{"id":1069,"date":"2009-04-19T00:01:05","date_gmt":"2009-04-19T04:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2011-07-20T00:38:08","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T04:38:08","slug":"the-shmenge-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/2009\/04\/19\/the-shmenge-brothers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shmenge Brothers"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guitarlicksandtips.com\/2009\/04\/18\/who-says-polka-bands-dont-rock\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\">The Schmenge Brothers<\/a>, like many of the Canadians of the day, were a happy bunch that didn&#8217;t mind making fun of themselves in front of the world. We could all relate to these overly happy go lucky guys. When ever watching these guys on SCTV, they made me feel like I was in the show because the circle of friends I had back then, acted like them from time to time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1080 aligncenter\" title=\"schmengebrothers\" src=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/schmengebrothers-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" align=\"center\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/schmengebrothers-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/schmengebrothers.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While growing up in Brantford, I had tons of Polish friends that I went to school with. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c354d1e329b235f1862b41000f5a4d18\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* Guitar_inpost_300x250 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3631424768\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<!--CusAds-->\n<p>These guys and girls were really the salt of the earth bunch. Like all good R.C.-ers, X-mas was a big part of <em>our lives<\/em> and the Schmenge brothers just loved to celebrate and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MqvFYXybtgA\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ext-link\">share their Lutonian Christmas traditions<\/a> with others.<\/p>\n<p>The traditional polish, polka band stereo type was always a silly topic that we constantly brought up in conversation. <\/p>\n<p>This was because everyone, at least that I knew, back then had someone who was in one of these types of bands. When you got to know the band members and see them live, most of them had those similar on stage persona&#8217;s, just like that of the Schmenge Brothers characters!<\/p>\n<p>So this post is dedicated to all my old happy wanderers polish buddies who had rock and roll polka bands in the past! 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