Joe Pianecki

National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum

605 East 222nd Street
Euclid, OH 44123

USA

E-mail: Polkashop@aol.com

Phone: 216-261-3263

Toll Free: 1-800-66POLKA

Fax: 216-261-4134

Inspired by his cousin, Whitey Lovsin, Joe Pianecki began playing drums at age 12. With Jimmy Medves as his teacher, Joe realized his ambition to play with the top Cleveland-Style orchestras, including the Johnny Pecon-Lou Trebar Orchestra, Bob Timko, the Markic-Zagger Orchestra, Walter Ostanek and many others. Among Cleveland-Style musicians, Joe was widely recognized as the best polka drummer in terms of the precision and steadiness of his tempos and in his ability to lead the rhythm section with a clean and crisp, yet unobtrusive style.

Inducted in 1990