When I wrote a review on Fritz Scherz’s Polka Band’s last CD some people expressed surprise as if a polka band wasn’t worthy of serious consideration. My response was to quote my favorite Zen Master ...

Fred Scherz Sr., founding member of Fritz's Polka Band from Verona, Oneida County, died Saturday after 31 years playing accordion with the band at thousands of engagements around the state. He was 79 ...

Fritz Scherz has always been steadfast in sending me snapshots of the happy and important moments for Fritz's Polka Band of Verona. I'm glad I squirreled the one here away in my files. Fritz and his ...

In 1996, a polka band from Verona, N.Y. caught a break from the unlikeliest of places: a rock radio station. It was K-Rock that first gave Fritz's Polka Band a shot at playing the New York State Fair.

Members of local polka band Fritz's Polka Band met national rock band Buck Cherry Feb. 15. In this photo, Fritz Scherz, the band's leader, is giving the band a Fritz's Polka Band shirt. Scherz and ...

VERONA -- The locally-grown musical talents of Fritz's Polka Band will get a glimpse of the national limelight Sunday as one of its hit polka songs plays on the TV show "Breaking Bad." The five-member ...

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