A friend commented that one of the tunes in particular sounded like "cafe accordion" music. He began writing his own tunes based on the style, which he referred to as "faux Parisian elevator music". Dan had been introduced to "Musette" or "Valse Swing", the Parisian sidewalk cafe accordion sound, while teaching at a music camp in northern California in the 1980s. It all started with a tune composed in 1992 by the band's accordionist Dan "Daddy Squeeze" Newton. It's certainly been an interesting journey for Dan Newton's Cafe Accordion Orchestra, (CAO) a band whose repertoire cannot be described neatly with one word like "Blues" or "Swing". One might wonder how a group of musicians in Minnesota end up forming a band that plays French Musette, Hot Club Swing, Tin Pan Alley, Latin music and cinematic themes.
They have appeared in New York at the Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing series, the International Akkordeon Festival in Vienna, Austria, the Minnesota State Fair, as well as festivals, theaters and dance halls across the United States. CAO has been delighting audiences and dancers alike since 1995. Their high level of musicianship and passion for performance makes them an entertaining concert act as well as a great dance band.ĬAO is led by DAN NEWTON on accordion and vocals, with ERIC MOHRING on mandolin, violin and vocals, BRIAN BARNES on guitar and vocals, ERIK LILLESTOL on bass and vocals and JOE STEINGER on percussion. They inject their music with good humor and expressive abandon. The group complements the musettes with Parisian hot club, swing, ballads, tangos, cha chas, rumbas, and cumbias to create a wonderfully varied show. The heart of the CAO repertoire is the romantic, Parisian valse-musette.
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Dan Newton's Café Accordion Orchestra (CAO) performs an eclectic mix full of French flare, Latin heat and Bohemian attitude.
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