Track Listing

1. Let's Have a Party
2. Red Raven Polka (I Love to Polka)
3. Dance, Dance, Dance
4. Rendezvous Waltz
5. Tic-Toc Polka
6. Roseann Polka
7. Marichka Moya
8. Baby Doll Polka
9. No Beer Today
10. Bye Bye Baby
11. Blue Skirt Waltz
12. Cafe Polka

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #703880 in Music
• Released on: 2000-06-20
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
In December 1995, something happened that will never happen again. For one sizzling week, the frozen plains of Western Canada played host to the final tour of two of the world’s great traditional music icons – Frankie Yankovic and Walter Ostanek. The two front men were supported by a fine cast of musicians; that of the Western Senators Band. Leader Brian Sklar, Lorne Pavelick, Joe Schultz, Jay Michaels, Milt Tyke and Al Robertson formed the foundation of the final tour for then 80-year old Frankie Yankovic. At the conclusion of this final tour, Frankie retired to enjoy three more years with his family before passing away in 1998.

Customer Reviews

A "live" recording without the atmosphere
This recording was made in 1995, but released in 2000. At the age of 80, America's Polka King Frankie Yankovic launched his final live tour, taking Canada's Polka King Walter Ostanek with him. A live recording almost never sounds as good as one made in a studio, and this one is certainly no exception. To compensate, one expects to be able to soak up some of the atmosphere of the live performance. That is not possible here, because of the way the tracks are put together. Instead of blending the end of one track into the beginning of the next, the producers have elected to end each track abruptly, and begin the next equally abruptly, with a second or two of silence between. Sometimes, Frankie's introductions and outroductions are chopped off in mid-sentence. Far better choices would be Frank's last two CDs, Songs of the Polka King volumes 1 and 2, recorded in 1996 and 1997 respectively.