Lyrics

"Laverne and Shirley"

Give us any chance we'll take it
Leave us any rule we'll break it
We're gonna make our dreams come t...

Biography

Members of Those Darn Accordions! are not the same slaves to Lawrence Welk's style of polka that your parents or grandparents listened to on a Saturday night. Their accordions are just as likely to belt out quirky and comical renditions of Led Zeppelin or Grand Funk Railroad tunes as heart-pumping, old-fashioned polkas. Original tunes, full of clever twists and centered on such topics as bowling or science fiction films, also are featured in the repertoire. To get a good mental picture of one of the band's shows, picture a tattooed octogenarian belting out "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy." Or "We're an Accordion Band," sung to the tune of "We're an American Band." It's sort of like polka's version of Weird Al Yankovic, with an accordion in his parody-loving hands. The group started out in 1989 supposedly for a one-night only gig, thanks to accordion player Big Lou, previously of Polkacide.

Discography