By the 1960s, the Verne Meisner Band was one of the best-known polka groups in the region. Steve received an ambivalent message from Verne when he showed an interest in music. Seven-year-old Steve ...

his son and two cousins joined him and formed a polka band, starting with gigs at the former Slovenian ballroom in Herminie. Today, Joe Jr. and his son Mike are both part of the house band at Hofb ...