Eddie Blazonczyk

Eddie Blazonczyk is the undisputed king of the Chicago style of polka music. A member of the International Polka Association Polka Music Hall of Fame and the Polka Broadcasters Hall of Fame, Blazonczyk continues to average more than 175 concerts a year with the band Versatones, which he formed in 1963. The son of immigrants from the rural Tatras Mountains region of southern Poland, Blazonczyk grew up surrounded by music. His mother, who directed a traditional gorale (highland) band, and his father, who played cello in a gorale band, operated ballrooms in Chicago, where Blazonc...