Two of the most common types of accordions are piano accordions, which have black and

white piano keys and button accordions, which you guessed it, just have buttons.

Thing is, there's actually no real standard for the size, design, or sound of an accordion,

which means that each one is a little different than the others.

Welcome to Strong Songs, a podcast about music.

I'm your host, Kirk Hamilton, and I'm so glad that you're joining me to talk about music

played on piano accordion, music played on button accordion, and music played on concertina,

took a ticsa, harmonium, and bandonium.

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On this episode, oh man, it's time to talk about one of the greatest,

most enduring and funniest songwriters of the modern era.

A singer I've loved since I was a little kid, and for whom my love has only grown,

so let's pack up the car, grab some pickled weeners, and hit the road.

Anyone who's spent any time perusing the pages of the Guinness Book of World Records has

probably asked themselves some version of the same question. Why? Why do these people do these

things? What compels them to craft the world's biggest pancake or stuff hundreds of straws into

their mouth or break dozens of toilet seats with their head? What on earth could make a person

decide to do that kind of thing?

The answer, of course, to paraphrase the famous saying, is because it was there.

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