Artist description Versatile old time and ballroom dance band of the late 1950's and 1960s.

Artist History The History of Brother Burr and the Burros............... Graydon attended a one-room schoolhouse where Evelyn (Olson) Dorschner taught Grades one through six. While Graydon was in his third grade, she asked all the students what they thought they would do as adults. Graydon responded by saying that he planned to become a Bandleader of a polka band. From time to time, his Third Grade Teacher would remind him of that prophetic statement.......... Several years later, at the age of 18, Graydon wrote these words for the cover of his first LP recording, "We started the orchestra upon my graduation from Kenyon High School, which was in 1956. Our first occasion to play for a dance was for the centennial of my home town, Kenyon Minnesota.".......... At the time these recordings were made, Brother Burr and the Burros was, perhaps, the youngest old time band playing in a steady venue of popular dance halls around Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Nebraska. When these recordings were made, Graydon was 23. The other band members were about the same age, ranging in only a few years either way. They came from Claremont, Owatonna, Rochester, Kenyon, Red Wing and the Twin Cities. Some of their members attended college in Mankato and in the Twin Cities. Others, who had graduated from colleges, were Music Teachers, Engineers and full-time Professional Musicians.......... Versatility with a wallop was the trademark of Brother Burr and the Burros, as they wheeled along.

Group Members The Artists who are included in the WHEEL BURRO album are..... Greg Baker - saxophone and clarinet; Joe Brough - saxophone, clarinet and piano; Graydon Burow - Bandleader, accordion and vibes; Wayne (Buck) Burow - drums; Jeff Cole - trumpet and trombone; Gene Eiden - trumpet and trombone; Bob Farley - saxophone and clarinet; Arnold Kuntz - accordion and piano; Gene Paulsen - tuba; Roger Schultz - vocal; Bob Schley - saxophone and clarinet; Gene Silkey- trombone and trumpet; Jim Thede - banjo........... The Arrangers who are included in the WHEEL BURRO album are: Graydon Burow, Bob Farley, Neil Kuhfuss, Ron Nadherny, and John (Skinny) Thomas...... The WHEEL BURRO album was recorded at Kay Bank Recording Studios, in Minneapolis, MN. The doors were open and there were people dancing on Nicollett Avenue, near the Flame Café, while this recording was being created. The Artists who are included in the LIVE AT THE PLA MOR album are: Greg Baker - saxophone and clarinet; Joe Brough - saxophone, clarinet and piano; Graydon Burow - Bandleader, accordion and vibes; Wayne (Buck) Burow - drums; Jeff Cole - trumpet and trombone; Gene Eiden - trumpet and trombone; Arnold Kuntz - accordion and piano; Leo Lentz - tuba; Bob Schley - saxophone and clarinet; Gene Silkey- trombone and trumpet............ The Arrangers who are included in the LIVE AT THE PLA MOR album are: Graydon Burow Bob Farley Neil Kuhfuss Ron Nadherny John (Skinny) Thomas....................... The LIVE AT THE PLA MOR album was created by electronically processing several tape segments recorded at the Pla Mor Ballroom, near Rochester, MN from 1960 through 1962. The original tape segments were recorded by Leo Lentz and Greg Baker. In 2001, these segments were sent to Arleigh Baker who produced this CD. While it is clearly not of studio or sound stage quality, it does present a truly historic reproduction of the band as it played in live performances at one of the bands most frequented ballrooms, the Pla Mor, near Rochester.

Instruments Accordion,Clarinets, Saxophones, Trumpets, Trombones, Tuba, Vibraphone, Drums

Albums WHEEL BURRO, on Pleasant Peasant LP 35-61

Location Faribault, MN - USA

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