Biography
Performing on the accordion starting at the age of five, and playing professionally since I was 15, of course my main influences are Frankie Yankovic, Walter Ostanek, and Joey Miskulin. I have been a guest performer with many other bands before forming my own. I have been on many radio interviews as well as a local music TV show in Cleveland. I have had the honor of performing in eight states as well as in Canada. I have also had the honor to share the stage with the late America's Polka King Frankie Yankovic, Walter Ostanek, Buckwheat Zydeco, and the Dark Star Orchestra. We are a band that gets the audience invovled, and make them feel great. We are trying to introduce to the mainstream public a blend of music that has been around longer than rock and roll. Most recently, in 2008, Johnny's music made the initial ballot in four categories for the Grammy Awards.
Instrumentation
Johnny Koenig-Piano Accordion/Button Accordion/Vocals
Bass/Vocals
Banjo/Guitar/Vocals
Drums/Vocals
Second Accordion/Tenor Sax/Clarinet/Vocals
Discography
Just released my first full lenth album "The New Kid In Town" in February 2007. It is receiving airplay throughout the country, but notably in Cleveland, Pennsylvania and the north midwest.
Links
| http://www.johnnykoenig.com |