Monsters of Accordion 2008

The most feared instrument in the world is being demonstrated by four of its most notorious practitioners throughout the Western United States this August. Accordionists Mark Growden, Amy Denio, and Duckmandu will be joining Seattleite Jason Webley and a variety of special guests for ten nights of squeezebox mayhem from Los Angeles to Seattle.

"I meet so many amazing accordion players in my travels, and I thought it would be really fun to bring some of the best together," explains Webley, who organized the tour.

The result is a tour-de-force featuring some of the most entertaining solo accordion performers currently working in North America. But don't expect a night of polkas, because these aren't your grandmother's accordion monsters. Instead Webley and company will be delivering evenings of squeezebox-fueled drinking songs, punk rock covers, experimental pop, dark tangos and sultry dirges.