By the 1960s, the Verne Meisner Band was one of the best-known polka groups in the region. Steve received an ambivalent message from Verne when he showed an interest in music. Seven-year-old Steve ...

Today, Joe Jr. and his son Mike are both part of the house band at Hofbrauhaus in Pittsburgh’s South Side, playing old and new polka music for crowds of all ages with several groups housed at ...

and his subsequent five-year jail sentence. Made in collaboration with Lewan himself (who continued his polka-music career after leaving prison) and based on a 2009 documentary about him titled The ...