Carl Finch

{{Short description|American musician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Carl Finch | image = Brave Combo - Carl Finch 03.jpg | caption = Finch in 2007 | image_size = 300 | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|11|29}} | death_date = | origin = [[Texarkana, Texas]], United States | instrument = Accordion, keyboard, guitar | genre = Rock/polka rock | occupation = vocalist, songwriter, record producer | years_active = 1978 to present | label = Four Dots, Rounder, DenTone, Cleveland International | associated_acts = [[Brave Combo]] | website = https://bravecombo.com/ | current_members = | past_members = }} '''Carl Finch''' (born November 29, 1951, in [[Texarkana, Texas]]) is a guitarist, keyboard player, [[accordionist]], vocalist, songwriter and record producer who co-founded the [[Grammy]]-winning [[polka rock]]/[[dance (rock)|dance rock]] band [[Brave Combo]] in 1979 in [[Denton, Texas]].

==Career highlights== He co-produced the albums ''[[Equal Scary People]]'' for the singer-songwriter [[Sara Hickman]] and ''[[El Gato Negro (album)|El Gato Negro]]'' for the ''[[conjunto]]'' musician [[Santiago Jimenez, Jr.]] He composed music for and appears as an extra in [[David Byrne (musician)|David Byrne]]'s 1986 movie ''[[True Stories (film)|True Stories]]''. His instrumental "Mall Muzak" and "Buster's Theme" appears on the associated album ''[[Sounds from True Stories]]''. He co-wrote the music for the play ''Evelyn and the Polka King''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/2682|title=Evelyn and the Polka King|publisher=Samuel French|accessdate=August 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204082443/http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/2682|archive-date=February 4, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> He produced the opening for ''[[YuYu Hakusho]]'' and both the opening and ending themes for the [[Funimation]] dub of ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' and ''[[Case Closed (manga)|Case Closed]]''. He appeared in animated form, along with the rest of Brave Combo, on an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' in 2004.<ref>{{cite news|last=Davis |first=Anthony |work=[[Texarkana Gazette]] |title=Brave Combo hits the big time with 'The Simpsons' gig |date=March 29, 2004 |accessdate=August 4, 2006 |url=http://www.texarkanagazette.com/articles/2004/03/19/local_news/features/features03.txt |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060506150641/http://www.texarkanagazette.com/articles/2004/03/19/local_news/features/features03.txt |archivedate=May 6, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He produced and, along with Brave Combo, performed all of the music for the 2008 animated PBS television series ''[[Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Davis |first=Anthony |work=Texarkana Gazette |title=Roll out the barrel, Carl Finch is coming home |date=March 25, 2007 |accessdate=July 28, 2007 |url=http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/features/2007/03/25/roll_out_the_barrel_carl_finch_is_coming_home.php |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928102021/http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/features/2007/03/25/roll_out_the_barrel_carl_finch_is_coming_home.php |archivedate=September 28, 2007}}</ref>

==Personal life== Finch is a vegetarian and does not drink alcohol.<ref name="polkahof">{{cite web|title=Everyone Scream! Carl Finch Is a Polka Hall of Famer!|url=http://polkabeat.com/blog/4tsn542x4tsfr9kemwh557dzzp84j2|author=Gary E. McKee|work=Texas Polka News|date=August 1, 2016|accessdate=September 4, 2023}}</ref> "I’m a vegetarian, and one of my goals is to take some of the emphasis in the polka thing away from the meat and the beer, and to focus more on the music," Finch said in a 2000 interview with MTV. "It’s a pretty big challenge, but I would love it if there were none of those stereotypical attachments that most people think about when they hear a polka. God, I would love that. It would be just perfect."<ref name="mtv2000">{{cite web|title=Brave Combo Add Pop To The Mix In The Process|author=Robert L. Doerschuk|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/aak2ee/brave-combo-add-pop-to-the-mix-in-the-process|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904084901/https://www.mtv.com/news/aak2ee/brave-combo-add-pop-to-the-mix-in-the-process|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 4, 2023|work=[[MTV]].com|date=March 30, 2000|accessdate=September 4, 2023}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://bravecombo.com/ Brave Combo official website]

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