Copper Box

-Really Like Them
Boisterous, Carefree, Cheerful, Confident, Earthy, Elegant, Energetic, Freewheeling, Fun, Lively, Party, Stylish, Fun

Comments:
Just finished listening to this CD and really enjoyed it. It covers so may different styles and it's also a lot of fun! Here are the tracks I'll be playing from this weekend 20/06:

NEED A LITTLE SQUEEZIN' - JAMBALAYA -
GYPSY DANCER -
HEY BABY, QUÉ PASÓ? -
TIJUANA -
SCHTUMPFER'S CUMBIA -
ZYDECO CHA CHA CHA -
PLEASE PASS THE SCHNAPS - PURPLE BOA -
REDHEADS HAVE MORE FUN - ZYDECO BOOGALOO -
HOWARDS GROVE PARADE.

Keep up the good work and above all, keep having fun!

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-Really Like Them
Boisterous, Carefree, Cheerful, Confident, Earthy, Elegant, Energetic, Freewheeling, Fun, Lively, Party, Stylish, Fun

Comments:
Just finished listening to this CD and really enjoyed it. It covers so may different styles and it's also a lot of fun! Here are the tracks I'll be playing from this weekend 20/06:

NEED A LITTLE SQUEEZIN' - JAMBALAYA -
GYPSY DANCER -
HEY BABY, QUÉ PASÓ? -
TIJUANA -
SCHTUMPFER'S CUMBIA -
ZYDECO CHA CHA CHA -
PLEASE PASS THE SCHNAPS - PURPLE BOA -
REDHEADS HAVE MORE FUN - ZYDECO BOOGALOO -
HOWARDS GROVE PARADE.

Keep up the good work and above all, keep having fun!

Rotation
Added to Library
http://www.live365.com/stations/terzomondo - www.live365.com

Rating:
5/5 (Love Them!)

Description:
Energetic, Fun, Lively

Comments:

Great CD. I just got done reviewing it for on my site.

I gave it a 9 out of 10. Really fun, refreshing, unique sounding music.

Thanks,

C.W. Ross
Senior Writer
cw@indiemusicstop.com
Indie Music Stop
http://www.indiemusicstop.com

Review by Indie Music Stop
on Jun 18, 2008

Here's the direct link to it:

http://cwonline.110mb.com/upb/upb2.2.1/viewtopic.php?id=37&t_id=1
- Indie Music Stop by CW Ross

Rating:
5/5 (Love Them!)

Description:
Energetic, Fun, Lively

Comments:

Great CD. I just got done reviewing it for on my site.

I gave it a 9 out of 10. Really fun, refreshing, unique sounding music.

Thanks,

C.W. Ross
Senior Writer
cw@indiemusicstop.com
Indie Music Stop
http://www.indiemusicstop.com

Review by Indie Music Stop
on Jun 18, 2008

Here's the direct link to it:

http://cwonline.110mb.com/upb/upb2.2.1/viewtopic.php?id=37&t_id=1
- Indie Music Stop by CW Ross

Rating:5 --Love Them!
It's out,!! episode #142 of the Ed's Mixed Bag podcast with your track, "Need A Little Squeezin' "

Podcast Rating:
Definitely - Will add this track to a future podcast
Web Mention

http://www.edsmixedbag.com
http://www.edsmixedbag.com

by Ed's Mixed Bag
- Ed's Mixed Bag Ppdcast

Rating:5 --Love Them!
It's out,!! episode #142 of the Ed's Mixed Bag podcast with your track, "Need A Little Squeezin' "

Podcast Rating:
Definitely - Will add this track to a future podcast
Web Mention

http://www.edsmixedbag.com
http://www.edsmixedbag.com

by Ed's Mixed Bag
- Ed's Mixed Bag Ppdcast

-Really Like Them
I have to admit - it's not very often you'll hear an accordion on my program but this group is irresistible. "Need A Little Squeezin'" was featured on episode #102 of Indie Music Sampler. I love the way this group take a little from several genres and turns it into something you can't quite put your finger on.

Podcast Rating:
Definitely - Will add this track to a future podcast
Web Mention
http://indiemusicsampler.com/2008/06/27/ims-102/
http://indiemusicsampler.com/2008/06/27/ims-102/

by Indie Music Sampler Podcast
- Indie Music Sampler Podcast

-Really Like Them
I have to admit - it's not very often you'll hear an accordion on my program but this group is irresistible. "Need A Little Squeezin'" was featured on episode #102 of Indie Music Sampler. I love the way this group take a little from several genres and turns it into something you can't quite put your finger on.

Podcast Rating:
Definitely - Will add this track to a future podcast
Web Mention
http://indiemusicsampler.com/2008/06/27/ims-102/
http://indiemusicsampler.com/2008/06/27/ims-102/

by Indie Music Sampler Podcast
- Indie Music Sampler Podcast

-Really Like Them
If you want to know how to make a party go mad with delight, you start with the band. You can go the traditional straightforward rock route, but if you want to appeal to a broad array of attendees you've got to have some variety in the sound. So you take elements of Rock, Country, Zydeco, Pokla, Klezmer and even some Jethro Tull-inspired flute playing and you mix them up into one musical super group. Or you could just pick up Need A Little Squeezin', the dynamic and wonderful new CD from Oshkosh, Wisconsin’s own Copper Box.

I'm guessing you'll likely never see Copper Box on MTV-2 or VH-1, but this is an incredibly entertaining band nonetheless. Need A Little Squeezin' works because it is firmly ground in the fundamentals and styles of music that has pleased crowds for ages, but has a modern edge and energy to it similar to the life Brian Setzer breathes into his music.

The title track, Need A Little Squeezin starts off the album with a bang, with the wonderful (and sorely under-represented) vocals of Michelle Jerabek. Her voice has a true Nashville sound with just a hint of a rock edge to it, and is much more interesting than a lot of the bland voices that float out of Nashville these days. This is followed up by Apple Of Your Eye, which has some of the best Ian Anderson-inspired flute playing this side of, well, Ian Anderson.

Need A Little Squeezin' avoids the whole Lawrence Welk sound that I always envision when I see an accordion (although Hopeless Lover definitely rides the edge). What you get instead is a vivacious presentation of new songs in the Zydeco vein, or snappy, modern interpretations of the occasional classic (Jambalaya). Copper Box has created a musical framework that should (in theory) do for Zydeco what Setzer did for small-band swing a number of years ago. Need A Little Squeezin' is a rollicking good time, and will cause spontaneous smiling and dancing at any sensible party. It's a must-hear.

Rating: 4 Stars (Out of 5)

Web Mention
http://wildysworld.blogspot.com/2008/07/cd-review-copper-box-need-little.html
Posted
Will mention in an upcoming blog
http://wildysworld.blogspot.com/2008/07/cd-review-copper-box-need-little.html

by Wildy's World
- by Wildy's World Podcast

-Really Like Them
If you want to know how to make a party go mad with delight, you start with the band. You can go the traditional straightforward rock route, but if you want to appeal to a broad array of attendees you've got to have some variety in the sound. So you take elements of Rock, Country, Zydeco, Pokla, Klezmer and even some Jethro Tull-inspired flute playing and you mix them up into one musical super group. Or you could just pick up Need A Little Squeezin', the dynamic and wonderful new CD from Oshkosh, Wisconsin’s own Copper Box.

I'm guessing you'll likely never see Copper Box on MTV-2 or VH-1, but this is an incredibly entertaining band nonetheless. Need A Little Squeezin' works because it is firmly ground in the fundamentals and styles of music that has pleased crowds for ages, but has a modern edge and energy to it similar to the life Brian Setzer breathes into his music.

The title track, Need A Little Squeezin starts off the album with a bang, with the wonderful (and sorely under-represented) vocals of Michelle Jerabek. Her voice has a true Nashville sound with just a hint of a rock edge to it, and is much more interesting than a lot of the bland voices that float out of Nashville these days. This is followed up by Apple Of Your Eye, which has some of the best Ian Anderson-inspired flute playing this side of, well, Ian Anderson.

Need A Little Squeezin' avoids the whole Lawrence Welk sound that I always envision when I see an accordion (although Hopeless Lover definitely rides the edge). What you get instead is a vivacious presentation of new songs in the Zydeco vein, or snappy, modern interpretations of the occasional classic (Jambalaya). Copper Box has created a musical framework that should (in theory) do for Zydeco what Setzer did for small-band swing a number of years ago. Need A Little Squeezin' is a rollicking good time, and will cause spontaneous smiling and dancing at any sensible party. It's a must-hear.

Rating: 4 Stars (Out of 5)

Web Mention
http://wildysworld.blogspot.com/2008/07/cd-review-copper-box-need-little.html
Posted
Will mention in an upcoming blog
http://wildysworld.blogspot.com/2008/07/cd-review-copper-box-need-little.html

by Wildy's World
- by Wildy's World Podcast

"...This hot zydeco/ swamp blues/swamp rock outfit with a great baritone and tenor sax gal and hot accordion man cooks and swings with some of the best Zydeco groups I've seen anywhere in the country!"
- Wisconsin Blues Society

"...This hot zydeco/ swamp blues/swamp rock outfit with a great baritone and tenor sax gal and hot accordion man cooks and swings with some of the best Zydeco groups I've seen anywhere in the country!"
- Wisconsin Blues Society

The accordion is perhaps one of the least-appreciated musical instruments. Yet a guy as tough as James Ellroy....has an ear for it...

Copper Box makes this easy. Hailing from Oshkosh, this group features Danny Jerabek, a true accordion virtuoso who translates the vivid physicality of the instrument into an idiomatic style that includes elements of rock, Zydeco, blues and (natch) polka.

His wife, Michelle Jerabek, sings with him and also plays flute, guitar and sax. With bassist Kevin Junmann and drummer Jason Van Ryzin, they swing from covers--including a Pink Floyd Polka--with style and humor.

Copper Box's latest album is "Need a Little Squeezin' " --an agreeable sentiment.

JAN. 2009
- Journal Sentinel

The accordion is perhaps one of the least-appreciated musical instruments. Yet a guy as tough as James Ellroy....has an ear for it...

Copper Box makes this easy. Hailing from Oshkosh, this group features Danny Jerabek, a true accordion virtuoso who translates the vivid physicality of the instrument into an idiomatic style that includes elements of rock, Zydeco, blues and (natch) polka.

His wife, Michelle Jerabek, sings with him and also plays flute, guitar and sax. With bassist Kevin Junmann and drummer Jason Van Ryzin, they swing from covers--including a Pink Floyd Polka--with style and humor.

Copper Box's latest album is "Need a Little Squeezin' " --an agreeable sentiment.

JAN. 2009
- Journal Sentinel

Diversity is key...

"We all come from pretty different backgrounds and everyone brings those influences with them," said Michelle Jerabek, who co-leads the band with her husband, Danny. Both Danny and Michelle got their start in polka music, and their first band, K!CK, was known for playing high-energy polka.

But a couple years ago the band decided to break on through to a wider audience by changing its name to Copper Box and diversifying its sound, incorporating the various styles the band members love- from '70s rock to Cajun swamp rock to alt-country- without changing the instrumentation, which includes Danny on squeeze box and trumpet; Michelle on sax and percussion; Danny's brother, Dave, on bass and tuba; Nate Grier on guitar and newest member Jeff Roblee on drums.

The chage has worked.

"It's opened a lot of doors for us, to have a more mainstream sound so we're not pigeonholed in the polka category," Michelle said. "A lot of the songs we were writing just couldn't fit tthat specific genre. So we opened it up, which allows us to play a lot of different clubs and festivals and appeal to a wider range of people.

But the former polka connection has paid off for what may lead to national exposure through an ad for Weber grills.

The opportunity came about when a producer contacted polka radio station WTKM in Hartford, WI.

He was looking for some upbeat music and asked if they knew of anything a little more hip and young they could use. The receptoinist said, "Yes, call Danny." So he did.

"We'll be filming a trial commercial for Weber grills and we'll see where it goes from there," said Michelle Jerabek....
- The Post-Crescent

Diversity is key...

"We all come from pretty different backgrounds and everyone brings those influences with them," said Michelle Jerabek, who co-leads the band with her husband, Danny. Both Danny and Michelle got their start in polka music, and their first band, K!CK, was known for playing high-energy polka.

But a couple years ago the band decided to break on through to a wider audience by changing its name to Copper Box and diversifying its sound, incorporating the various styles the band members love- from '70s rock to Cajun swamp rock to alt-country- without changing the instrumentation, which includes Danny on squeeze box and trumpet; Michelle on sax and percussion; Danny's brother, Dave, on bass and tuba; Nate Grier on guitar and newest member Jeff Roblee on drums.

The chage has worked.

"It's opened a lot of doors for us, to have a more mainstream sound so we're not pigeonholed in the polka category," Michelle said. "A lot of the songs we were writing just couldn't fit tthat specific genre. So we opened it up, which allows us to play a lot of different clubs and festivals and appeal to a wider range of people.

But the former polka connection has paid off for what may lead to national exposure through an ad for Weber grills.

The opportunity came about when a producer contacted polka radio station WTKM in Hartford, WI.

He was looking for some upbeat music and asked if they knew of anything a little more hip and young they could use. The receptoinist said, "Yes, call Danny." So he did.

"We'll be filming a trial commercial for Weber grills and we'll see where it goes from there," said Michelle Jerabek....
- The Post-Crescent

Hard-touring Oshkosh group, Copper Box, sets itself apart from the bar-band pack with the instrument "Wierd" Al made famous, the accordion. It's nearly impossible to not put the word "goofy" next to accordion, though Copper Box does make the squeeze box sound about as classic rock-friendly as possible, laying down wheezy grooves over covers of Pink Floyd and Creedence Clearwater Revival songs, as well as originals that touch on soul, blues, and ska music styles... - The Onion-- 2009

Hard-touring Oshkosh group, Copper Box, sets itself apart from the bar-band pack with the instrument "Wierd" Al made famous, the accordion. It's nearly impossible to not put the word "goofy" next to accordion, though Copper Box does make the squeeze box sound about as classic rock-friendly as possible, laying down wheezy grooves over covers of Pink Floyd and Creedence Clearwater Revival songs, as well as originals that touch on soul, blues, and ska music styles... - The Onion-- 2009

...Band leader/vocalist, Danny Jerabek's got a squeeze box, and he plays it to fuel Copper Box's unique, fun fusion of Zydeco, Creedence Clearwater Revival-ish swamp rock, polka, Tex-Mex and Americana roos, with some 70's prog rock and Beatles-esque influences thrown in where appropriate... But Copper Box's ever-increasing club and festival gigs and recording schedule doesn't mean the road to the is point has been easy. "It was a pretty difficult time (starting out), a huge step to take," said Michelle Jerabek, Danny's wife and the band's saxophonist/vocalist, of the group's baby steps after forming in 2002. "When you go to bar owners, the first question is 'What do you play?' 'Well, we've got an accordion-' 'Oh, really? (click)' So we were kinda off the wall, and people didn't want to take the chance."....But we managed to get into one club and it started snowballing from there...

Things have advanced nicely for Copper Box since, as the group continues its blend of original material and intriguing remakes. It's 2003 debut CD, "Roots," received a 3-star rating from AMG and 3 singles made the TOP 10 in fan voting for a contest at independent music site, www.garageband.com.

Its newest release, "Sunny Days" from last June, features two remakes it has become especially known for- a frantic polka-ized version of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" and a suitably swampy take on CCR's "Born on the Bayou"---and a number of poplike originals. The new album-in-progress likely will have more of a blues-rock feel, Jerabek said.... - The Resorter Reporter

...Band leader/vocalist, Danny Jerabek's got a squeeze box, and he plays it to fuel Copper Box's unique, fun fusion of Zydeco, Creedence Clearwater Revival-ish swamp rock, polka, Tex-Mex and Americana roos, with some 70's prog rock and Beatles-esque influences thrown in where appropriate... But Copper Box's ever-increasing club and festival gigs and recording schedule doesn't mean the road to the is point has been easy. "It was a pretty difficult time (starting out), a huge step to take," said Michelle Jerabek, Danny's wife and the band's saxophonist/vocalist, of the group's baby steps after forming in 2002. "When you go to bar owners, the first question is 'What do you play?' 'Well, we've got an accordion-' 'Oh, really? (click)' So we were kinda off the wall, and people didn't want to take the chance."....But we managed to get into one club and it started snowballing from there...

Things have advanced nicely for Copper Box since, as the group continues its blend of original material and intriguing remakes. It's 2003 debut CD, "Roots," received a 3-star rating from AMG and 3 singles made the TOP 10 in fan voting for a contest at independent music site, www.garageband.com.

Its newest release, "Sunny Days" from last June, features two remakes it has become especially known for- a frantic polka-ized version of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" and a suitably swampy take on CCR's "Born on the Bayou"---and a number of poplike originals. The new album-in-progress likely will have more of a blues-rock feel, Jerabek said.... - The Resorter Reporter