, the many aspects that makes a relationship alive, the smiles, the laughs and the good times spent […]
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Button Accordian Styles of the ”Vienna system” button accordion (C, G, C-F, G-C, A-D, G-C-F) After many years closely observing many traditional diatonic button accordion players throughout eastern Australia and parts of South Australia, with a particular emphasis on southern Queensland it was possible to reach some conclusions based on […]
Alf Radunz Alf Radunz, playing an un-named set tune that he learn’t as a young man in the Kingaroy District. Press Play for song preview.
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Old Waltz – Fritz Schick (from a recording made in about 1968, Thornville) This beautiful old waltz is played by Fritz Schick – who was a legendary button accordion player from the Thornville district, north of Crows Nest. He plays this un-named tune on his triple-row Hohner button accordion. Fritz […]
Old German Polka – played by Ron Kerle (recording made in Minden, QLD in November 1995) Ron Kerle is playing an old German polka. Ron stated that this tune was often played by a nearby farmer and squeezebox player, Alf Vogel. This tune is played on the old 6-stopper single-row […]
La Mattiche – Button Accordion Duet played by Norm Boughen & Ron Kerle Although an old-time classic accordion tune from a 78rpm recording, Norm Boughen & Ron Kerle use this tune to show their skills as experienced accordion players. They have played together for decades and in this tune they […]
Old Barn Dances – Lockyer Valley (Recorded in August 1986) A sequence of old Lockyer Valley barn dances played on button accordion by Norm Boughen and Ron Kerle of Minden. Norm and Ron knew literally hundreds of dance and song tunes from the German pioneering communities that have been played […]
