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I moved to Texas in the mid-eighties, and started going to shows all over Texas. We would go see music all the time all over the East Coast. Which was always a double win for me! We would sing and dance in the living room watching Lawrence Welk, and my grandparents knew all the words to every song. My grandfather had season tickets to the Pirates games, and there was a rule in the house вЂ“ no tickets to the game unless the Lawrence Welk program was watched in its entirety. Kinds, and encouraged me to play and listen to everything. Polka was very popular there in the seventies it was everywhere. I was born in Pittsburgh, PA where my grandparents lived in the Polish Hill neighborhood. I always give a nod to the DK on the stadium wall when I go to the Later that night a bunch of the players came to our show at the old BonTon room on Washington Ave, including Mark Portugal and then rookie Darryl Kile. A friend of ours, Casey Candaele, was on the team at that time and gave us front row tickets for the game.

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Years ago around 1991 when I was on tour with Mojo Nixon full time, we got to see the Astros in the Dome, back in the days of Biggio, Bagwell, Caminiti. I have been following the Astros since the day I moved to Texas. It is an original tune but I wanted to evoke the style of the old Houston Oilers #1 song of the seventies which was such a great anthem for the city. I love those Houston Astros so much I wrote a tune called I Love Those Houston Astros. I just liked the way that all came together very quickly, it felt right.

All the bands play it but there are not many recordings of it, and the words in my head just fell into place with the melody. I always felt Apples, Peaches to be a very strong Houston traditional number.

Why Apples Peaches Pumpkin Pie for the Altuve Polka ? WhatвЂ™s the tune for I Love Those Houston Astros ? We did get to meet the owner Jim Crane, the president Reid Ryan, the GM Jeff Luhnow, and the great Nolan Ryan, who are all fans of the songs and us, so I'm hopeful we will get a chance to meet Jose soonвЂ¦maybe spring training. We have yet to meet Jose, but he did say, 'I love it. Love for the city, POLKA, and the Houston Astros was in the air the whole time. We played for the fans, who were all smiling back at us. Jim Crane, owner of the Houston Astros, and family stopped by before the float took off to meet the band. Gordon at his day job вЂ“ manager of the Continental Club in downtown Houston вЂ“ to learn how he and the guys got caught up in the championship frenzy that rocked the city. Texas Polka News caught up with Polish Pete They had their own float with Houston pitching legend Nolan Ryan riding along to the polka beat. When the Astros won it all, the team invited Polish Pete and his band to be a part of the downtown victory parade on Fri., Nov. They made and posted that video within 8 hours of writing it. That victory inspired Pete and the guys to create another YouTube

(Larry said he loved the Altuve Polka.) YouвЂ™ll recall Game 5 was the 10-inning, five-hour thriller in Minute Maid Park.

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The Altuve Polka garnered Polish Pete an invite to Game 5 from Astros management, where he hob-knobbed with TV talk show legend and Los Angeles Dodger fan Larry King behind home Polkabeat Facebook fans made it the most shared video in the pageвЂ™s history. The video went viral easily racking up 100,000 views in no time. With the help of PeteвЂ™s video-producer friend, Jason Yu, a video was made and posted to YouTube within 24 hours of recording the song. He and his Polka? I Hardly Know Her Band whipped out a ditty called the Altuve Polka inspired by American League MVP, second baseman Jose Altuve.

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This yearвЂ™s World Series had it all вЂ“ pitching duels, homerun rallies, celebrity fans, extra innings, AND polka! Houston AstrosвЂ™ mega fan Polish Pete made sure of that. Featured in December 2017 issue of Texas Polka News

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