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New Orleans and Oktoberfests

September 24, 2012

Wow! Copper Box has had an awesome start to the Oktoberfest season the last two weeks.  The band's 7th year at the Plymouth Oktoberfest and the 2nd @ Chippewa Falls Oktoberfest were both physically and emotionally amazing.  

Tomorrow the band heads down to New Orleans for the first time to perform.  Check the tour page for information on where and when.  New Orleans is famous for being culturally rich in music, art, food, and dancing.  CBox is expecting to take that all in and more.....  :)

Our long standing Oktoberfest gigs in Appleton and Dheinsville(Germantown) Wisconsin will be on our minds when we get back home, and we plan on "Polka Rockin'" everyone there.  

Ein Prosit, everybody!

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Copper Box to celebrate 10 years of happiness, sadness, and booty shaking!

October 31, 2011

On Friday January 27th, 2012 Copper Box will be celebrate 10 years of......... rehearsing, writing songs, arranging, sleeping, travelling, dumpy hotel rooms, drinking jager bombs, really nice and expensive hotel rooms (that we didn't have to pay for), buying fuel, drinking coffee, eating peanuts, chewing sunflower seeds, etc..... (you get the picture)   

 

January 27th @ Algoma Club in Oshkosh,WI.    All present and past Copper Box band members will be performing throughout the evening.  And maybe some other crazy musician friends will join in, too.   Make plans now and we hope to see you all there!

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Copper Box on RFD TV...Come and be part of the show!

September 08, 2011

Copper Box will be performing on RFD TV for the "Mollie B Polka Party" in Rothschild, WI.  The TV Taping will take place at The Patriot Center located at 10101 Market St. Rothschild, WI 54474 on Wed. Sept. 14th at 9pm. 

For more information and advance tickets visit http://www.rfdtv.com/events/mollie_b_polka_party/tickets/.

The TV show will be aired later this year.

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Copper Box opens for The Doobie Brothers...

September 01, 2011

CLICK ON THE LINK TO SEE THE PHOTOS...from THE NORTHWESTERN.

http://oshkoshhub.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=U0&Dato=20110831&Kategori=OSH05&Lopenr=108310815&Ref=PH

An amazing crowd to end the Waterfest concert series 2011 with Mighty Short Bus, Copper Box and then The Doobie Brothers at the Leach Amphitheater in Oshkosh, WI.  Copper Box promoted their 2010 release, LIVE FROM WATERFEST 2010 DVD and their newest CD release called, PEOPLE CHANGE.

It was great to meet everyone backstage.  A lot of times headliners won't say too much to an opening band, but The Doobie Brothers were great to work with and their crew was fantastic, and their show and sound was amazing!  The biggest crowd for the season...7000+. 

 

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NEW CD is HERE!! We are working on getting the new CD, PEOPLE CHANGE, into your hands...

July 18, 2011

Here's what one fan emailed us about the new release:

"We received your new CD today and absolutely love it! The mix of new work with classic former work has made for an awesome blend of 48+ minutes of outstanding Copper Box tunes! Your gift of music creativity is a true blessing and greatly enjoyed. We are SO THANKFUL to have literally stumbled upon Copper Box 6 years ago at Summerfest. Keep up the fine work."

 

CD TITLE: People Change  

Release Date: 7/13/11

Tracks include:

  1. Some People Change   (written by Danny Jerabek)
  2. Racing   (Danny Jerabek) *re-recorded
  3. Adios Baby   (Danny Jerabek)
  4. The Flame Will Never Die   (Sonny Landreth)
  5. Soulful Strut   (Eugene Record, William Nelson Sanders)
  6. Corrido #1   (Cesar Rosas)
  7. Tennessee Waltz   (Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart)
  8. Johnsonville Firemen's Two Step   (Danny Jerabek)
  9. Everytime I Try   (Danny and Michelle Jerabek)
  10. Irish Washerwoman   (Traditional)
  11. Searchin' for Something   (Danny Jerabek)
  12. Won't You Love Me Like That   (Danny Jerabek) *re-recorded

**Danny Jerabek: vocals, button accordion, keyboard, cornet, penny whistle;  Michelle Jerabek: vocals, tenor and bari saxophones, acoustic guitar, washboard; Kevin Junemann: bass, ukelele; Jason Van Ryzin: drums, percussion

**We recorded the CD mostly in our home studio with engineer Mark Richardson from Alchematic Productions.  Mixed by Danny Jerabek and Mark Richardson.  Mastered by Mark Richardson.

STORES:  We are working on getting the CD into your local music stores, so if you have a store that would like to sell the CDs, please email me at [email protected] and let me know the contact information.

RADIO/PODCASTS:  If you have a local radio station that would play the CD, please email me at [email protected] to make sure I have them on our list. 

PROMOTION:  If you know of any magazine, newspaper, blog that would review and promote the CD, please email me at [email protected] and I will add them to our list as well.

FANS:  Without you, we'd be stuck with our music in our hands....we appreciate your support!!!  Thank you! 

HOW CAN YOU GET A COPY OF THE CD?

  1. BUY ONLINE:  Go to our STORE page and buy via PAYPAL.  Allow 2-4 days for shipping. 
  2. BUY VIA SNAIL MAIL: If you'd rather send us a check via snail mail, you can send a check for $18.00 (includes tax, S&H) to Copper Box, PO Box 3966 Oshkosh, WI 54903.  We will send it to you immediately!
  3. VISIT YOUR LOCAL MUSIC STORE:  If they don't have it, please send us an email with the store name and location.  We will contact them about selling our CDs.  If you know of a local store that is NOT a music store, but would like to sell our CDs, please let us know by emailing me at [email protected] 
  4. COME TO A LIVE SHOW:  We always carry plenty of CDs with us at live shows, so check out the TOUR DATES on our website and come to a show to get your copy today!!

Thank you!!!

 

 

 

 

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June is National Accordion Awareness Month! Beware - We mean aware!!

June 03, 2011

We all love GOOD accordion music!  There is good accordion music, and there is bad accordion music.  Copper Box performs GOOD ( kick ass ) accordion music = so put on some sunscreen, put on your favorite comfortable pair of shoes, grab your favorite drink, and we'll see you at some Copper Box shows this month.  " Yeah, baby... that's what I like"

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The WAMI Awards...

April 19, 2011

Had a great time attending The 2011 WAMI Awards Show at Turner Hall in Milwaukee, WI on Sunday, April 17th.  Copper Box was nominated for Americana Artist of the Year and Specialty Instrumentalist of the Year (Danny Jerabek).  We won both awards in 2010, but didn't take home the award this year. 

Had a great time meeting up with fellow musicians and listening to some great bands representing the WI Music Industry.  Congrats to all winners and nominees! 

 

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LIVE DVD & FREE PASS to Waterfest

June 06, 2010

FREE PASS to Waterfest show on June 17th if you sign up on our mailing list and pre-order the limited edition Copper Box "LIVE at Waterfest 2010 DVD!"  This offer is only available to Copper Box fans so show your support and click on the link above to purchase your PRE-ORDER DVD.  You will also receive an invitation to the DVD release party! 


The Little River Band will be performing after Copper Box.  Doors open at 5pm so get there early!!  You get to move up to the WILL CALL window if you buy the PRE-ORDER before June 15th!!!!!!  SAVE MONEY and buy it now!

Or send us a check or money order of $20 payable to Copper Box along with your name, address and email for the PRE-ORDER, Limited Edition DVD.  You can also make your purchase via paypal online. 

Thanks for supporting LIVE MUSIC!

 

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SXSW Music Conference ~ Austin, TX

January 18, 2010

SXSW Music Conference:  March 2010

Heading down to Austin, TX in March to the SXSW Music Conference to represent Copper Box.  Looking forward to meeting a lot of new people and learning about the latest in music business.

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Mad Toast LIVE in Madison, WI

September 28, 2009

Mad Toast Live in Madison, WI on Tuesday, Sept. 29th!  Join us at The Brink Lounge.

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Copper Box On You Tube

August 18, 2009

and from Waterfest 2009:

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CBx: The Pink Floyd Polka LIVE video on YouTube

June 19, 2009

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The Hype Machine - Copper Box

March 19, 2009

.... we’re long overdue in introducing you to Copper Box.

Straight outta Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and fronted by the husband-and-wife team of Danny and Michelle Jerabek, this band takes a lot of influences, tosses them into the blender and comes up with a distinctive sound. It’s mostly rock, Zydeco and polka, but there’s also some blues, country and Tejano.

The Jerabeks are veteran performers. Their considerable skills were honed in their families’ polka bands, which they joined as kids. Think of the accordian replacing the Hammond organ, yet sounding a bit like it, and you get an idea of Danny’s skills. Michelle plays sax, flute and guitar and is a terrific singer. They’re flanked by bass player Kevin Junemann and drummer Jason Van Ryzin, and it’s tight.

Copper Box — CBx for short — is no novelty act. It’s been around for seven years and four albums. Tonight, CBx is headlining at Shank Hall, one of Milwaukee’s best clubs for Americana/roots music. Two weeks from tonight, CBx opens for kindred spirits Brave Combo at FitzGerald’s in Berwyn, Illinois, another great club in the same vein.

Summer in Wisconsin, of course, brings plenty of outdoor gigs. They’ll be as busy this summer as last summer, when their publicist sent me some mp3s. They offered the whole CD, but I said, nah, I’ll just get it at one of their shows in Green Bay. And then, of course, I never saw them. I hope to make up for that this summer.

No reason for you to miss out. Enjoy a little bit of Copper Box, a delight from our corner of Wisconsin.

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"Need A Little Squeezin" and "Apple Of Your Eye" Copper Box, from "Need A Little Squeezin" 2008. (Also available on iTunes.)

The title tune is a slide blues-rocker written and sung by Michelle. The latter is a Zydeco-meets-jazz number written and sung by Danny. It reminds me a lot of the Iguanas.

These are the first two of 15 cuts on the CD, which was released about a year ago and by all accounts gets pretty close to their live sound.

Speaking of which, enjoy this video. Copper Box covers Creedence’s “Born on the Bayou,” recorded last July 4 at the Sawdust City Days festival in their hometown, Oshkosh.

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Copper Box in Milwaukee, WI

January 05, 2009

Copper Box

8pm Saturday, Shank Hall  $8

The accordion is perhaps one of the least-appreciated musical instruments.  Yet a guy as tough as James Ellroy (whose novels include ultra-hard-boiled classics like "L.A. Confidential") has an ear for it, and if you're living in Milwaukee, you're at least going to learn to tolerate 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 Junemann and drummer Jason Van Ryzin, they swing from originals to unusual covers-including a Pink Floyd polka-with style and humor.

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

-Jon M. Gilbertson, Special to the Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)

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CBx in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

January 03, 2009

"...Copper Box makes this easy (to listen to the accordion).  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 Junemann and drummer Jason Van Ryzin, they swing from originals to unusual covers-including a Pink Floyd polka-with style and humor.

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

-Jon M. Gilbertson, Special to the Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)

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WI Polka Hall of Fame Award

November 10, 2008

Michelle Jerabek was awarded at the 2008 WI Polka Hall of Fame banquet for the "Side Person of the Year."  (SEE PHOTOS in the PHOTO GALLERY)

"I would like to thank:

Copper Box --Danny, Jason & Kevin--for all your hard work and talent

Shaylee & Maria --(our daughters) for your love and for letting us do something that we love to do, even when it demands more out of all of us

Family -- for helping with babysitting and your love & support

Fans -- for listening, traveling to shows, and supporting Copper Box

Babysitters -- for being there for us and Shaylee & Maria

--without ALL of you, I wouldn't be able to have a job/career that I love--being a musician."

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CD Review by Wildy's World

July 02, 2008

Review by Wildy's World on Jul 02, 2008 - Rating - 4 (Really Like Them)

Copper Box - Need A Little Squeezin'
2008, Copper Box

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)

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CD Review by Indie Music Sampler Podcast

July 01, 2008

Review by Indie Music Sampler Podcast on Jul 01, 2008

Rating - 4 (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.

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CD Review by Ed's Mixed Bag

June 28, 2008

Review by Eds Mixed Bag on Jun 28, 2008

Rating - 5 (Love Them!)

Copper Box;
It's out,!! episode #142 of the Ed's Mixed Bag podcast with your track, "Need A Little Squeezin' " & thanks for the excellent intro and ID. I'll be back here to Ariel to grab another track by you guys!! Thanks, again.

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

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CD Review by Mondo Blu

June 19, 2008

Review by Mondo Blu on Jun 19, 2008

Rating - 4 (Really Like Them) - Boisterous, Carefree, Cheerful, Confident, Earthy, Elegant, Energetic, Freewheeling, Fun, Lively, Party, Stylish, Fun

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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CD Review by Indie Music Stop

June 18, 2008

Review by Indie Music Stop on Jun 18, 2008

Rating - 5 (Love Them!) - Energetic, Fun, Lively

Hi Guys,

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

Here's the direct link to it:

http://cwonline.110mb.com/upb/upb2.2.1/viewtopic.php?id=37&t_id=1

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

Thanks,

From,

C.W. Ross
Senior Writer
[email protected]
Indie Music Stop
http://www.indiemusicstop.com

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CBx welcomes Ariel Publicity to the PR team!

May 05, 2008

We'd like to welcome Ariel Publicity to the CBx promoting crew.  Ariel Publicity will be in charge of promoting the new CD, Need a Little Squeezin' via cyber PR (internet radio programs, ezines, etc.).  Welcome to the team!

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Copper Box comes alive in latest CD

May 01, 2008

Need a Little Squeezin', Copper Box

Copper Box knows how to get an audience grooving.  Once the Oshkosh-based band starts laying down its infectious groove, the dance floor is filled before youcan say, "Hey Baby, Que Paso."

It doesn't hurt that the husband-wife frontman/woman team of Danny and Michelle Jerabek are talented, enthusiastic multi-instrumental veterans of the stage, both having grown up in their respective families' polka bands.

Combine the Jerabeks with an equally talented and enthusiastic rhythm section in the form of Kevin Junemann on bass and precision stickman Jason Van Ryzin on drums, and you have a band that demands to be seen live.

While Copper Box has released several CDs, I confess that I felt something essential was always missing from those earlier recordings, as if the band's vital essence could never truly be captured on recordings.  Wrong!  Need a Little Squeezin' is as close to a live Copper Box set as you're ever likely to get.

As Michelle notes on the Copper Box website (www.copperboxsite.com), this is the first time the band didn't record itself.  Need a Little Squeezin' was recorded at Marc Golde's busy Rock Garden Studio in Appleton, with Golde and Danny Jerabek engineering.  

This recording should become a showcase in Glode's long list of recordings because it sounds great and ably displays what a band candowhen the members can concentrate on the work at hand--i.e., making music-rather than worrying about recording production values.

Nine of the 15 tunes were penned by Danny, including a new arrangement of his previously recorded, "Apple of Your Eye" (from the first Copper Box CD, Roots), with Michelle contributing jazz flute that elds beautifully with Dannys melodic button box.  The title tune, a slow-burning blues that opens the CD, was written by Michelle.

The remainder of the songs include Hank Williams' Cajun-flavored "Jambalaya," Clifton Chenier's "Zydeco Cha Cha," Buckwheat Zydeco's "Zydeco Boogaloo" and a rousing, heartfelt version of "Please Pass the Schnapps" by late Happy Schnapps Combo founder, Jim Krueger.

Throughout the CD, Copper Box shows the members' wideranging influences, from Tex-Mex ("Hey Baby, Que Paso" by AugieMeyers and Bill Sheffield of the Texas Tornados and Danny's own "Tijuana") to CTI-era jazz ("Red Heads Have More Fun").

One of the brightest moments in the album closer "Howards Grove Parade," Danny Jerabek's tribute to second line brass bands of New Orleans, with Danny blowing a sousaphone, Michelle on sax and Van Ryzin on the marching snare and Junemann resonating on a marching bass drum.

The band is joined by frequent live show collaborator Jeff Roblee on percussion (tracks 4,5,8,9,14), Moon Gypsy, Chris Wagoner on lap steel (title track) and violin (track 13) and fan and sometime roadie Kevin "Schtumpfer" Hemb on stumpf fiddle (tracks 10, 15).

If you don't know what a stumpf fiddle is, check Copper Box live.  They always get a few stumpf fiddlers, especially at what has become an annual gig for them and the Jerry Schneider Band, at the WI Microbrewers Festival at Calumet County Fairgrounds in Chilton, WI on Sunday May 18th.

To get a copy of Need a Little Squeezin' you've got to catch Copper Box live somewhere, or send a check or money order for $18 (that includes S&H) to Copper Box, P.O. Box 3966 Oshkosh, WI 54903.  Or order online at www.copperboxsite.com.

 

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Need a Little Squeezin'

April 17, 2008

The NEW CD is out and available NOW!!  Buy it at a LIVE show

2) Snail Mail:  Send a check or money order made payable to Copper Box for $15 plus S&H ($3.00)  TOTAL: $18 and we'll send it to you direct within 7 business days.  Copper Box  PO Box 3966 Oshkosh, WI 59403.

OR buy a copy from the Copper Box store. Need a Little Squeezin'?  ---Polka-Rock-Zydeco ....an hour of music!  Get it in your collection.

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CBx on WGBA-TV...APRIL 1st

April 01, 2008

Check out the video on NBC 26's website.

http://www.nbc26.com/today/17189496.html

CBx promoted their NEW CD---Need a Little Squeezin' 

RELEASE DATE SET: April 11th at LIVE SHOWS ONLY.

 

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