WELK MUSICAL FAMILY

From the 1971 "County Fair" show, we have some swingin' ladies on the merry-go-round for the fellas to meet! Makes me wish t...

From 1970, here's Jack Imel, Mary Lou Metzger, Cissy King and Bobby Burgess on their way to Hollywood and stardom.....and of course, we...

Like the picture I made on Photoshop? It's Lawrence Welk....South Park style made courtesy of this fantastic website! Speaking of websi...

From yesterday, here's a little sample of the Live Lawrence Welk Show....Ilona Riazantsev (of the dance team Pasha and Ilona), Gail Farr...

Just got back home from the Live Welk Show here in Toledo....what a show! All the music makers were on top of their game, and yes I did t...

Oh thank heavens that we finally got nice weather today! I just got back home from riding my bicycle to the University of Toledo and back ...

Were back with regular weekly Welk episodes! This week is a classic, Behind The Scenes with our Musical Family from 1981, and the wraparound...

Do you know what the Three B's are? It's not the Boss, Beatles and the Beach Boys...nor is it Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult and th...

Here's the Maestro dancing a nice polka with Mary Lou while Myron Floren provides the action at the squeezebox! Just four days until th...

Yes, I know what most of you are saying...."Has the blogmeister finally lost his marbles?" and "since when did JB Funky start...

From 1956, here's Bob Lido trying to incite a Zoot Suit Riot courtesy of his snappy, zooty threads! You gotta love the stripes....the...

Tonight....I have stumbled upon classic TV gold courtesy of our friends from YouTube! From 1981, the season opener of ABC's own Saturd...

Here are a few more ideas I have for future Welk pledge specials that can be aired on public television. MARY LOU METZGER'S LULLABY OF B...

After three weeks of pledge specials, everything has returned to normal here and during that time, I have seen two great Welk-related specia...

The Champagne Music Makers have made several variations of this popular Glen Campbell hit, this one is my favorite...and instrumental from 1...

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! Just remember to wear your green today or you may run the risk of getting pinched! Back home, the sno...

For Dave, he found out too late that his saxophone had shrunk in the washing machine.

St. Patrick's Day is only three days away....so here's Bob Ralston and Buddy Merrill wearing their green jackets while playing some...

Here's bassist Buddy Hayes with his own rendition of Cab Calloway's classic hit, "Minnie the Moocher".

Today is the Maestro's brithday....he would be 104 today. Also, today is also Larry Welk Jr's 67th birthday, a great way to start t...

Tonight, in week two of public television's pledge-a-thon, I got to see Ralna's own PBS special. Ralna English: From My Heart was ta...

Whenever there's a dance going on....Dick Dale, as chaperone, makes sure that there is no funny business on the dance floor. And Steve ...

The Live Lawrence Welk Show kicks off in about three weeks time, and I can hardly wait! Recently, I have been having these dreams in my sle...

Here's Kathie Sullivan and Bob Ralston, at the harpischord, going back in time to the Middle Ages to bring you the musical number, ...

From the cyber-wonderland known as YouTube, here's Janet Lennon going to extremes to get herself a man (or men) as she fences in the Ble...

From 1973, here's Tanya Falan and Anacani with Larry the Third and Kevin Welk in a cute musical number singing "Frosty the Snowman...

I have twice watched the all-new special "Lawrence Welk's TV Treasures" and from this blogmeister's perspective, the progr...

I just finished watching Lawrence Welk's TV Treasures tonight....and I must say it was wunnerful, wunnerful production. They are indeed...

All you Welkies out there...here are the following showdates for this year's Live Lawrence Welk Show, Sunday, March 25th at the Country...

Today is legendary music maker Rocky Rockwell's birthday, as a member of the Musical Family from 1951 to 1962....Rocky, who hails from S...

Anyone want some fresh apples and bananas? I don't mean the fruit, but instead this nice Welk instrumental from 1965, courtesy of YouTub...

Today is the birthday of Lawrence Welk the Third, the Maestro's grandson and also Tanya's and Larry Welk Jr's firstborn! Here...

Here's Mary Lou Metzger....post-Welk....in a publicity photo from when she doing local theater in LA. I wonder what production she was ...

Cinco de Mayo maybe two and a half months away....but these three amigos, Aladdin, Dick Dale and not sure who the third amigo is....all hav...

It's Oscar Night! What better way to celebrate Champagne Style than to watch this week's offering "Academy Awards" from Ap...

Good news for all of us Northwest Ohio viewers! Lawrence Welk's TV Treasures, in addition to being shown on this March 17th, will make i...

It's a big day for the blogmeister this Saturday, I am now a member of the thirtysomething club! Personally, it all happened so fast......

From the 1974 episode "Hit Songs of the 1970s", here's Sandi Griffiths in the solo spot singing Perry Como's hit song, ...

As we continue on our weekly tour of the orchestra, lets look at some of the fine trumpet players that have tooted their horns for Lawrence ...