Joseph M. Miskulin (born January 6, 1949) is a hall of fame
accordionist and producer. In a music career spanning more than four
decades, Joey Miskulin has collaborated with a range of artists
including Paul McCartney, John Denver, Ricky Skaggs, Andy Williams,
Ricky Van Shelton, Emmylou Harris, Frankie Yankovic, and many others.
He is a performer, studio musician, producer and pedagogue.As a child
in Chicago, Miskulin displayed early signs of musical prodigy,
spontaneously showing an interest in the accordion by the time he was
four. Beginning music training a year later, Joey was performing
professionally by age eleven with the Ronnie Lee Band, and had his
first recording produced by Roman Possedi at age twelve. A year later,
the boy would meet Frankie Yankovic, forming a personal and
professional relationship with the man known as "America's Polka King"
that would last a lifetime.Miskulin toured the United States with
Yankovic as his featured accordionist for six years, writing and
arranging songs between performances.In the 1990s he rejoined Riders
In The Sky, and with them is billed as "Joey the Cowpolka King".
accordionist and producer. In a music career spanning more than four
decades, Joey Miskulin has collaborated with a range of artists
including Paul McCartney, John Denver, Ricky Skaggs, Andy Williams,
Ricky Van Shelton, Emmylou Harris, Frankie Yankovic, and many others.
He is a performer, studio musician, producer and pedagogue.As a child
in Chicago, Miskulin displayed early signs of musical prodigy,
spontaneously showing an interest in the accordion by the time he was
four. Beginning music training a year later, Joey was performing
professionally by age eleven with the Ronnie Lee Band, and had his
first recording produced by Roman Possedi at age twelve. A year later,
the boy would meet Frankie Yankovic, forming a personal and
professional relationship with the man known as "America's Polka King"
that would last a lifetime.Miskulin toured the United States with
Yankovic as his featured accordionist for six years, writing and
arranging songs between performances.In the 1990s he rejoined Riders
In The Sky, and with them is billed as "Joey the Cowpolka King".
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