Artist description Founded to play at a St. Patrick's day festival, The Blarney Stein is America's only Irish Polka band. The Blarney Stein combines the music and style of Germany with shamrocks, leprecauns, and other Irish cliches.

Music Style Irish Polka

Musical Influences Beck's, Guinness

Similar Artists Frankie Yankovic (polka king), James Galway (Irish new-age flute king)

Artist History CAMBRIDGE, Ohio — For driving through the city with his windows rolled down and his truck's stereo blaring, a man was sentenced to listen to four hours of greatest hits by Frankie Yankovic, polka king. Municipal Judge John Nicholson found Alan Law guilty of disorderly conduct and ordered him to pay a $100 fine or listen to polka tunes. Law chose to face the music. Nicholson picked Yankovic's music because he thought Law, 19, would not be a fan of the Cleveland polka legend, who died in 1998. "Most of the time I try to impart the Golden Rule to people: Do unto others as you would have others do unto you," Nicholson said. "You may enjoy listening to your music, but many people do not want to hear your music." Law listened to the full four hours of Yankovic's hits, which include "Blue Skirt Waltz," "Who Stole the Kishka" and "Too Fat Polka," in a police-station interview room Thursday.

Group Members Ewan McHitlar, accordion Bono Mengele, loud metal banging things Kaiser O'Shaughnessey, keyboard Erin-Go-Bratwurst, saxophone Sinead O'Himmler, clarinet matt somebody, trombone

Instruments accordion, loud metal banging things, keyboard, clarinet, trombone

Location Columbus, OH - USA

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