Crusade polka eddie biegaj biography
Eddie Biegaj – Eddie is a trained opera tenor by University of Toledo Professor Tom East. He is also a trained drummer and self-taught accordionist and concertina player. He has been in several short operas. He has also played the role of Moonface Martin in the musical Anything Goes and the Zigfield Tenor in Funny Girl. He currently lives in Belvidere, NJ with his son “Edziu”. His daughter Krystal Rose Biegaj-Romanowski is married to Danny and they have a baby girl Sadie, while 2 daughter Keszia Lorraine Biegaj-Perez lives with her husband JJ, daughter Jaiden, with one on the way, in Hawaii.
Eddie has spent almost 40 years performing polka and a large variety of music styles. His voice led two Toledo based groups, Crusade and Toledo’s Polka Motion, to the pinnacle of polka music. A trained opera tenor, Eddie has been called upon to utilize his powerful voice in musicals, jazz combos, operas, rock, pop, church cantor and, of course, polka.
Starting on drums, Eddie won his school’s talent contest in the 4th grade. His professional career began the following year in his home town of Toledo, Ohio. As his love for polka grew, so too did his musical tastes. In the 8th grade, he asked his father for an accordion (the Giulietti he still plays on stage) for Christmas. Concertina followed. Performing with several bands he eventually landed his first recording gig at the age of 18 with the Troubadours. Next it was move to accordion and two years with The Holy Toledo Polka Stars. Eddie was a founding member of TPM. His voice and arrangement on “Red Berries” helped TPM receive a Grammy nomination. In 1996, Eddie joined forces with his long time friend, Randy Krajewski, and Crusade was born. Eddie turned down an opportunity to sing opera in Germany to stay with his first love…..polka. He has won Male Vocalist of the Year from both the USPA and IPA and has received numerous other band awards.
In 2007, Eddie left Toledo and moved to Belvidere, New Jersey for s Crusade has recorded some new music which we’d like to share with you !! The songs were recorded over the past year. We like to share them with you for free !! If you’d like to purchase them for your personal device or music collection, Please visit our Store. Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now 508 listeners We don't have a wiki here yet... Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now 94 listeners We don't have a wiki here yet... 426 listeners Eddie Blazonczyk is a polka musician and leader of the band The Versatones. He was born in Chicago to Polish Immigrant parents. Their album… 956 listeners The John Gora Band - the Gorale (Mountaineers) also known as The Music Factory (T.M.F.), has been performing for many years at various… 823 listeners Lenny Gomulka formed a band named "Chicago Push" and began public performances in January 1980. The bands creation was inspired by Lenny's… JUST RELEASED
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Crusade is proud to release the Remastered Version of In Your Face !!
Eddie started this project back in 2022 ans has been Two Years in the making !
The 1997 Recoding has been digitally enhansed to bring out the best sound possible!
As a added bonus, the is a NEW BONUS TRACK: The ever popular : All The Girls - Cajun Girl- Mama’s Boy Polka Medley
This recording can be purshased digitally in MP3 format or is included in our USB stick with all 9 Crusade Recordings !!
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Dan Gury
Eddie Blazonczyk
John Gora Band
Lenny Gomulka
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