"The International Main Street Polka Band" plays Slovenian / Swiss style polka music. The sound is unique, it takes the instrumentation and feel of the American Slovenian polka music and occasionally blends some Swiss Yodeling that is reminiscent of the late Roger Bright and Frankie Yankovic styles.  The band is always a hit at their live performances and can be heard live several times throughout the year.  

"The International Main Street Polka Band" was the idea of Denny Anderson.  The band members had played internationally, they had played on mainstreet in New Glarus, Wisconsin for their polkafest for many years with the Roger Bright Band and they all played polka music, so "The International Main Street Polka Band" was born.  A long title with a true meaning.  In the year 2001 they lost a great friend and musician Roger Bright and in a small way this group is a tribute to the style that Roger Bright created. 

We hope you enjoy reading about us, listening to the music and that your visit through our web site is an enjoyable one.  Please come back and visit us again.

Denny Anderson’s musical career started, playing guitar with his father’s band, "Merle's Polka Boys".  After his father's band he played string bass with "Bob Mastel and the Polka Sharps" a very popular band from Minnesota.  Denny then met and played his first job with “America’s Polka King” "Frankie Yankovic", it was a week engagement, at a popular polka lounge in Virginia, Minnesota and later he went on to perform and record with Frankie Yankovic.  Denny has since toured throughout the United States, Europe, Canada and the Caribbean, and has performed on many national and local television and radio shows including the National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame All-Star Band.  He has recorded with numerous bands and musicians including Roger Bright, Frank Yankovic, Joey Miskulin, Frankie Kramer, Hank Thunander, The Western Senators of Canada and has performed with Steve Meisner, Verne Meisner, Jeff Pecon, Roman Possedi,
Gaylord Klancnik, and Grammy Award winner, “Canada’s Polka King”, "Walter Ostanek".  Denny’s experience and love for Cleveland-Slovenian Style music adds great depth to the "IMSPB".  Denny produced the highly acclaimed “Town & Country Polkas” and “Thanks for Christmas” albums and more recently the very popular latest release "Polkas  Hot" featuring "The International Main Street Polka Band". 

Eric Noltkamper started his musical career on accordion at the age of 13.  At age 15 he played his first job with “America’s Polka King” Frankie Yankovic.  At age 23, he was nominated for four awards by the National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame.  Since that time Eric earned an Associates Degree in Electronic Communication from the Milwaukee Area Technical College.  He also went on to pursue music and is a multi-talented musician playing accordion, piano, button box, concertina, guitar, banjo, bass and drums.  He has played and recorded with such polka celebrities as Herb Eberle, Gordon Hartmann, Frankie Yankovic, Eddie Blazonczyk, Fred Ziwich, Joey Miskulin, Verne & Steve Meisner, Jeff Pecon and Roger Bright.  He has also performed with the National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame All-Star band.  Eric has performed in 16 states and Canada.  Eric’s talents are heard on countless albums in addition to his own band.  In November of 2006 he won The Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame, "Musician of the Year Award".  Eric's talent adds an exceptional level of quality to "The International Main Street Polka Band". 

Dave Austin began playing accordion at the age of 10, then after winning a talent contest; he started performing with the Russ Wilson Band of Wisconsin.  Dave attended polka festivals where he met many talented musicians such as Roger Bright, Joey Miskulin, Joe Fedorchak, Jeff Pecon, and Frank Yankovic.  At age 15, Dave’s father encouraged him to study music theory in a wide variety of music styles to expand his musical development.  Dave became interested in the art of recording and released his first recording, Cleveland Style Polkas in (1990).  Since then he has recorded and produced several albums including Why Not Polka (1991), Polkas and Waltzes Just for You (1991), Memories for You Russ Wilson Orchestra (1992), Hayride Polkas (1992), Russ Wilson and his Orchestra (1994), Dave Austin Plays Party Time Polkas (1999) It’s a Good Day (2003) and Sweet Polka Dot (2007).  From 1996 to 2001 Dave performed and traveled with The Roger Bright Band.  Dave performs with other artists, his own group and more recently added his fill accordion talent to a "Grammy Nominated" album by "Canada's Polka King", "Walter Ostanek".  Dave adds that same "Grammy Quality Musicianship" to "The International Main Street Polka Band". 

Chis Doszak has been playing drums since the age of 6.  He grew up in Joliet, Illinois where his father, Bob Doszak, had a very popular polka band.  The influence of his father’s band and his older brother, drummer, Bob Doszak Jr., sparked Chris’s interest in music and so he also wanted to play drums.  Through out those early years Chris became acquainted with all the greats in the world of polka music, Frankie Yankovic, Verne Meisner, Joey Miskulin, Roger Bright, Myron Floren and the list goes on and on.  Chris was a quick study and became a very skilled drummer in very short period of time.  He soon began working in his father’s band and also with all those famous polka band leaders that Chris had met.  Since those early years Chris has gone on to play and record with some of the finest polka groups in the country.  Chris’s relaxed personality, charm and extreme talent sets him apart from all others and a great addition to, "The International Main Street Polka Band".

So this is the "International Main Street Polka Band" a great crew and they all have fun making people happy.


How fortunate to know and to have recorded with such great and talented people.  "It just doesn't get any better".

 

 

                                                                                    

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                                       Write: Denny Anderson, IMSPB, PO Box 43394, Brooklyn Park, MN 55443-0394
        
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