• 1. Snow Flower Polka
• 2. Beautiful America Waltz (Krasna Amerika)
• 3. Texas Schottische
• 4. Corn Cockle Polka
• 5. Song Of The War (Bude Vojna Bude)
• 6. Hayseed Polka
• 7. Wooden Heart
• 8. Edelweiss
• 9. Cotton Eyed Joe
• 10. Once On A Sunday Waltz
• 11. On Our Porch Polka
• 12. Stone Heart Waltz
• 13. Shiner Song
• 14. Der Itzig Kommt Geritten
• 15. At The Spring Waltz
• 16. El Rancho Grande
• 17. Orphan Waltz
• 18. Dancing Polka
• 19. Musicians Come Out And Play
• 20. Zwei Wie Wir Zwei
• 21. If I Were A Bird Polka
• 22. Prune Waltz
• 23. Oh Susanna Schottische
• 24. My Marian Waltz
• 25. A Ja Sam (All By Myself)

• Status Message

Ever wonder where cowboys like Jimmie Rodgers got their yodeling from? A town name like Schulenberg, Texas, offers a clue. The truth is, they got it from European immigrants, and even today if you travel through small towns in Americas West, sometimes in the middle of Texas, you’ll find orderly rows of houses with little gardens and clear German architecture, and authentic Bavarian polka and waltz bands blaring oompah oompah into the night. German journalist/musician Thomas Meinecke (who also fronts the spirited mutant Bavarian post-punk outfit F.S.K.) has traveled around Texas, collecting and recording German music that exists in Americas heartlands (his bandmate Michaela took the excellent photographs), and the results shine on this German import compilation, simply one of the most wonderful out-of-the-blue records you’ll ever hear. The crowning moment is Adolph Hofner’s “Beautiful America,” a stomping waltz so full of optimism and patriotism it will bring a tear to the eye of even the most jaded soul. This CD presents a smorgasbord of toodling tubas, stomping oompahs and spirited yodeling: if you like the Latin Playboys, Boozoo Chavis, Tom Waits of Dixieland jazz, its worth checking out. Ja! Sehr gut!