Guy Klucevsek/Phillip Johnston Duo trivia

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Phillip Johnston composed the ‘Pontius Pilate Polka’ for Guy Klucevsek’s Ain’t Nothing But A Polka Band, which premiered the piece at the BAM Next Wave Festival, and subsequently recorded it on his double CD Polka From The Fringe in 1992 on Eva Records. It has recently been re-released  on Starkland Records.

Guy Klucevsek played accordion of Phillip Johnston’s silent film score for F.W. Murnau’s Faust (1926) at the premiere in 2003  at the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center, and subsequently on tour in Europe.

Phillip Johnston and Guy Klucevsek both played in Nora York‘s band Combo Cocktail (along with Richard Dworkin and Dave Hofstra).

Guy Klucevsek recorded Phillip Johnston’s composition ‘Birds’ on his solo accordion CD, The Heart of the Andes (W&W).