Wednesday, May 6, 2009

World Accordion Day

On this date in 1829 the accordion received its patent. To celebrate the 180th birthday of this instrument, the Confederation Internationale des Accordéonistes mark May 6th as World Accordion Day.
I find the accordion interesting to watch being played but hard on the ears. In fact, the accordion is the main instrument for two of the most annoying musical genres ever created--Polka and Tejano (not to mention "Weird Al" Yankovic.) Having said that, If I'm flipping through channels and land on a PBS rerun of Myron Floren on the Lawrence Welk show I'm gonna watch it. The sound might be down but I'm watching (and the clothes on that show were so horrendously awful you can't not watch.) There's something oddly entertaining about the mini keyboard and the dozens of small buttons and the squeezing of the bellows. But that sound.......yech.
KRTX was a Tejano station in Houston, Texas. In December, 2008 they switched to a Spanish Contemporary Christian format. Tejano 980 was licensed to Rosenburg, Texas.

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