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| | Joe Lazarz |
 | | In the early days of polka music, what Alvin Sajewski was to Chicago…Ignacy Podgorski to Philadelphia…Brunon Kryger to Eastern Pennsylvania…Joe Lazarz was to the Northeast. |
 | | Born in 1895 in the village of Swiebodzin, Poland, he started music lessons at an early age, as his father and uncles were musicians. |
 | | Joe Lazarz came to Indian Orchard, Massachusetts in 1913, and started working at the Indian Motorcycle Company, and playing weekends with small combos. |
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