Wisconsin Country Music Minute: Goose Island Ramblers
The Goose Island Ramblers were a beloved trio of musicians
from southern Wisconsin
George Gilbertson, Bruce Bollerud, and "Windy" Whitford. They performed a style of music that the folklorist Jim Leary has described as "polkabilly." That is, they perform German-Polish dance music, along with southern hillbilly music.
"There's No Norwegians in Dickeyville"
from southern Wisconsin
♪ There never was and there never will ♪ ♪ Be no Norwegians in Dickeyville ♪ When they went on stage, they gave a complete show. They reminded listeners that country music was once more than just a singer going before a microphone, doing a song, and then leaving the stage. They recall the days when country music was a complete stage show, full of humor, dance, songs, and all kinds of entertainment.
polkabilly music
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