Louie "Baron" Luzar

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

Joe Luzar and his brother Louie grew up in Euclid, Ohio in a family of eleven children. Joe started his

own band as a teen-ager, with Louie on second accordion. Joe's talent as an accordion player was tapped by Kenny Bass. He teamed up with accordionists Frank Mauer, Bob Timko, and Dick Sodja, in 1948, in Bass' Polka Poppers band. Joe wrote several popular polkas, such as Payroll Polka, Luzar's Polka, Gornik's Polka, and El Gusto. In 1954, Joe and Louie launched the Luzar band which played for 37 years, in the 1990s. Eddie Bucar on upright bass was a key member of the "Aggregation." The Luzar Brothers have one more goal to achieve to produce their first album.

Inducted in 2001