Rymanowski Brothers Band

Join us on Sunday, August 10th, 2008 between 3-7pm for a summer day out in our pavilion for a Polka dance with the Rymanowski Brothers Band. Polish-American kitchen will be open.

The Rymanowski Brothers Orchestra is celebrating its 55th year of being a "family" band. The RBO was founded in 1947 by John and Alex Rymanowski. The original band was made up of 9 musicians. They immediately became very popular and played every Saturday night for 10 years straight at St. Michaels Pavilion in Cohoes, N.Y. In 1950 they recorded on the Decca label. Since then, they also recorded on Stella, Lamb, and Sunshine records. In the early 70s, Dennis and later Gerry joined dad John and Uncle Al as members of the band. Al Rymanowski died in 1982 and John passed away in July 2001 at the age of 89. The current band is made up of Dennis Rymanowski (drums and sax), Gerry Rymanowski (bass), Cousin Bob Drozd (clarinet/sax and drums, in his 20th year with the band), Brent Wheat (trumpet, now in his 28th year with the band), and Jerry Romanowicz (accordion, the newest member in his 4th year with the band). The RBO are still the Capital District's most popular band and have been a cornerstone in Polka music for more than half the century.