About Me

Hello! My name is Danny Louis, and I've been following the Cleveland polka scene since 2018. Because of the pandemic, I didn't actually start going to events until 2021. Now the question I get most often is "How does a kid in St. Louis get interested in Cleveland-style polkas?". Well, it's a combination of my maternal grandfather having some Lawrence Welk albums, and my dad having an accordion still in his mother's house back from when he took lessons. I don't have a band, but I've had the privilege of sitting in with a few of the greats. Other instruments I play are keyboard and slide trombone, just don't ask me to play the latter.