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Here’s a quick note from the Doctor….



We are proud to release our new recording “Tastes Like Chicken,” the band’s third recording and our first since “Just What the Doctor Ordered” was issued in 2000.

It was easily one of the most frequent questions we got—when are you going to put out another recording? So we now have an answer for that question, and we hope everyone likes what we’ve put together on Tastes Like Chicken.

The 20-song collection includes original tunes written by band member Gary Hagen, as well as songs borrowed and adapted from different musical styles. From the original “Gather ‘Round the Bandstand” that opens the recording to unique covers of popular songs, the line-up is full of imagination.

Not forgetting the roots of polkas, we included a nice set of traditional numbers that are most requested during our live performances. It’s basically an homage to the groups and musicians that influenced the members of Doctor Kielbasa. Specific songs or arrangements by artists including Blazonczyk, Lil’ Wally, Gomulka, Yankovic, Liszka, the Dynatones, and The Boys round out the new recording and add a familiar element we hope will please a wide range of polka fans.

When we first started talking about cutting another album, we came up with a handful of original tunes and covers unique to our band that we had been playing live for awhile. It was pretty easy to get to 10 or 12 new tunes, but then we got to thinking why not include a bunch of traditional polka tunes that we like to play or that get requested most often when we perform. We think we picked really good songs that have stood the test of time, no matter who recorded the songs or how often they have been done. Most of them are ‘classics’ of polka music.

Now in our 12th year, we are enjoying a positive reputation for performing good polka music and providing fun dances. Even though we don’t travel much out of state, some people tell us we have made our mark in polka history in Minnesota and the upper Midwest region. For those kind compliments, were are humbled and say thanks.

Doctor Kielbasa started as a fun hobby shared among a group of friends and musicians who had played polkas for years, but never played collectively together. The members of the band currently live in Cloquet, Duluth, Fridley, Edina, Columbia Heights, and Prior Lake, Minnesota, respectively.

We have a nice schedule set for this year and several gigs already in place for next, so it looks like we’ll be around for at least a little while longer.