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Brave Combo

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Biography

Applying the polka and world-music dance treatment to a most unlikely song lineup ("People Are Strange," "Sixteen Tons," "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," "O Holy Night"), Brave Combo formed in the late '70s in the small Texas hometown of vocalist and guitarist Carl Finch, recorded three albums for the self-owned Four Dots label, and later moved to Rounder. The group's line-up, though constantly shifting, began to coalesce around Finch, horn player jeffrey barnes, bassist Bubba Hernandez, and either Mitch Marine or Joseph Cripps on percussion. After signing with Rounder in the late '80s, Brave Combo released the 1987 compilation Musical Varieties before recording nine albums with the label by the mid-'90s. The group also backed up pop figure Tiny Tim on his last collection of songs, 1996's Good Girl Gone Bad. Polkasonic followed three years later, and in the spring of 2000 Brave Combo resurfaced with Parts of the Process. After recording a live album for Cleveland International (Kick-Ass Polkas, 2001), in 2003 they returned to Rounder for Box of Ghosts, a collection of classical themes dressed up Brave Combo style. Among various other recording and performing activities during the 21st century, the band also appeared on avant accordionist extraordinaire Guy Klucevsek's The Multiple Personality Reunion Tour in 2012. ~ John Bush, Rovi

Top Tracks

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  1.  
    Lyrics
    Who's got a beard that's long and white?
    Santa's got a beard that's long and white
    Who comes around on a special night?
    Santa comes around on a special night
    Special night, beard that's white
    Must Be Santa - (4:42)  -  224 plays
  2.  
    Lyrics
    Oj od krakowa jade,
    Z dalekiej obcej strony.
    Bo mi nie cheilei dac, hosa dyna,
    Mary's ulubiony.
    Ej szerokim goscicem,
    Hosa Dyna - (3:44)  -  132 plays
  3. Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah - (2:50)  -  125 plays
  4.  
    Lyrics
    In heaven there is no beer
    (No beer)
    That's why we drink it here
    And when we're all gone from here
    Our friends will be drinking all the beer
    In Heaven, There is No Beer - (2:41)  -  83 plays
  5.  
    Lyrics
    Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
    Jack Frost nipping at your nose
    Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
    And folks dressed up like Eskimos
    Everybody knows some tofu and some mistletoe
    The Christmas Song - (2:58)  -  99 plays
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