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We'd worked up a few songs, and lead singer Tony, of humble Greek Orthodox origins in Gary, Indiana, requested a song departing from our thinly disguised social political satire. How about a song about olives, dusty hills, the old country? This was the result.

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from Polka Changed My Life Today!, released October 1, 2016
Tony Patellis, lead vocals
Richie Lawrence, accordion, bg vocs
Michael Rose, saxophones
Ray Symczyk, mandolin, trumpet, guitar
Peter Lacques, harmonica, guitar
Peter Curry, bass, bg vocs
Paul Lacques, drums, bg vocs

song by Paul Lacques and Richie Lawrence

Produced by Paul Lacques, Richie Lawrence, and Rotondi, with Dennis Moody
Engineered and mixed by Dennis Moody at Mad Hatter Studios, Silverlake

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Rotondi Los Angeles, California

All three Rotondi releases! Polka Changed My Life Today also has live tracks and some of our earliest recordings.

Rotondi formed in 1984 out of a collective dream of L.A. roots musicians escaping the quantized world of MTV. We toured the nation, played with the polka legends, did lots of TV, and brought the accordion, old world theatricality, and three piece drum set back to pop America.
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