Why The Accordion Gets No Respect
A music journalist comments: ‘The accordion is not a punchline. It often seems that way, particularly in the post-rock-and-roll era. Those old enough to remember the rise of Elvis will also remember the anti-Elvis, accordionist Myron (The Happy Norwegian) Floren, who could be seen weekly on The Lawrence Welk Show pumping out yet another chorus of Lady of Spain. Younger folk are more likely to associate the instrument with Weird Al Yankovic, a musical parodist whose first success was a squeezebox send-up of Another One Bites the Dust called Another One Rides the Bus.’
