Secrets of the City

I really enjoy the accordion guy who plays at The Black Forest.

if a black guy plays accordion in the forest, can anyone hear him?

I wish I could afford an accordian ):

I’m with you Wayne.

I play piano in my band, and I we’ve said many times how cool it would be if I played accordion too. The band even offered to chip in if I found one.

I started shopping and seemed like $500 was the going rate for a bargain accordion. So, like owning a Honda S2000, Cannondale road bike, and this, I’ll have to wait until I strike it rich.

My grams played the accordian well into her 90’s, as well as the piano. She never learned to read music, just did it all by ear…

I always thought playing piano with your ears would be both painful and difficult. But playing accordion with your ears? That’s amazing!

Smartass…hehe!

Paddy O’Brian, one of the great Irish accordion (aka button box) players lives in the Twin Cities. Also be sure and check out the weekly Sunday session at Keegan’s for some great Irish accordion playing.

My boss plays the accordion! He looks cute in it!

That must be a big accordian…or your boss is a very small man…HEYOOO!

accordion by amy rice
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amy_rice/429807732/

Accordions under the influence of polka must be stopped. It’s aural abuse.

On the other hand, accordions used to play french torch songs and stuff of the DeVotchka influence is respected and encouraged.

An accordian player finishes a show, and puts his accordian in the back seat of his car. On the way home, he decides to stop in at the corner bar. After a beer, he comes out and sees the back window of his car has been smashed.

Fearing the worst, he runs over to the car, looks in the back seat, and lets out a scream of pure horror.

In the seat are two accordians.

Although not an accordion, this thread puts me in mind of the following cartoon, for some reason.

Q: What’s the definition of perfect pitch?
A: When you throw a banjo into the dumpster and it hits the accordion.

My boss plays the banjo too! He looks cute in it!

I like this cartoon! Not sure what it has to do with anything though!

The relevance is questionable, I grant you that.

Hey! Look over there!

*sound of running feet*

Actually, the cartoon reminds me of old timey music. Like this!

I played the accordian as a kid. A very Duluth thing.

It was so hot! OK, not at all. But I made lots of old ladies happy. It’s a difficult instrument.

I see from your site that on Saturday June 21st at 2pm, the Renewable Energy Workshops are playing.

Dude, those guys are so amazing live. I remember seeing them when they were just a small wind-pump.

There are so many buttons! WTF! How does anyone play it?

The Renewable Energy Workshops are so, like, totally green and shit.

I’ll be there to flick my ethanol lighter for the encores.

So, I found out that before I was born my family all decided to take accordion lessons. Apparently, they’d practice their trade on the front porch of my grandma’s house. So, basically in the 60s or 70s, there were a bunch of black people sitting outside in North Minneapolis playing the accordion together. Pretty much what happens all the time in modern day North Minneapolis.