Polka culture still kicking
Indigenous brings blues as family effort
INDIGENOUS from page 12
1 plays congas, as well as other percus
sion instruments in the band
“He was having some trouble, so
we told him to come on down,” Pte said
“It wasn’t too long that I asked him ifhe
wanted to play.”
Mato Nanji said his father told the
band it couldn’t play publicly until they
completed two years of practice.
Indigenous went on to write and
rehearse for five years before they
played their first show in front of a
small crowd at a bingo hall in Marty.
Things have definitely changed in
the venue and attendance departments.
Indigenous played for President
Clinton’s 1996 Inaugural Ball celebra
tion, and has sold out clubs in every
comer of the United States.
Things must be going well for
them, as the group has played 260
shows in the past year.
Pte said he recently learned that die
band’s song “Things We Do” is the sec
ond most-requested song on R&R
charts in the United States.
While Mato Nanji said the band’s
growing success was “awesome,” his
younger brother had a more reserved
response to the band’s growing audi
ence.
“It’s not really about winning
Grammies or any of that,” Pte said. “We
love what we are doing and want to do
it as long as possible. That’s what it’s
about”
Mato Nanji said that while his band
is proud of its heritage, it doesn’t neces
sarily mean his group has to use native
drums to express themselves.
“Some (American Indians) do that
and hat’s cool,” he said. “But this is he
music we grew up with and feel closest
to.”
With titles such as “Now That
You’re Gone,” the band’s lyrics are
mostly dreamy words based on tradi
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tionaJ blues themes such as lost love.
Pte said that the success Indigenous
has had on the national blues-rock cir
cuit has been fun. Yet he spoke proudly
of a more humble performance the
group used to put on almost nightly.
“I remember when we were just
starting, we’d play all night long in the
living room,” he said. “Mom and Dad
would listen to us until they fell asleep
on the couch.”
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What: Indigenous
Where: Zoo Bar, 134 N. 14th
When: 9:30 p.m. today
Cost: $10
The Skinny: Yankton Nakota band returns
to Zoo at the cusp of national blues fame
POLKA from page 12
much polka as before, there were
still those who heard and enjoyed it
via their parents, grandparents or
other family members, and it was
those people who kept polka a proud
tradition in Nebraska.
He said younger musicians such
as Mark Vhlydal, Jim Kucera and
Barry Boyce were definitely accept
ing the torch and carrying polka on,
despite gamering little respect out
side of the die-hard polka loyalists.
“It’s been a part of this culture
since the people came over to this
country from Europe. It was some
thing they could cling to from their
roots, and then preserve through the
generations,” Lane said.
“I think it will stay like that, sim
ply because in the last 30 years the
music itself hasn’t changed one bit.
That makes me think the style will
stay true to form.”
Nadhemy said it was that basic
style that had kept it around all these
years. He said there was one simple
element about polka that would
always keep people coming - fun.
“The thing about polka is that
when the people go to the polka
dance, it’s like one big, happy family
getting together and having a happy
party.”
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What: Polka Night at the Pla-Mor Colorado
River Boys and the Ron Nadhemy Polka
Band
Where: Pla-Mor Ballroom, 6600 West 0 St
When: 8 p.m. today
Cost: $5 for symposium participants, $8
general admission
The Skinny : Two Midwest Polka bands
perform traditional Czech and German-style
Polka
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