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Category: Music
SO WHAT'S THE SERFS ALL ABOUT? IS IT SERF MUSIC? WELL .... SIMPLY PUT .... THE SERFS PLAY ACCORDION DRIVEN ROCK INSTRUMENTALS - WITH AN ETHNIC TWIST & SOME REALLY FAST "XTREME POLKAS", THROWN IN TO SPICE UP THE DANCE OPTIONS .... THE SERFS MET 15 YEARS AGO AT A POLISH WEDDING WHERE GARY WAS THE STROLLING TRADITIONAL ACCORDIONIST, AND THE BEACH COWBOYS WHERE THE LOCAL SURF & ROCKABILLY BAND & MASTERS OF THE DANCE FLOOR BOOGIE-WOOGIE BEAT .... AND NOW .... WHAT HAS BECOME OF THIS STRANGE AND UNUSUAL RELATIONSHIP? .... WHAT NOW! ... HOW ABOUT .... SUMMER OF 2005, GARY LANDED TWO TRADITIONAL POLKAS FROM HIS SOLO CD "FROM POLAND TO AMERICA" INTO THE PARAMOUNT PICTURES REMAKE STARRING BILLY BOB THORNTON .... "BAD NEWS BEARS 2" .... LISTEN DURING THE SCENE AT THE GERMAN RESTARAUNT, EARLY IN THE MOVIE .... THE SERFS PLAY A COUPLE OF BARS, BUT MOSTLY SUMMER CONCERTS IN THE PARKS, FESTIVALS, AND MANY PRIVATE FUNCTIONS. THE SERFS ARE CURRENTLY ENTERTAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH AGENCIES INTERESTED IN BOOKING MORE OF THESE VENUES IN AREAS BEYOND THE REALM OF THE PRESENTLY KNOWN SERF UNIVERSE. GARY IS EVEN THE SUBJECT OF A MADE FOR TV PILOT, SORT OF A REALITY TV VERSION OF HIS RADIO SHOW IN IT'S 18TH YEAR - "THE POLKA PARTY" ... IT'S SORT OF A 1950'S ETHNIC HOMETOWN RADIO SHOW WITH A CAST OF CHARACTERS (ALL GARY), SPENDING SATURDAY MORNINGS FROM 9 TO 11 US/EST, AT WWW.WUNH.ORG, SPINNING THE WORLD'S HAPPIEST MUSIC & SHARING THE MULTI-ETHNIC STORIES AND CULTURE IN A VERY ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATING STYLE .... IN THE LINER NOTES TO THE SERFS 2004 CD, "CRUISIN' THE CREEK", GARY SAYS, "WHERE I GREW UP YOU DIDN'T PLAY ROCK'N'ROLL ON THE ACCORDION. IT WAS DONE IN SECRET. ACCORDIONISTS WERE EVEN BEING EXPELLED FROM THE FOLK MASS. LAWRENCE WELK AND THE BEATLES DROVE THE FINAL NAILS INTO THE ACCORDION'S COFFIN ... THE ACCORDION BECAME NEARLY EXTINCT, AS IF IT WAS WIPED OUT BY A VIRUS FROM OUTER SPACE .... THE SERFS DRAW ON A LARGE ARRAY OF OLD WORLD MUSICAL TRADITIONS, MANY EASTERN EUROPEAN FOLK STYLES, EARLY AMERICAN MUSIC, AND PROUDLY AND BOLDLY GO WHERE FEW BELIEVE THE ACCORDION BELONGS! .... GARY IS A NH STATE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, AND HAS REPRESENTED THE GRANITE STATE PERFORMING AT BOTH THE KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, AND AT THE SMITHSONIAN FOLK LIFE FEST IN WASHINGTON, DC. HE ALSO TRAVELED TO ROMANIA AS PART OF A STATE DEPARTMENT SPONSORED CULTURAL TOUR. GARY HAS PERFORMED AT THE TEXAS FOLK LIFE FESTIVAL, AND AT THE LOWELL FOLK FESTIVAL .... YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT GARY AT HIS WEB SITE, WWW.GARYSRED.COM .... ALOHA FROM THE BIG SERF KAHUNA!!!
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